No new news on the publishing front – but that was to be expected after the flurry of acceptances a few months ago.  My writing has actually been sparse at best over the last two months.  I’m not sure if to blame it on work or just flat out needing a bit of a break, but things have picked up in the last few days, and I’m hoping to keep the momentum moving to finish out the year.

Speaking of, I do have one rewrite request pending for my, oh let’s call it ‘blind monk’ story.  So far I’m 0 fer 3 in rewrite request sales (though two of them have gone on to sell elsewhere), but I have hopes for this one, as I’ve been communicating with the editor, so I have a pretty solid idea of what needs to change and the generic direction I should go.  In basic terms:  the ending is crap.

In other news, I just received notice of a story (my ‘steampunk turtle’ story) being placed on hold at a pro magazine.  Per their email, that gives me nearly a 50/50 shot at landing the sale.  Which, obviously, would be excellent.  I should know for sure in the next 2-4 weeks.

Finally, a new flash fiction story of mine, ‘Dead Weight’, killed at my writers group meetup last Tuesday.  I know flash is a hard sale at the pro ‘zines in general, but when the Bull Spec editor (Sam, who I had no clue was sitting behind me as I read) tells me to forget the other pro ‘zines and submit straight to the ‘big 3′ (F&SF, Asimovs, Analog)… well, I take that as a pretty good sign that I’ve written something worth reading.

That’s it for now.  Here’s to hoping…