Seriously. I didn’t know what to say. I still don’t. Still, we saved this pumpkin from the unruly frat boy who would have done horrible, horrible things to it. I feel good about this. And since it was my darling four-year-old who chose this particular obscenity, I merely flipped it around and called it a [...]
Archive for October, 2011
When Your Child Picks the Most Obscene Pumpkin in the Patch
Posted in Writing, tagged give me five seconds to carve that thing, Halloween, Is that a pumpkin or..., Mercedes M. Yardley, obscene pumpkin on October 31, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Shark Art!
Posted in Writing, tagged art, Columbia Art League, Hint Fiction, I wish I could make cool things, Mercedes M. Yardley, Robert Swartwood, shark week, sharks, Therese Whang on October 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The coolest thing happened. Remember my short piece “Public Mourning” that was published in Robert Swartwood’s Hint Fiction anthology? I was all atwitter about it. I was in an anthology with Joyce Carol Oates, for crying out loud! How could things get any better? Well, they managed to, and this is SWEET. The Columbia Art [...]
Hey Baby, Going My Way?
Posted in Writing, tagged Delia Sherman, Holly Black, Illiterati writing invasion, Jenny Blackford, malicious faeries, Mason Bundschuh, Mercedes M. Yardley, Patrick Rothfuss, San Diego, WFC, World Fantasy Con on October 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
To World Fantasy Con, that is. This will be my first time at WFC and I couldn’t be more excited! Wait, scratch that. Suddenly I am much more excited because I found out that not only am I on a panel (ohmygosh! I’m on a panel at World Fantasy!) and not only is the panel about [...]
Dan Graffeo’s Halloween Night Fever in Ten Words
Posted in Writing on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Good, clean, fun Halloween read. Boys need to read this. For a more in-depth review, check out my review at Shock Totem. http://www.shocktotem.com/10/07/2011/halloween-night-fever-end-of-the-long-walk/
Think Pink
Posted in Writing, tagged breast cancer awareness, Mercedes M. Yardley, SoooChicAccessories, Think Pink on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Breast Cancer Awareness is a cause that is deeply personal to me. October is, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness month, and we’re presented with so many ways to support the cause. Wearing pink, buying special items, getting the medical checkups that we need…it’s a great time to reflect on something that is very real. I [...]
Things That Make Me Go “Hmmm”
Posted in Writing, tagged how not to be rejected, Jamey Stegmaier, Mercedes M. Yardley, questions, Shock Totem Magazine, submitting to a magazine, tales from a slush bunny on October 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Once upon a time, in a Twitterverse far, far away, somebody asked me to write a post about slushing for Shock Totem. More exactly, about the things that would make me stop reading a submission before I reach the ending. Jamey Stegmaier, this is for you. First off, I offer the disclaimer that this is [...]
Burn, Baby, Burn
Posted in Writing, tagged Demons, editors, I know right?, Ken Wood, Mercedes M. Yardley, on fire, Shock Totem on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Wanna know what Shock Totem editor Ken Wood thought of my Demons story? He thought it was so awesome that it set his heart aflame! Or maybe he was just angry that I named the demon Tam. Nah, I choose the setting his heart aflame thing instead.
Demons Are Here!
Posted in Writing, tagged Demons, Demons like daisy chains, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Happy Halloween, I'm in an awesome anthology, Joe Hill, John Skipp, Ken Wood, Mercedes M. Yardley, Neil Gaiman, TOC on October 9, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I say. Cheerfully. Because there ain’t nothing like a good, demonic horde coming your way, right? I’m pleased to announce that John Skipp’s Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed has finally arrived! My story “Daisies and Demons” is nestled neatly inside. Honestly, I’m all aflutter. Do you want [...]
Is There Money In Writing?
Posted in Writing, tagged fees, how not to be rich, Mercedes M. Yardley, writing for money on October 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Ah, what a question! My non-writer friends ask it a lot. To which I say: no. Not really. Well, some. Wait, what? Define “money”. Authors definitely make money. I’m just not one of them. The process is like this: we sit in a room and we write. Sometimes we write in spurts on our lunch [...]
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