Variant Frequencies is taking another one of my tales for production. My personal thanks to the entire crew: Rick & Anne Stringer, and Matt Wallace. Feedback on “Spired” was terrific, and I’m hoping this latest effort might bring similar accolades. Some day, I’m going to find a way to thank these people back for honing my work into such a quality experience.

I won’t share which tale it is until it goes live. You’ll just have to wait and see.

In less exciting news, I’m currently editing tales two and three of the latest trifecta of stories I’m prepping for submission. This bundle has subjects ranging from pyromania to space colonization, if you’re curious.

Also, I got a rejection today from Nick Mamatas over at Clarkesworld. Once again, my ego takes a beating, but it’s needed. In my experience, when a writer thinks they have writing “figured out”, they stop growing. I endeavor to remain humble; I endeavor to listen.

So I love a rejection like this one, with its digital text bearing richly detailed feedback from a renowned pro editor. It’s bitter medicine to read as an editor takes my tale apart, of course, but its the surest long-term cure for my modest methods. Semi-pro and small press markets are great, but I’m always shooting to catch the eye of a pro publication, and I can’t do that without feedback from the same markets I’m trying to court. I don’t have the ivy-league education. Hell, I didn’t even major in English. All I have is determination, which reminds me to go over valuable feedback like this with the weight of purpose it deserves.