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Not the Halloween kind of “Boo!” although there have been a lot of those lately, but the “Boo-hoo, I got rejected” kind of boo. Which is not half as much fun, as it doesn’t usually include a costume or candy. (Although, truly, how good would it be if editors delivered personal rejections and acceptances ala [...]

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Just heard word that the very cool lit mag, Redheaded Stepchild, has accepted one of my favorite poems, “the scent on my wrist means” for an upcoming issue! I’m so excited — as I’m sure I’ve mentioned, poetry is really really hard for me, so any time I get an acceptance, I tend to jump [...]

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I just got the good news that I’ll have two pieces in Robert Swartwood’s upcoming anthology of hint fiction (scheduled to be published by W.W. Norton in the fall of 2010)! Hip-hip-hooray! I find flash/short fiction of any sort (and hint fiction is seriously short — less than 25 words as a matter of fact) [...]

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2-for-1

So, three editorial responses in two days. The first was a no thanks — along the lines of “well-written, but not for us.” Those rejections don’t sting as much as some of the others, because at least it makes me feel like I’m doing the work, moving on the right path, accomplishing something. But they [...]

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I’ve been in a flurry of submission. No, sadly, not that kind. Although I have been thinking of it, to tell the truth: leather and fabric, strong fingers pulling knots tight, a snarled command, a hand fisted in my hair…
Oh, sorry, I got distracted there, didn’t I? I’ll blame it on Alison and Sommer and [...]

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Just got word that my story, “How to Spank Me,” has been accepted for publication in Naughty Spanking 1, from Xcite Press. This is one of the only second-person stories I’ve ever written, and it was originally published in (hold on…I have to go look it up…how sad is that?)…Oh yes, the great Got a [...]

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