My dimension hopping story "Infinite Skeins" is up in the August issue of Crossed Genres! This was the first story that I actually sent out for submission back in the beginning of 2014. I'm really glad it's found a home!
First Publication! /
My first story sale, to Daily Science Fiction is up on their site.
This is the crazy part where other people read my work...
Note To Future Self /
Dear Future Naru,
When considering a large renovation project simultaneously with the birth of a child,
Don't.
- Past Naru
P.S. No really, don't.
Statistics /
I noticed someone else doing this on their blog and figured it might be a good time to look back on my writing over the past year till now. My first submission was in February of '14 though the two pieces that I started subbing during that window were completed earlier in the year
2014
- Submissions : 13
- Sales : 0
- Stories Written : 5
- Total Words : 16,494
2015
- Submissions : 15
- Sales : 1
- Stories Written : 4
- Total Words : 17,255
Conclusion -- I've had some good output this quarter :) A lot of that has been a heavy push in my meagre amount of spare time in the past few weeks. I had a few WIPs in the hopper that I really wanted to complete and get into the sub cycle before the baby showed up.
In any case, I have 7 pieces out for submission right now with fairly long lead times so it's unlikely I'm going to hear anything back anytime soon (two of them might respond soon-ish but I have higher hopes for a few that I just recently submitted).
On Dragons & Parenthood /
Another piece went out the door last night, the seventh since I started this journey in 2014. This one is a flash fiction piece involving Dragons. Did you know the Internet gives you an answer for the gestational period of a dragon? The answer is 3 if you must know (for McCaffrey-an dragons only, apparently).
And speaking of non-fictional parenthood, my wife is at 38 weeks as of Monday. My son is imminent! I'm reminded of a beautiful segment from Lost In Translation:
Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.
Cheers for delightful people!