Virus-inspired hard drive crash. I theorize that I let it happen by clicking yes to a box, of which I should have been more suspicious. Reinstall gives me a clean slate and a faster computer, but substantial file loss. Fortunately I had just gmailed all my stories to myself.

Speaking of – have all my stories out but one, and I will find a market for it today. Reworked a ‘first contact’ story beginning into a flash story and sent it to 365tomorrows. I’m actually optimistic on that one.

Is it possible that discussing my submissions and rejections is a bad idea? Is it too “don’t look at the man behind the curtain”? Would it lead to a more likely rejection of a story that I’ve submitted some where before? Possibly, but then that would suggest some editor actually took the time to read this, which is unlikely. We’ll go with it for now.

Football season is over and I’ve been able to exercise six days straight and I feel much better, but I haven’t made enough time to write. I’ve stayed busy with computer issues and school issues. I teach class nine out of the next twelve days and I have to conduct a system-wide teacher election, but then I’m off nine days in a row after that over Thanksgiving. If I can avoid time sinks, I should be able to write.