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The AI debate continues to rage in the creative writing space. Personally, I don’t care. AI can be a useful tool for brainstorming or research. It is good at giving summaries and performing technical analysis. Sometimes it can even provide helpful editorial suggestions. But I write because I enjoy writing. I’ve played around with AI…

Last week I was busy making revisions as per my copy editor’s directions while juggling several other projects. Wrapped up “Winter Ghost” and submitted it for consideration for Raconteur Press’ upcoming Wyrd Warfare 3 anthology. Sent my zombie story, “That Bites!” to Cardboard Coffin for their Childhood Fears anthology. Submitted “Three Beats–Reanimating Hitler” to Brown…

I’m not going to bury the lead here, Friday shortly after publishing my weekly update on my writing and submission activities, I received a congratulations email in my inbox from Raconteur Press informing me that they have accepted my story “Half-Baked Curses” for inclusion in their upcoming anthology, “The Muse Within.” This is exciting news…

Whew! After a couple weeks off, I am back to writing for submission and having fun with it. This week I submitted “Haven’t We Been Here Before?” to Orion’s Belt and “Misfit Pieces” to Calendar of Fools, two science fiction stories for two anthologies. I also mailed my story “Dear Aliens” to the “Dear Aliens”…

In my mind, I always associated creativity with freedom. I don’t know where I got that notion, but the word creativity always summoned images of untethered adventures and boundless exploration. The blank page was to me the proper birthing condition for all creative endeavours. Because of this worldview, I perceived due dates, prescribed word counts,…

Whew! Last week was quite a week. If you guessed my production pace was unsustainable, you guessed right. This week I switched gears from anthology submissions and buckled down to finish writing to my 50,000 word mark on Soiled Undies. Mission accomplished. Cannot say for certain that it made the story better, but it did…

The world of writing is competitive. Millions of people dream of being published. One publisher said that they only accept eight percent of submissions. That’s eight out of a hundred. Not because the other ninety-two submissions are necessarily bad, but just because eight percent is all they can manage. So, you might be good and…

Busy week. Submitted “Fromage & Failure” to the Raconteur Press ‘For Want of a Nail’ anthologySubmitted “Half-Baked Curses” to the Raconteur Press ‘The Muse Within Us’ anthology – this is a good one. Made Sunghee cry with happiness at two parts. Probably my best so far.Submitted “Translocating Tea Cups” to Quest MagazineSubmitted “Isn’t It Funny?”…

When Leon started BJJ several years ago, he really went after it. Entered every competition he could. Lost a lot of fights at the start. That’s typically how it goes when you are new in a sport. These days he brings home a lot of gold. You see, the thing is, Leon and I have…

Finished the edits to Soiled Undies. Went through piece by piece, sharpening each story. Today I will begin exploring the world of author agents with the goal of submitting one query letter per day until I run out of agents who represent writers in my narrow niche of speculative fiction. Meanwhile… I have submitted three…