Only six more days until I get broadband internet access at home. Then you'll all very quickly get sick and tired of my crazy-assed three am posts about how horror sucks and there are no good writers left out there since Shirley Jackson died and where's the rest of the goddamn wine? Or, you might be quite amused. Either way, it'll be fun for all of us.

No word yet on whether my submission to Surreal Botany made it or not. I figure I can cool my heels until next Monday, then send a polite email inquiry off. I'm thinking that it probably wasn't accepted - which isn't the end of the world, but I'd like to know for sure. I just post it here if they gave it a pass.

I've started revising the last story I wrote at Clarion, and I'll probably post a few things about it on my Clarion lj - it's an interesting experience to have to balance my own thoughts of what the story needs, along with the comments of 21 other students, plus (extremely) detailed critiques by two instructors. More on that later.

And: I just signed the contracts for the Subterranean Magazine sale of "Take Your Daughters". Now I feel like it's official. However, the title will need to be changed, as it's too "jokesy" for the dark tone of the story. I know some writers freak if their titles are changed - if this were a novel, I'd probably have a hard time, but only because I'd have invested a lot more in the choosing of what I thought was the perfect title. The fact that I'm completely ok with this is a clear indication that it wasn't the right title to begin with. Fortunately, I can dig through the Clarion critiques and see if anyone came up with anything that'll work. Maybe "The Chains You Don't Refuse", as a reply to Elizabeth Bear? Ha, ok, maybe not... :)