“Christmas Eggs”

Fellow Writer’s Ink member Sandra has a story up at The Rose and Thorn. It’s a very enjoyable, very funny Christmas story called “Christmas Eggs.” It’s short, so head there and have a read!

Not much else to report right now. There’s a little more going on at Veggiesmack if you head that way. I’m hoping to tackle some new short fiction soon.

Veggiesmack – Food Blog

I started a new vegan/vegetarian food blog, Veggiesmack. I’ve been toying with the idea for a while, and finally decided to take the plunge. I like to cook, and I like to come up with my own vegan recipes, so we’ll see how it goes. Check it out if you feel so inclined.

Weekend Update

I’ve totally failed at NaNo, and I don’t care. I made it to 21,000-ish words and decided I needed to put the hammer down on this moving business since I have to have everything out of my apartment by Dec. 1. Also, I got married Wednesday. Sure, I’m making excuses, but I’m totally okay with my failure.

In non-fail news, my story “An Undead Day at the Spa” was accepted by Every Day Fiction. I’ve gotten behind on my submissions this month (my control panel on Duotrope informs me I’ve sent zero submissions this month). My goals for December are to catch up on submissions and continue revisions on Zombie Town and hopefully work on a few short stories.

So November was my fail month writing-wise. We all have times and situations where we can’t (or don’t feel like) getting the writing we need to done. All you can do is pick your pen or keyboard back up and start writing again, so that’s what I’ll do.

November Needs to Be Over Now

So . . . NaNo report? A sad 21,017 words, I’m sad to report. Of course there are excuses—crazy overtime at work, packing, last week I got sick . . . but I still have eleven days, right? Ten? I don’t know. Something like that. I am hoping to be done packing tomorrow night and I think we’re done with overtime at the day job, so that’ll just leave moving, unpacking and getting married (not necessarily in that order). I’ll write what I can and try not to freak out about it too much.

How about you out there? Anyone else getting their ass kicked by NaNo this year, or are you the one doing the ass-kicking?

Crap! and Yay!

In the Crap! department, I’ve been sick, working overtime, and trying to pack and haven’t touched my NaNo novel in two days. In the Yay! department, I got an acceptance letter this morning! My story “The Trouble with Talkers” has been selected to appear in anthology Zombology IV: The Undead Versus The Living Dead. Huzzah! I actually wrote this story for my writer’s group’s Story Every Day Contest back in June.

I have a lunch write-in today, so hopefully I can get some NaNo words in then. In the meantime, I’m going to try to keep from hacking up a lung.

NaNo Progress & Pep Talk

The NaNo novel is currently at 15,662 words, 12,862 of which were written during November. The plot is still in the percolation stage. A few weird things have happened, but nothing major (aside by a character getting temporarily eaten for a while).

If you need some NaNo cheerleading, check out this post on Merlin Mann’s blog. I really agree with the part that you shouldn’t overthink your novel too much. Thinking too much always gets my stories in trouble. You can think during your revisions. Right now, all you need to do is write. Get it on paper. Suck proudly—you can make it good when you re-write.

Rockin’

Talented friend Alex has a story up at Every Day Fiction called “With the Band”. Check it out!

Hello, NaNo!

Good gravy, November has been insane. We’ve been on crazy overtime at the day job (I’m sure Alex feels my pain), I’ve been trying to pack, and oh yeah, it’s NaNoWriMo! My word counts have been average. So far I’ve written 8,439 words this month. Not bad, I suppose, though I was hoping to build up a word count surplus this week before things get really crazy this month (because they will, trust me).

“8-Bit Procrastination” made the Top 10 stories of the last 30 days list at Every Day Fiction this week. So that’s exciting.

Also . . .

House of Horror’s Creature Features anthology is for sale. My story “Breaking and Entering” is in there. If you’re into stories with big, scary monsters, check it out, or give it as a gift to a monster-loving friend or relative.

That’s all there is to report for now. Blogging will probably be light this month (or maybe not?) due to NaNo, moving and work craziness. Good luck to all you NaNo-ers out there. May your word counts be bountiful!

“8-Bit Procrastination” is Live!

“8-Bit Procrastination” is up at Every Day Fiction. Stop by and rate it and leave a comment if you feel so inclined!

The Best Part of Waking Up is an Acceptance Letter in Your Inbox

Autumn O’ Rejections can take a hike, because my story “8-Bit Procrastination” just got accepted by Every Day Fiction. This was one of my April Fool Challenge stories, and I think it’s the first one I’ve sold. So yay!