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Writerly Update 2/5/10 [Feb. 5th, 2010|02:52 pm]
A 1-month-28-day rejection and over 11,000 more words down on the novel. Also, my article, "He Said, She Said...." can be read at Flash Fiction Chronicle, so enjoy! :)

The Unemployment Office also found my claim to be in my favor, so I'll be collecting unemployment benefits until I can find a new dayjob or until January of next year, whichever comes first. Considering how messed up the economy is, I'm not very optimistic.

Also, I decided to take the advice of my last half-dozen employers and apply for SSI. Yes, Mr. "Self-Reliant" finally caved in. Years of chronic pain from osteoarthiritis and a pinched nerve near the spine accompanied by never having enough money for health care can do that to a person.
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Fear and Trembling Update: "Dark City" [Feb. 4th, 2010|05:06 pm]
"Dark City"
by Milan Smith

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It's over now.
In days past I came angry and thrashing
to lose myself here,
a place where
the walls speak and The Others
scurry in the dark around me,
humming words no one else understands.



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1/28/10 [Jan. 28th, 2010|06:04 pm]
13, 690 words down on the novel which is now at roughly 68,000 words and only 4 1/2 chapters left to write. Which means I may have to fatten it up a little once the first draft is finished, possibly requiring a rearrangement of the chapters.

One submission sent and two rejections received. And we're mostly caught up on the F&T slush pile.

Overall, not a bad couple weeks except I got fired from my dayjob on the 18th.

Figures. :(
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Pill Hill Press 2010 [Jan. 27th, 2010|01:12 pm]
I'll have a story in their The Four Horsemen anthology titled the "God-King" and set in ancient Sumeria. ;)
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Fear and Trembling Update: "Lover Boy" [Jan. 26th, 2010|10:57 pm]
"Lover Boy"
by Ian Bontemps

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Take a romantic drive with two young lovers.



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Fear and Trembling update: "The Chopping Block" [Jan. 21st, 2010|01:42 pm]
"The Chopping Block"
by Brian Rosenberger

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Times are tough. People are afraid of losing their jobs. Everyone's head is on the chopping block. Meet the man with the axe.



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Fear and Trembling Update: "Requiem for a Changeling" [Jan. 19th, 2010|12:06 pm]
"Requiem for a Changeling"
by Ryan Willox

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In the aftermath of a failed exorcism, Father Thomas realises he is facing an evil much worse than he initially feared.



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Fear and Trembling Update: "Underground" [Jan. 14th, 2010|03:03 pm]
"Underground"
by Deborah Walker

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Writerly Update 1/12/10 [Jan. 12th, 2010|01:25 pm]
One submission, a 14-day rejection, 20-day rejection, and 1-day rejection. Also, 5400 words down on the novel now that I finally pulled myself out of the quagmire I was in.

Heh. And all it took was to kill off a character two scenes before I had planned to.

the P&E Readers Poll closes on the 14th, so you only have two days left to vote for Chimeraworld #6 (New World Disorder), so go vote already! ;)
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Fear and Trembling Update: "The Ballad of Things" [Jan. 11th, 2010|04:26 pm]
"The Ballad of Things"
by David Siegel Bernstein, PhD.

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In the beginning there isn't light—only a thought.
It floats in my mind, but it isn't mine.
Over time, it grows from solo to choir.
And I learn the song of my people.




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