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I put on my big girl panties and submitted my latest short story to Clarkesworld Magazine. Wish me luck! I should know something within a week!
But, before you get all YEA! and YOU GO GIRL, keep in mind that the rejection rate at Clarkesworld is like 98.8 percent. So, rejection – focus carefully!
I’m beginning to [...]

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There’s nothing like instant gratification.
That’s not just my personal flaw is it?  I now consider myself a writer, at least most days. The novel is what it is, and at the moment – that means DONE.  So now what?
I wrote my first short story recently.  It came from a challenge on a Sci-fi writer’s blog.  [...]

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I’m going to try my hand at a short story. I saw a contest on a women’s Sci-fi group I joined. The type of story is called a flash – and it’s 1000 words or less, and it’s due to be emailed by August 1. I don’t know if that’s enough time to [...]

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