Blogetary (Weblog + Commentary = Blogetary)

1) Haven’t heard from the SFPA regarding winners of their contest, though their website has changed and it’s past the beginning of September. On the one hand I keep thinking that no news is good news. On the other hand, I can’t help thinking if they’ve changed their website, they’ve informed the winners and the rest of us will find out when it’s announced on the website.

2) Haven’t heard from a particular zine that is usual very punctual in its rejection slips. Normally I get one exactly 8 weeks after I have sent the story in. It’s been 10 weeks. I’m holding my breath. We’ll see. Again, no news is good news.

3) Another market I submitted to I haven’t heard from in so long, I resubmitted the story. To be fair, they don’t post any wait times on their website and the first time I submitted I got no confirmation email, this time I did. So, again, no news is good news.

4) For most everyone else, I am still waiting to hear, but the wait times are all within the stated parameters on their websites. So…. yes …. No news is good news.

5) Have been working on the Christmas story all week. Haven’t really had time to edit it down at work, so I’ve been trying to edit it at home little by little. Send it to myself at work to work on sporadically and then send that copy to myself at home. I have it down to 12,487 words. And as I’ve pointed out, I need it down to 8000 words or less. Oh well. Slow and steady wins the race.

6) On that note, apparently forgot to email myself a copy of that Christmas story from work to home this afternoon, so decided to edit the post apocolyptic story – Needs – as that was on the list of things to do anyway. Got it edited down to 8728 words. And I rearranged it. I think it reads better than before. I hope so. The idea was to build tension. That’s still longer than most places accept, though. There’s a place where I can submit it (I’ve already tried two that accept longer stories and been told “no thank you”), but I can’t decide whether to submit it as a contest entry or a regular submission. So, I’m going to sit on that and see what I decide.

Okay, been listening to Medieval Christmas all evening (remember, I was supposed to be editing the Christmas story). I’m tired and it’s past time for bed.

That’s my news.