Isaiah's Attic - belated update

I've been somewhat self-absorbed as of late, hence the lack of posts. I've also been struggling with my muse. I spent four days on a flash piece earlier this week only to come to the realization that it simply wasn't working and could not be salvaged in its present form. Four days on a flash piece is unacceptable. I should have been working on my novel. Oh, well. Moving on...

Last night was better. I finally managed to finish a story that I wrote quite a long time ago but ended up setting aside because it needed a rewrite and I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to take yet. It's kind of an absurd little piece so I have no idea where to send it, but at least it's done.

On the publishing side of things, I received contributor copies of both Beyond Centauri and Fictitious Force this week, as well as a way cool t-shirt from Necrotic Tissue. Haven't sampled any of the fiction from the contributor copies yet but since the issue of FF contains stories by LJ friends aliettedb and tchernabyelo, I'm looking forward to it.

Also worth mentioning is the review I received from Sam Tomaino of SFRevu. Sam calls my story "Half-Sneeze Johnny" one of the best in the magazine (Kaleidotrope). Full review here.

And last but not least, I received a bit of love recently from The Last Short Story Project as well. Ben Payne called "Penny Wise" nicely written and engaging. Full comments here. "Penny Wise" is from the latest issue of Shimmer.

And that about wraps it up.