InsaneJournal

Eeeh...whoops.
Yeah, so I lost track of updating this journal, but mainly because I don't think that many people are reading this. Also, most of my progress reports sound very similar. I'm always working on something new, or submitting somewhere. Or I'm obsessing because someplace I've sent to hasn't sent a response recently.

And all of that is true this week. After I finished up the last posts of Blood Relations, I went back into short story mode. Yesterday, I wrote part of a story, and today I finished it and wrote another non-fiction article for AC. It's not official just yet, but I'm on the cusp of a clout level of four with AC. So, this means that sometime this month, I will earn $1.50. It's not much to get excited about yet, but so far, the few comments I've had are positive.

I've gotten word of a great review for Redemption Lost, which will be forthcoming in the April issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly. It's a positive review for the book, and overall it's a ringing endorsement for the trilogy. I'm hopeful that I can continue to build on this success with more positive reviews, but it's a very slow waiting game for now.

I have a short two part story about Vicky and Amber done for the site, but I'm also going to be making up some other short stories for the web site, and I mean really short, like one or two posts, at the most.

And finally, I have the submissions. I'm getting ready to turn in a couple of submissions for themed anthologies. The stories are done, and I'm just waiting for the opening date. Both would be at semi-pro levels, I think, though one of them might be pro. It's no secret that I'm harsh about my short stories, but I feel like this year, I've started to make some improvements, and I'm now able to write short stories that don't give away the endings too soon. So now its time to start submitting them to see if the editors agree that I'm making improvements.

And finally, I'm still waiting for the publisher to send word on my first novel. Yes, I'm sweating bullets over it, but after almost two months, I'm running out of ammo. (baaaad Zoe.) I'm still worried, and I'm not sure who else to go to if this fails. A 200K story is a tough sell anywhere these days, but even more so when it's a weird cross genre book from a complete unknown writer.

I'm trying to set myself up to accept another rejection, because after two months, I think that they probably either haven't read it yet, or they didn't, and now they hate it so bad that they can't reply. Just...angst and woe...you know?

So yeah, more of the usual. And with that, I'm heading back to bed.

Later...