Don't
know about you, but in late January, winter set in with a vengeance around
here. By the end of the month, we were digging out from significant snowfall
and trying our best to stay warm. On the plus side, the weather made sitting in
front of the computer seem pretty inviting, so I've been getting a fair bit of
traction on my various writing projects.
Recent Publications
Have you ever
wondered whether attending a visitation or funeral and sharing your positive or
funny memories of the deceased with their loved ones matters? My guest post on
January 21, 2019 on the Warpworld
blog shares my views on the matter.
I also had the opportunity
to appear on Canadian writer Colleen Anderson's blog, promoting the next issue
of Eye to the Telescope, which I will
be guest editing. You can find the link to the blog here, and if it inspires you
to submit something to Eye to the
Telescope Issue 32: Sports and Games, all the better!
The Saturday Evening Post runs a limerick
contest, where they provide an image and invite people to submit a limerick to
go with it. I've been a runner-up a couple of times, but was thrilled to get
the nod for top spot for the September/October 2018 contest. You can see the
winning limerick, and the image that inspired it, here:
In January, I received
my print copy of Third Wednesday,
Volume XII, No. 1. This particular issue included two of my offerings,
"Lost at Sea" (inspired by the orca whale that refused, for a time,
to give up its dead calf), and "Canoe Trip, Massasauga Provincial
Park".
Nomadic Delirium's
January 2019 Spaceports and Spidersilk
included "Dorvan cuisine", a speculative poem.
Coming Soon
Though
I only have a few pieces scheduled to come out in February (poems in the print
and online versions of Scifaikuest),
I have some interesting items coming out later in the year that I'll share a
little later.
What I'm Working On
One of
the reasons I retired at my earliest opportunity is to reduce stress. In line
with that, I've tried to give myself more lead time with writing projects, so
it's not always a last-minute scramble. To that end, I'm working on some
stories right now with May and June submission dates, as well as re-furbing
some of my past story ideas for re-submission to other markets.
Also
still trying to exercise the poetry muscle, and from time to time digging into
the research I did for my never-completed Master's thesis to see if some sort
of non-fiction project might emerge from that.
Till
next time...
