what all of mine got published in hell year
Thu 2020-12-17 23:18:58 (in context)
- 2,600 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 22 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 34 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 100 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 983 words (if poetry, lines) long
Just a short note today, because my day started late and went slowly and now I'm tired. But there is Actually Writing content, so yay for that.
Way back in April, I woot-wooted over having a poem newly accepted: "The Ascent of Inanna", originally a short-short then reimagined as a 22-line poem, was purchased by Dreams & Nightmares for publication in Issue 116, then-upcoming in September 2020. I am happy to report that my contributor's copy reached me safely despite this year's postal wonkiness, and it has been added to my Happy Shelf. While I wish I could just give you a link you could click to go read the poem (and the rest of the issue), there's something kinda fantastic, in an old-school way, about having a copy I can hold with pages I can riffle through. (Exceedingly affordable copies are available for purchase from the editor at the link above.)
Captain Holland, of course, has demonstrated a predilection for chewing on things made of paper. To keep the production of the above photo tragedy-free, I put my copy of the magazine inside the clear-sleeve front cover of a three-ring binder.
I am reminded by my colleagues on Twitter that it's time to make Awards Eligible posts. That is, to list all the things I had published this year, so that you can go read them and, if you wish, nominate them for awards. The very thought makes all the brain-weasels in my addled pate rear up and holler, "Who the hell do you think you are, suggesting that people nominate your drivel for awards? The nerve! The effrontery! The very idea! Hmph." So, OK, here is a list of things I had published this year, so that you can go read them. If you wish. The end. OK? *Nervously glances at brain-weasels* OK. (And I'm only including the word and/or line count to give you an idea of how much of a time investment reading each involves.)
Short stories
"The Rarest of Prey" in Daily Science Fiction (102 words)
"One Story, Two People" in Community of Magic Pens, print anthology, Atthis Arts (2600 words)
Poetry
"The Mardi Gras Tree" in Eternal Haunted Summer (34 lines)
"The Ascent of Inanna" in Dreams & Nightmares, print journal, see above (22 lines)
Reprints
"The Soup Witch's Funeral Dinner" in ep. 431 of Cast of Wonders (980 words)
I do not think that reprints are award-eligible. But this is not an Awards Eligible list. It is a list of stuff I had published in 2020, that's all. So "Soup Witch" belongs on that list.
So now I have fulfilled my promise to blog about Actually Writing "tomorrow" and thus may go to bed with a clear conscience. Huzzah! (There'll be more in days to come, of course; this was all I had the oomph for posting tonight.)