Checked on several places at Duotrope’s Digest to submit my stories and enjoyed reading the ‘don’t submit this’ lists, especially at Strange Horizons. Of course, all the places I’d like to submit “An Advance on Junior” are the hardest places to get accepted.

Found a couple of cool places I hadn’t seen before – On the Premises Contests, Clonepod (more audio SF for the elliptical trainer), and Six Sentences, which I was aware of, but hadn’t seen. I think I’ll make writing something for both the ‘Premises’ contest and ’6S’ a priority.

I’m looking forward to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, which will publish high fantasy short fiction. I submitted “The Ancient Bridge”, to go ahead and give that a shot.

I submitted a very short non-fiction essay (anecdote) to an online magazine Brevity, after being encouraged to do so by my friend, and accidental reader, Sarah. It’s one of my favorite stories about Army basic training and it’s entitled, “Expert”. It’s getting easier to submit. It’s not fear of rejection, I’ve gotten over that a long time ago. It’s more of a micromanaging issue. If I read it one more time I can pick out the perfect word that changes it from average to good. I’ll keep doing that, but I will submit. Damn it.

Heard back from the editor where I submitted “Service”. It’s still alive! I’m pleased, but will continue to expect a rejection note.