I made the Honorable Mention list for the Writers of the Future Contest.
http://wotfblog.galaxypress.com/2008/09/final-honorable-mentions-for-3rd.html
And that was the first story I ever sent to them. Huh.
Archive for September, 2008
23 Sep
And weirdly enough…
23 Sep
The Juxtaposition between Mourning and Celebration
So yesterday was my co-worker’s funeral. Today was Family Fun Night at my son’s school.
It was surreal, seeing so many people dressed up. Ours is a laid-back office, so seeing dresses and suits with ties was distressing. Most of the office is still in shock. It would’ve made a difference if our co-worker died from [...]
17 Sep
Sunshine warm on my face
Yesterday started off with my son coming into our bedroom with his pants around his ankles, where he proceeded to pee on our carpet and then tried to dig his way back into his room via our closet.
It ended in learning about the death of a co-worker who was instrumental in moving us to Madison.
Daniel’s [...]
15 Sep
Should I be happy?
It’s been pretty busy here at the Cafe as I race to get some stuff done in the face of deadlines, writing-wise. Been checking stats of how people come to hear of the Cafe. It’s getting to be a cliche of what bloggers will put down as far as how their blogs are discovered through [...]
3 Sep
When to write and when to polish (and when to wax poetic…)
So last week I was listening to the Adventures in Scifi Publishing episode where Shaun Ferrell interviews Neil Gaiman. Towards the end of the podcast, About 30 minutes in, to be exact, Neil said something that troubled me a little. It’s part of the advice every writer gets nowadays–to write, and write every day. That [...]
