This year wasn't as productive as I wanted it to be; however, it was also more productive than any year I've had in a while. And so I'm proud of it, as well as committed to improvement, improvement, improvement.
Striving for semi- or pro-publication:
I wrote one short story this year: "Green Dream." I sent it out to four venues and it was rejected by each one. It received constructive notes and has been put in the drawer for some months in preparation of revision.
I started or worked on many more short stories than that... an untitled urban minotaur story, "Child of Midnight" based on a
chimera_fancies pendant poem and a
cadhla song inspired by same, a 2006 piece entitled "When Death Dances," and so on down to pieces that are so far only titles and the germs of ideas.
"When Death Dances" has been sent out to three venues, rejected by two, and I'm waiting to hear back from the third.
I wrote one poem in a burst of heady creativity inspired by an
elisem bracelet: "My Small Army of Souls." (The title of the bracelet and the poem are the same.) I sent it out to two venues. It was accepted by the second, the online magazine of Cabinet des Fées.
I also sent out several other previously written poems this year, submitting them to something on the order of three or so venues. They have been rejected from several, and I'm waiting to hear back from another venue now.
In other poetry news, I have only been working on revising a Snow White poem entitled "A Mother's Recipe" and developing my Starry Idylls, a poetry series inspired by Virgil's Eclogues.
For online publication with optional tipping:
I did write another three short stories this year that I gave away for free: "In Extremis," "The Brotherhood of Applied Sciences," and "Our Lady of Crows." If you enjoy those stories and wish to tip me, I welcome the monetary adulation (heh).
I plan to continue my Tales from the Wishing Well in 2009, with a new short story appearing on Thursday, January 15th.
An academic life for me:
One of the biggest reasons my creative productivity suffered this year was due to graduate school. That is not a complaint! But the preparation of applications took a lot of energy, and then I was absorbed in the stress of organizing and executing an intra-state move. Three days after we moved, I was thrust into what I hope was the most difficult semester of my Master's program. I was spending anywhere from 7-10 hours every day on reading, writing, and studying and that's not including the time I spent on campus for classes.
I got the job done, though, emerging with a 4.0 and increased confidence. I also managed to pen a promising paper on fairy tales and Maria Susanna Cummins' The Lamplighter that I hope to revise over the summer and submit to a journal for publication.
I think I've managed to organize a much more reasonable schedule this semester and look forward to developing a better balance between my creative and academic goals.
On a personal note:
On December 21st, 2008, I married my old friend and personal historian Andrew in a lovely ceremony in Montgomery, Alabama. There's a longer post coming on this, just as soon as we get the pictures back.
Striving for semi- or pro-publication:
I wrote one short story this year: "Green Dream." I sent it out to four venues and it was rejected by each one. It received constructive notes and has been put in the drawer for some months in preparation of revision.
I started or worked on many more short stories than that... an untitled urban minotaur story, "Child of Midnight" based on a
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"When Death Dances" has been sent out to three venues, rejected by two, and I'm waiting to hear back from the third.
I wrote one poem in a burst of heady creativity inspired by an
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I also sent out several other previously written poems this year, submitting them to something on the order of three or so venues. They have been rejected from several, and I'm waiting to hear back from another venue now.
In other poetry news, I have only been working on revising a Snow White poem entitled "A Mother's Recipe" and developing my Starry Idylls, a poetry series inspired by Virgil's Eclogues.
For online publication with optional tipping:
I did write another three short stories this year that I gave away for free: "In Extremis," "The Brotherhood of Applied Sciences," and "Our Lady of Crows." If you enjoy those stories and wish to tip me, I welcome the monetary adulation (heh).
I plan to continue my Tales from the Wishing Well in 2009, with a new short story appearing on Thursday, January 15th.
An academic life for me:
One of the biggest reasons my creative productivity suffered this year was due to graduate school. That is not a complaint! But the preparation of applications took a lot of energy, and then I was absorbed in the stress of organizing and executing an intra-state move. Three days after we moved, I was thrust into what I hope was the most difficult semester of my Master's program. I was spending anywhere from 7-10 hours every day on reading, writing, and studying and that's not including the time I spent on campus for classes.
I got the job done, though, emerging with a 4.0 and increased confidence. I also managed to pen a promising paper on fairy tales and Maria Susanna Cummins' The Lamplighter that I hope to revise over the summer and submit to a journal for publication.
I think I've managed to organize a much more reasonable schedule this semester and look forward to developing a better balance between my creative and academic goals.
On a personal note:
On December 21st, 2008, I married my old friend and personal historian Andrew in a lovely ceremony in Montgomery, Alabama. There's a longer post coming on this, just as soon as we get the pictures back.