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My cup runneth over. Two of my stories came out today. You can now read the... thing known in these parts as "the terribad story" here, along with five other groaningly awful flash fiction pieces.

The illustration is awesome.

I apologize deeply, but, as the icon says, regret nothing.

Current Mood: embarrassed

It will be coming out March 31. My first Steampunk Werewolf Western, "Of Were-Critters, Widow Women, and Water Rights," appears in it, and I'm excited to see it in print.

This means I have release dates for three of the remaining five stories that have acceptances. "Bear Essentials" is coming out on April 29, and "War of the Were-Mice" is coming out on April 1.

More news as events warrant!

Current Mood: tired

Y'all remember the Terribad Story I did for "Unlikely Acceptances"? The Hubby and the Boy both maintained that I was under-committed, because I refused to typo or use homonyms wrongly.

Well. The TOC is out.

And THERE I AM. I got the email earlier today and wanted to wait for the official announcement.

I'll just be over here. Giggling madly that my third professional-rate sale is for... that.

Current Mood: giggly

Sat, 21:07: Very sad to hear that Paul Walker has died. :'(
Sun, 09:49: Stories don't spring fully-formed from keyboards like Athena from Zeus's forehead. Usually we patch them together like Frankenstein did.
Sun, 11:11: My terrribad story "War of the Were-Mice" is off to the Journal of Unlikely Story Acceptances: http://t.co/OeonlPqmaj

Sat, 13:36: Alas. The movie device "music montage goes here" doesn't work in prose.
Sat, 13:46: Actually, considering the fact that this THING will never be published ANYWAY, I guess I can do what I bloody well want!
Sat, 19:58: At least the Terribad Story is giving me an excuse to exercise my penchant for awful metaphors. Whee!
Sat, 22:40: Meeting with Writing Buddy shook next part of Story loose. And Terribad Story is probably as Terrible and Bad as it's going to get, so.

Fri, 16:45: OMG THOR2. YES PLEASE GIVE ME MORE OF THAT. #somuchflailing
Fri, 18:20: String of "better class of rejections" continues. Le sigh. Hoped this was The One for that publication. Of course, I hope that every time.
Fri, 18:35: And I should stop obsessing over these submissions and work on the terribad story. Someone kick me.
Fri, 18:50: *glares at Terribad Story* I think I'm going to just set this aside for a bit and let it marinate. I only have 29 words to play with anyway.
Sat, 11:55: Good news in the inbox: passed slush. Still working on making Terribad Story more terribad. Outline for Angry Bitter Angel? What outline?

Wed, 13:56: I just had a red-shafted flicker, a chickadee (I've never seen one here), & a downy or hairy woodpecker in my tree, all at once. #OHWOW
Wed, 13:59: AHA. It was a downy woodpecker. Tiny little bird with a tiny little beak (relatively speaking). Awesome!
Wed, 14:00: We also have a giant flock of robins, and the magpies have been going nuts over the dog food today. How fun.
Wed, 14:28: Researching "how to reload shotgun shells" wasn't on my to-do list today, but I did it anyway and am wiser thereby. That's a one-person job.
Wed, 15:16: Writing badly on purpose is HARD, y'all. This thing started as a joke and now I like it. #whywritersdrink
Wed, 18:59: The abrupt scene break is my friend, and I will hug it and squeeze it and call it "George."
Wed, 19:30: I have stuck an END... http://t.co/hJWW88wsIh
Thu, 06:43: ...this thing is supposed to be terrible and it's actually pretty good. Needs more urple, I think.
Thu, 07:44: @TZZP Please stop sending me reminders to join Twitter. I'm here, and have been for quite some time.
Thu, 07:51: Gotta love the CMA awards. Brad and Carrie perform a hilarious parody of "Amarillo by Morning" that slams Obamacare: http://t.co/uROWF4sZsR

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At the bottom of this Terribad Story.

Considering the fact that I just started it yesterday and this may be the first you've heard of it unless you follow me on Twitter, this is quite an accomplishment. It comes in at 830 words, doesn't have a title yet, and needs editing to make it actually bad.

I was going to tell y'all what it involves, but, you know what? You're better off not knowing. I'll just be over here, headdesking and ashamed of myself.

Current Mood: dirty

Tue, 13:27: Week just keeps getting better and better. NOT. I love ordering a book in "good" condition only to receive an ex-lib with a broken binding.
Tue, 13:41: I think they expect me to send this thing back, at my expense, which will probably cost more than the damn book did. Yeah, no.
Tue, 13:46: Emailed bookseller; if I have to send it back at my own expense, then forget it--I'll eat the cost and be more wary going forward. Ugh.
Tue, 20:52: Oh, look, this is me, writing 1000 words of terribad prose because I can't think of anything else. Do I have Plot? Nope. Winging it.
Tue, 20:55: In my defense, it's for this: http://t.co/OeonlPqmaj and their "Unlikely Acceptances" collection.
Wed, 01:48: ...I'm going to have to go back and edit this story to make it suck MORE. It's actually amusing me quite a bit right now.

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