tiredI have leveled up in Real Author. How do I know? I know because I actually managed to miss a publication date. Not a deadline; a publication. As in, "something got released, and I completely missed it." So! My poem, "Clockwork Chickens," was published in issue #25 of Apex Magazine, which previously published the stories "Dying With Her Cheer Pants On" and "The Tolling of Pavlov's Bells." Hooray!
You can read my poem here, for now. Apex takes down back issues in a sort of rolling pattern, so you should read soon, or better yet, buy the e-book download of the issue so that you can keep it forever and for always. Apex is a company that does good work, and they keep buying my stuff, which naturally endears them to me. I would like it if they would keep doing that. And also, I like this poem.
In other news, I am safely home from Ohio, and attempting to figure out where I left my head. I sadly suspect it may have been in the Houston airport, where I was so hungry that I ate an entire cheeseburger in approximately four bites and an inhale. I think I scared the waitress. I know I counted my fingers when I was done. Just in case. So I am tired and I am grumpy, and I am getting tired of being tired.
I am almost done packing the most recent run of poster orders, and should be getting those in the mail this week. Better yet, the lovely Deborah has finished collating all the T-shirt orders, and I am working with the printer now to get everything submitted and start the production process. We wound up with over three hundred shirts on the order. My house is going to be one hell of a shipping party.
I am also almost done with the technical revisions on Blackout, which I will be shipping off to my publisher Real Soon Now. And thus do I buy myself time to finish the other three books I need to be working on, and perhaps someday, one day, take a nap.
Onwards and upwards.
Zzz.
August 31 2011, 09:40:24 UTC 5 years ago
I hesitate to mention this, cuz it just may be something you haven't gotten to yet, or just something you didn't need to do in whatever order you handle communicating for orders... but you mention posters here.... I was realizing recently that I never heard back from you with regard to my Wicked Girls poster order back from your post about it in the beginning of August and info about if sending a check was okay and address info. Here is the link to my order comment from August 8 and my additional comment mentioning my email (if it helps you track it): http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/3
August 31 2011, 15:05:39 UTC 5 years ago
August 31 2011, 17:25:37 UTC 5 years ago
If it helps, for when you get there, I'm totally cool and happy to either pay (cash or check) and/or receive delivery in person at OVFF. Not sure if this would make things easier or not, but it is an option I wanted you to know about.