Tuesday, February 27, 2007
February Update: Reading and Writing
Well, I'm at 10 books for the year (9.33 actually, since one of the graphic novels I read -- only at 7 books if you don't count graphic novels ... but I do -- was one-third of a complete work), 2 non-fiction. It's about where I want to be.
Finally made my third submission for the year (the non-fiction deal called TAXES; already been accepted in two markets -- federal and state -- and both of them are paying markets, so woo-hoo! for me). The fourth I hope goes out by the end of the week. Looking at March and April I've got a piece of work ahead if I enter all the short-story contests I plan to. Fortunately I have material to work with for all but one of them, so that's something. (Just got to write the stuff...) Here's the deadline run-down:
Finally made my third submission for the year (the non-fiction deal called TAXES; already been accepted in two markets -- federal and state -- and both of them are paying markets, so woo-hoo! for me). The fourth I hope goes out by the end of the week. Looking at March and April I've got a piece of work ahead if I enter all the short-story contests I plan to. Fortunately I have material to work with for all but one of them, so that's something. (Just got to write the stuff...) Here's the deadline run-down:
- March 15: Relief/faith*in*fiction contest
This is submission #4 -- HINKY JENKS. - April 1: Coach's Midnight Diner's Jesus v. Cthulhu contest
Not sharing the title of this one, but it'll be sub #5. - April 9: Baen contest
This is the one I don't have a story for yet. - April 10: Dragons, Knights & Angels contest
Tentatively titled FINGERPRINT -- if I can find a way to make the story more upbeat (not that it's a downer), I might enter this in the Baen contest and work on an outline I have for THE GRAVE for DKA. - April 15: ACFW's Genesis contest
Gotsta rework the opening for my WIP, Revival.
Mikesell
