Just when I thought I had run out of paying markets for the planner, I happened upon Locus, a journal that reviews speculative fiction journals which expanded my knowledge of available paying markets. Speculative Fiction Speculative fiction includes: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Slipstream, Weird, Bizarro, and more. Curious what slipstream is?Continue reading “Fantasy, Horror and Sci-Fi. Oh my!”
Category Archives: Exploring
Here Comes February – The first week of planner pages
Today’s the day! I organized all of the pages of my planner that I’ve created so far into one file and am actually posting it for you when I said I would. Yay! I find it fitting and poetic that I also received my first rejection of the year this morning! How great is that?Continue reading “Here Comes February – The first week of planner pages”
The Deadlines: Collecting and organizing
I made a breakthrough over the weekend. I entered the information I’ve been collecting about different literary magazines and their reading windows into a spreadsheet. Now I can easily sort all of the reading periods by deadlines and what month I want to include them in my planner. I also added spreadsheet pages for contests,Continue reading “The Deadlines: Collecting and organizing”
Realistic Goal Setting vs. Creative Chaos
The Chaos Moments after I published my last post with realistic reading goals that I would put in my planner for January, I went to the library and checked out twenty-five books that were not on that list. I’m glad I did. There’s nothing wrong with my reading gluttony. I should not have imagined IContinue reading “Realistic Goal Setting vs. Creative Chaos”
See into the future: No more missed opportunities
Happy New Year! I know I’m a week late to the party, but I’m finally feeling like getting started, so better late, right? A new year, a new project I have an exciting new project for this year inspired by a tweet from Julie Reeser (@abetterjulie) asking about end of year processing and planning. SheContinue reading “See into the future: No more missed opportunities”
New Book: America’s Emerging Writers Anthology
Hi all and happy holiday season. I apologize for disappearing for a bit, but the transition from my time in New Orleans to home in the midst of NaNoWriMo kicked by butt. It was all I could do to get my 50,000 word win, YAY. I still haven’t gotten back into the swing ofContinue reading “New Book: America’s Emerging Writers Anthology”
#OctPoWriMo Day 13 Blitz Poem: If I Were You
Not Like You Absolute ultimatum Absolute end End of an age End of trust Trust is everything Trust betrayed Betrayed our love Betrayed and alone Alone, far from home Alone and afraid Afraid of uncertainty Afraid to discover Discover yourself Discover you were wrong Wrong to believe Wrong to deceive Deceive your believer Deceive withContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 13 Blitz Poem: If I Were You”
#OctPoWriMo Day 11: Cascade – Falling Through The Cracks
Forever In Need Forward and back forward and back I follow you to your tiny world a forest within a pavement crack The alluring scent guides you ever after A trail of bodies in labor forward and back Forever in need saving for winter’s cold Famine or greed? Forward and back Fascinated, I hover, addingContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 11: Cascade – Falling Through The Cracks”
#OctPoWriMo Day 10: Dancing On Air
This OctPoWriMo, I haven’t been as interested in working on poetry forms as I have in the past. However, today’s form, Con-Verse, appeals to me. Here’s my attempt: She Knows They’re Watching Flipping off her heals, releas- ing her toes to the cool breeze She bends her knees, loose hips swaying Her skirt joins theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 10: Dancing On Air”
OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security
Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Insecurity. It is a very fitting theme for my day. In Security A crushing blow of insecurity Why again? The shock. My love wants free I hope I feel the joy and release “The single life,” he said with such ease I see his view. Now I don’t have to care.Continue reading “OctPoWriMo Day 3: In Security”
Experience Writing 