After spending part of October in preparation, I’m planning to participate in NaNoWriMo in November. I find that joining in this annual event helps to boost my productivity. Four of the short stories I worked on last November ended up finding homes, so for me at least involvement in NaNoWriMo paid off.
Recent Publications
Two poems, “When We Leave Home For Good,” and “Confessions of an Old
Spacer,” were published in Polar Starlight Magazine of Canadian Speculative
Poetry, Issue 3, October 2021. http://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/POLAR-STARLIGHT-3-October-2021.pdf
A poem titled “We Must Believe the Road Ahead Is Full of Light” appeared in Utopia Science Fiction, Vol. 3, Issue, 2, October/November 2021: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/oct-nov-2021-vol-3-issue-2
Two poems, “If Places Remember,” and “Good Reasons,” were published in Peach
Velvet, Issue 10, Hometown Haunts hallozine ’21. “Good Reasons” was
previously published in Contemporary Haibun Online. Link for Peach
Velvet is below:
https://www.peachvelvetmag.com/fall-21
“In Other Words,” a reprint story that originally appeared in CBAY Books’ One Thousand Words for War, is included in WolfSinger Publications’ US/THEM, released October 31, 2021. Those interested in checking out the US/THEM anthology can take advantage of discounts as follows:
Smashwords: use the code LE32N for a 15% discount off the cover price of
$6.95.
This code is part of the Holiday Promotion code set up for all
WolfSinger Books at Smashwords and is valid through 1/15/22. The Smashwords
link is: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112780
Print copies can be ordered using the code Holidays2021 at the WolfSinger Books storefront (link below). This code provides a 15% discount and applies to all WolfSinger books including US/THEM. The code is valid through 1/15/22.
The link for the WolfSinger Publications storefront is https://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/shop
My review of Brian Van Norman’s Against the Machine: Manifesto
appeared on The Miramichi Reader site, October 3, 2021: https://miramichireader.ca/2021/10/against-the-machine-manifesto-by-brian-van-norman/
I posted a review of A.J. Hackwith’s The God of Lost Words on Goodreads October 19. The God of Lost Words is the final installment in Hackwith’s highly original and imaginative “Hell’s Library” trilogy. You can find the review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4296495103
What I'm Working On
Through October, I spent a lot of time plotting rather than writing. In
November, I’ll be focussing on fiction, including a short story for a
submission call titled Pirating Pups, fleshing out some other short story ideas, working on putting
together a collection of short stories for submission, and solidifying some
ideas for a collection of flash humour pieces.
Coming Soon
A Quicksilver and Pepper story titled “Where the Hearth Is” is included in Tyche Books Home for the Howlidays, edited by M.L.D. Curelas. I’m not sure whether other authors have “favourite” stories among those that they’ve written but “Where the Hearth Is” is one of mine. I’m looking forward to reading the anthology, whose contributors include several other members of the Science Fiction Canada group.
