http://www.jennawaterford.com scribbling in the trenches Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:03:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I woke up this morning to find out my flash short, "Beata Beatrix," has been accepted by Electric Velocipede. This is my first sale that will appear in print rather than in pixels. It will be published at some point next year. Oh, and also: *squee!* http://www.jennawaterford.com/2009/11/09/good-morning-indeed/ At last, at last, I have sold my second short story! The Town Drunk has accepted "Troll Local 157" (a story of which I am inordinately fond) for publication, actual date of publication unknown at this time. *big huge cheesy happy silly grin* http://www.jennawaterford.com/2009/06/24/this-has-been-a-good-day/ I got an email a couple of days ago notifying me that I'm going to be on programming at CapriCon 29 (here in the Greater ChicagoLand Area)! This will be my first time on programming anywhere, so I'm nervous and will probably overprepare and the panels will careen immediately off-topic, ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2009/01/29/one-small-step-for-a-readhead/ The new issue of Allegory goes live on January 1st, so you only have two more weeks to read my first short story sale, "The Accidental Mime." http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/12/18/two-weeks-left/ "The Accidental Mime" has received a couple of lovely notices from the blogosphere: Marshall Payne gave it a full review with which I am unutterably delighted, while kmarier @ Northwest Science Fiction Society says: "...the story is a hoot and proves what I have always maintained, good manners never go out of ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/09/02/first-story-first-reviews/ "The Accidental Mime" is live at Allegory -- I hope everyone enjoys my first sale! http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/08/31/new-month-new-story/ Right as I was about to leave for my birthday dinner with six fantastic friends (at Prairie Moon in Evanston -- a really great restaurant and even better for hanging out with friends), an email popped into my inbox. I've sold my first short story to Allegory.  "The Accidental Mime" will ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/07/28/glee/ I've been working on the beginning of La Cause, trying to find my way into the story. I've stepped back to the outline again, and it's at last let me past the first roadblock. My stories seem to wander down cul de sacs and get turned around, and it can be very ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/07/09/little-updates/ *blows cobwebs off of blog* My latest theory is that maybe writing is like sculpture: You just chip away everything that doesn't look like the story you're trying to tell. http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/05/28/still-no-word-counts/ I wrote this about a year ago with an entirely different starting intent -- I keep trying to write a librarian story, and the idea in my head keeps morphing into something else the moment I start typing.  This time it turned into an insane fantasy/chick lit/Arthurian pastiche that was ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/04/23/the-faire-ophelia-and-ranulf/