Recently I was asked in a writing group chat if I could try and explain how I keep track of what stories and poems I send to literary magazines where and what is happening to them and so forth. I thought I could use some of my answer for this month's blog post. Perhaps it … Continue reading Organising story and poem submissions as a writer
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Time and Tide eBook
It has recently come to my attention that Arachne Press's Time and Tide: Stories and Poems from the Solstice Shorts Festival 2019 is available for purchase as an eBook. I don't think I knew that before, and I don't think I've advertised it before. I have a short story, "Remittance" within the anthology. You could … Continue reading Time and Tide eBook
Unnamed Poem
How does the merman look as it pulls itself up on this gravel beach between two storms pale, for underwater, or dark for the sun heavy shouldered, big handed four fingered, wide chested good working lungs but what about gills? do ribs show pressing against the skin for lack of food, for lack of rest … Continue reading Unnamed Poem
Hot and a bit tired – August Update
Hello whoever out there is reading this today! I missed my offline day this past weekend and I am missing it. I am also fighting some glitchy wi-fi. In my head and through my keyboard I am making progress on the first draft of a short noir-ish crime story set on the Pacific coast - … Continue reading Hot and a bit tired – August Update
The forgotten publication
At the back of the pile of books by my bed, I recently re-discovered my author's copy of Inside Brilliance: Havik 2021 - one in a series of annual anthologies put out through a Los Positas College program. (Los Positas College is in Livermore, California - which is in the San Francisco Bay Area.) Cover … Continue reading The forgotten publication
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