Shore, Sales & Stories

The Shore
Got back from Stone Harbor yesterday, with plenty of sand, craft fair purchases, Cape May wine, and sunburned shoulders to show for it. Twas fun, but between that trip and TNEO, I'm looking forward to staying home for a whole week before running away again. I've always been quite fond of my bed, and the bed-like torture devices I was subjected to at TNEO and the shore house have made me even more fond of it.

Oh, and the new couch in the shore house (my in-laws have been renting this place for years) was just . . . well, everyone who entered the house had pretty much the same reaction: "Oh." (pause to fully take in the horror) "That's, um . . . new."

Just thinking about that couch makes my eyes bleed.

Sales & Stories
It continues to be a good year for flash fiction and reprints: yesterday I received an email that Flash Me Magazine will be publishing my story "Troll Bait" in their all-fantasy issue this fall. The story originally appeared in AlienSkin last year.

And as of today, my flash story "To Someone Who Needs Prayer" is now available in issue 61 of Hub Magazine. My '07 Odyssey mates should recognize this one. (If not, it's ok. We were all fried as hell that final week.)

Now that I've gotten the requisite publication pimping out of the way, I can get back to that wacky writing thing. The shore was my TNEO detox week, so instead of writing, I spent my time reading and relaxing and eating far too much ice cream. I'm a bit overwhelmed on the writing front in that I have far too many projects I'm eager to tackle. I had two or three days at home between TNEO and the shore, and I wanted to write, but I was excited by so many projects that I coudn't pick one to focus on. Instead my brain ran about every which way until it finally blew up. But now that I've had some time to chill, here's hoping I can find some writerly focus.