Well, January is over and I do want to report on my progress.

First for some really GOOD news!!  I had a short story accepted at Reflection’s Edge and it will be published in the February issue. Actually, I think, any day now!

Now for the mixed news. For the new novel, I am still following the snowflake method, and I am now making spreadsheets with all the projected scenes. Yes, by the way, I did learn how to use Excel. Anyway, this won’t take much longer, and once I have completed this, I will be ready to start the draft.

Now for the bad news. The two short stories are not finished. Partly, this is becuase I was without my laptop for 16 days. It crashed, and while waiting for the manufacturer to send me the recovery disks, I had to borrow my daughter’s computer. So I had no time for blogging and very little time for writing. For this reason, I am granting myself an extension.

I will post another update soon. In the meantime, feel free to shake your head and roll your eyes.

I just received an acceptance from OG’s Speculative Fiction for a science fiction story entitled ”Beanstalk” which I wrote over the summer. This will be my first time appearing in that magazine, and I’m very excited about it, though I don’t know the publication date yet.

Some news to report: I received a rejection today from Greatest Uncommon Denominator. I expected it, but still… (sigh)

But on the same day, my short story “Hot Air” was accepted by Defenestration. They’re an online magazine that publishes humorous stories, and this will be my first time appearing there.

A story acceptance to report: “The Arena” will appear in NOVA Science Ficion issue #23, due out next spring. This will be my second short story to appear in that magazine.