Somehow, 2024 is over, so here's my retrospective for the year. If you're looking for my 2024 Awards Eligibility Post (AKA, everything I wrote or translated that was published in 2024), you can find it here! This post is broken into the following sections: Annual Statistics My Progress In Praise of Zine Fests My Struggles … Continue reading 2024 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Advice on Publishing Translations
It is truly thrilling to see more and more short fiction publishers accepting translations as publishers work to diversify the publishing industry. That said, I've encountered or observed a few hiccups along the way that can cause headaches for editors, translators, and authors alike, so I'd like to share my advice regarding some common problems. … Continue reading Advice on Publishing Translations
[UPDATED] My RavenCon Schedule (2024)
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I have come down with flu-like/COVID-like symptoms, and will be staying home instead of spreading whatever this illness is further. 😦 ORIGINAL POST: It's time for my first con appearance of the year! I'll be at my first RavenCon this weekend in Richmond, Virginia, which runs from Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April … Continue reading [UPDATED] My RavenCon Schedule (2024)
How is it August already?
It's been a while since I've written, I know. I've been busy! I paneled at Flights of Foundry (online) and Balticon (in-person) this spring, I was an invited Guest of Honor at Washington County Free Library's annual FanCon (in-person), and I participated in Clarion West's 2023 Write-A-Thon (online)! I'm trying to keep my Linktr.ee page … Continue reading How is it August already?
2022 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Happy New Year, everyone! I've already shouted about my publication successes for 2022 in my 2022 Awards Eligibility Post, so in this post, I thought I'd share some statistics about my submissions, a brief writing retrospective, and some random trivia about my stories, published this year, and my goals for 2023. (If you're curious how … Continue reading 2022 Annual Wrap-Up Post
2022 Awards Eligibility Post
Since my last forthcoming publication of 2022 is now out, it's time for my annual awards eligibility post! 2022 was very exciting for me on the writing and translation front. Several of my stories and original translations were published, and an anthology I co-edited for The Dread Machine was released, too! Please consider the following … Continue reading 2022 Awards Eligibility Post
How to Evaluate Your Story Like an Editor!
Last week, I wrote a blog post for Quasar Editing as part of a series on what the editorial team at The Dread Machine looks for as we review submissions. I'm Acquiring Editor for The Dread Machine—aka, middle management. I talk about what I do when submissions come in, and about how I read and … Continue reading How to Evaluate Your Story Like an Editor!
2021 Annual Wrap-Up Post
As you can see, I'm a bit behind on my annual wrap-up stuff. Better late than never! 2021 was another busy year for me! I started taking on more editing clients via Quasar Editing, which helped me reaffirm my love of helping speculative fiction authors with developmental edits. I'm way more passionate about analyzing stories … Continue reading 2021 Annual Wrap-Up Post
Coming soon: Even more poetry!
The wonderful folks at Quatrain.Fish have picked up three more of my poems, which means they're going to publish FIVE of them total!!! I am very excited and will of course share them as they are released. Of these three most recently sold poems:* I wrote one as an expression of my frustration with racial … Continue reading Coming soon: Even more poetry!
Update: Projects!
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I decided to post about some of the projects I've been working on lately. Hopefully you're all faring well and staying safe in these pandemic times! I got pretty stir crazy the first few days after the stay-at-home order, but I gave myself a semblance of … Continue reading Update: Projects!
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