Friday, July 31, 2009

Lovely Sunny Things

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.

2 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

And I often find it right here.

sandra seamans said...

Happy to put the sunshine in your day, Patti!