Forty

I completed and submitted my fortieth short story of the year a few minutes ago. This one's a 5,000-word confession I started writing December 18, 2009.

Thirty-nine

I completed and submitted my thirty-ninth short story of the year this morning. This one's a 3,300-word confession I started writing June 6.

Free today

The Kindle version of Deadhead Miles, a horror anthology containing a reprint of my story "Black Mack," is free today. I don't know how long it will remain free. Learn more here.

41

I received my 41st acceptance of the year this afternoon, this time for a Spring Break-themed confession I submitted December 12.

Published

My story "Extra Money" appears in the just-published anthology Ignite.

Published

My story "Jumpers" has been reprinted in The Big Book of Bizarro Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection.

Published

My story "Black Mack" was reprinted in the recently published horror anthology Deadhead Miles.

"Because," I said.

Over at SleuthSayers.org there was a recent discussion about dialog tags. I joined in and, I think, summed it up best:

"If a speech tag draws attention to itself, it draws attention AWAY from the dialog, and if a speech tag is used to prop up weak dialog, then the problem isn't the choice of an unusual speech tag, the problem is weak or poorly written dialog. 

"As a writer, then, your goal should be to write dialog so good it doesn't need speech tags to prop it up."

Thirty-eight

I finished and submitted my thirty-eighth short story of the year this evening, a 3,500-word Spring Break confession that I started November 13, 2012.

Thirty-seven

I finished and submitted my thirty-seventh short story of the year this evening. This one's a 3,500-word confession I started February 15, 2011.

40

I received my 40th acceptance of the year today, this time for what may be the world's only erotic story about gay surfing vampires.

Interviewed

There's a brief interview with me on ncreadergirl's blog in conjunction with the publication of Ignite!, an anthology of erotica for mothers. Read it here.

Thirty-six

I finished and submitted my thirty-sixth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 4,000-word confession I started January 9, 2012.

Thirty-five

I finished and submitted my thirty-fifth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,000-word confession I started April 18, 2009.