It's raining and has rained the whole month of July here in the North East. But there are some lovely, sunny things that came my way today.
Brian Lindenmuth sent me a link to a place called Buck Fifty. http://buckfifty.org/2008/12/04/rejection/ The piece is about a woman's scrapbook full of rejections for short stories that she'd written. But still she wrote. The rejections were from magazines published during the Depression and what a surprise to find that rejections slips still look the same today. And while you're there take a stroll around the site, it's filled with all kinds of interesting things about historical Denver. Spots like this can be a great resource for doing research or finding an idea for a short story. Thank you, Brian, for brightening my rainy day!
I drop by Charlie Williams' blog on occasion. He's smart and sassy and his post on genre writing was dead on. http://charliewilliams.blogspot.com/2009/07/genre-schmenre.html Just blooming write!
And I found this very lovely zine called "Dew on the Kudzu". What a pretty sunshiny place to visit. And yes, they publish shorts, not just from southern writers, but from those who can write about southern things. http://dewonthekudzu.net/ No pay, but what the hell, the sun was shining on the page.
Some days you just have to find your own sunshine.
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And I often find it right here.
Happy to put the sunshine in your day, Patti!
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