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[agilebrit]

And to top off my day yesterday, I had two rejections. Looking over my spreadsheet, I realized that one of them has not yet been sent to F&SF, so I'll gin up a sub package for them and ship that off on payday, since there's a PO not far from the bank.

I entered the cow story in the Fantasy Faction Writing Contest. Deadline is tomorrow, folks, so if you've got 'em, send 'em. And now I have the fun of deciding where the other things that got rejected this month are going. I've been bad about flipping things lately. The quality of rejections I'm getting are better (editors are, at least, reading my stories clear to the end now), but they're still rejections and it's getting... wearing. Not to mention that one place has had one of my stories for over a year (and two queries have gone unanswered), and three of them have been out since friggin' December. One of those is a flash piece. Come on.

This is why RP is so damn seductive. Instant, positive feedback. And it loops in a very insidious way. And my brain has been complete mush since I finished Won His Soul; it's like I poured everything into it and now there's nothing left.

Hubby and Boy are gone on an overnight boy scout thing. I'm hoping to get some actual writing done today. I'm really not sure I will.

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[kensieg.livejournal.com]

what's the cow story?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Here's the tag. Basically, it's the story of the dude who gave Jack the beans for the cow and what was so special about a dang cow that a guy would trade actual magic beans for her. It's kind of a slapstick comedy/caper story.

[roseaponi.livejournal.com]

Stonethread fantasy and science fiction is running a contest for an anthology in Ray Bradbury's honor - they're accepting between 1500 and 15000 words. (listed in C. Hope Clark's Funds for Writers Small Markets). First place is $50, second through sixth is $20.