Off til next Wednesday. Gotta get some writing in. Still working on the story about a demon attempting to posess a teen age girl. He gets more than what he bargined for. (Idea from a writing prompt) #writing #stories #fiction #blueskywriters #writingcommunity

September Submitting stats - 7 stories submitted, plus 2 reprints. Since I do sim subs, 30 submits total. 20 rejects. 28 lit mags submitted to. 2 or 3 of those were for contests. #submitting #stories #cnf #fiction #litmags #contests

I'm still here, just working playoff games. Gotta work tomorrow. If we win, we face the Brewers next week. If we lose, that's it for the season. Have done some submitting here and there. Not much else going on really.

Chicago! Y'all ready for some post season ⚾? I'll be working tomorrow, Wed and (if needed) Thursday. It's gonna fucking crazy, but a lot of fun. #flytheW #wrigleyville #baseball #postseason #playoffs

The Samuel de Champlain, tug boat pushing a barge. 6 miles offshore, Chicago bound from Milwaukee.

I am working next week! #baseball #postseason

Reading and binge watching stuff on Netflix today. Maybe cranking out some words.

Ah....might check a couple of these out. ❤️

Haven't looked at news all day. Have no clue and honestly don't care. Dumped Hulu, got a subscription to Netflix and have been binge watching stuff. Some writing done. Last Cubs game 4 season on Sunday.

If anyone still has Amazon Prime (yeah, I know), there's a documentary about Selma Blair. It's hard to watch (I've got friends w/MS), but it's so good and she never gives up.

Happy New Year to those who celebrate!

Writing today, have an idea for the 'demon wants to posess a teenage girl gone wrong' (he gets more than what he bargined for), I want to see where it takes me. #writing #stories #urbanfantasy #fiction #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #magicalrealism #specfiction

also ignoring news today. Because I can and because I'm loooooong past the point of "I just CANNOT even"

making bread sticks to freeze. Roasting green beans for dinner. Got a huge butternut squash, thinking chili or something to use that in.

I've done a lot of....nothing today. Felt good. Supposed to rain all weekend. Might do some bread baking. Will get some writing in, really. Maybe pull up older stories that have been sitting around to work on.

Hulu canceled. #fuckdisney

Renewed my gym membership. Given that I'll be working some of next month, swimming four or five days a week will have to wait until after my Vegas trip. (I don't do jack on days/nights I work games. And playoff games will be CRAZY) Dinner tonight is eggrolls.

Looks like I'm working next month.

Since it's the 38th anniversary of my 21st birthday I am celebrating by not looking at any news. AT. ALL. I'm also making rum cakes later. If you're nice to me, maybe I'll share the recipe. #birthday #LIX

Off for 10 days. Lots of writing, errands to run, cooking, reading. Working on a couple of stories, logging any rejects (or stories published), editing here and there. Need to renew gym membership. And I'm starting the countdown to Vegas for the writing conference I'm going to. #stufftodo

FLY THAT W! #baseball #wrigley

Still noping out on the news. Did a quick scroll to catch up. I'm good. A win today at Wrigley, I'm working again tomorrow and Sunday. Then off for 10 days. Lots of time to write then.

I'm mainly puttering about online today. I'm well the fuck aware of what today is. But on the heels of the 20th anniversery of Katrina, & and the news in general, for my mental and emotional health, I'm noping out for the day.

Got my REAL ID taken care of yesterday. Easy in/out in under 45 minutes at the walk in place in the Loop. Had a new picture taken. Like on my previous ID, it still looks like a mug shot. 😂But at least I'm good to fly. VEGAS HERE I COME!

Any writing today will be on a story about a demon trying to posscess a teenage girl. He gets more than what he bargined for, it doesn't quite turn out the way he intended. (general idea came from a writing prompt) #writing #fiction #stories #magicalrealism #urbanfantasy

Today is mainly putter about in the kitchen day. Need to go through the pantry, straighten up, toss expired stuff, etc. I'll get some writing in this afternoon.

I'm tired of finding lit mags that come across as the perfect fit for a story I wrote. 50 submits, 40 rejects, so far. I'm at the point of why bother. And it's a cool story. "Last Human at the Bar". I've tweaked the fuck out of it. #stories #fiction #submitting #litmags #rejects

Spending the day submitting previously published stories to lit mags that do reprints. Might watch silly fluff on Hulu. Cooking tonight - baked stuffed eggplant. Not even bothering with doomscrolling news headlines. Not worth it. #submitting #reprints #stories #fiction #cnf #litmags

"Spirit of the rising sun lift me up. Hold me there and never let me fall." -U2 #sunrise #lakemichigan #rogerspark #Chicago @flakphoto.news @amrangowani.com @nberlat.bsky.social @lakemichigan13.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social

Full moon. #lakemichigan ##Chicago #rogerspark

I've spent the morning looking for lit mags that do reprints. It's time I tried to find fresh homes for stuff I've published. Will spend the next couple of days submitting. #reprints #stories #fiction #cnf #submitting

I'll be at work by the time it passes by....the CSL Niagara (Canadian) bulk carrier on the horizon. (Zoom in) This mornings view from about an hour ago. #lakemichigan #rogerspark #Chicago #bulkcarrier

@amrangowani.com HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Still looking 4 semi top tier places to submit CNF/memoir pieces to. Or any contests I might find. Working sporadically rest of month. Last month of regular ⚾season. My Vegas trip for the writing conference is less than 2 months away. #submitting #litmags #stories #cnf #memoir #contests

Y'all need cats. #catsofbluesky

I'm looking at some of the 'harder to get published in' lit mags to submit three memoir pieces. Also looking at contests to enter them in. #cnf #memoir #submitting #litmags #stories #writingcontests

FLY THE W! ⚾ #cubs #w #baseball #wrigley

Damn. He was a good egg.

Next story I'm working on is fiction. A demon tries to possess a young girl and finds more than what he bargined for. #fiction #urbanfantasy #yafiction #stories #writing #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

I decided to pull that memoir piece that I redid from the 10 lit mags I had submitted it to. The rewritten story fleshed out, more descriptive & has a stronger ending. I'll sit on it for a week before submitting it again. #stories #writing #editing #cnf #submitting #writingcommunity #litmags

Reworking a memoir piece & have ants in my pants about submitting it. Debating on pulling it from the 10 lit mags that haven't rejected the original or just letting the rejects ride out. I'll finish tweaking tomorrow. Working all next week so that'll force me to sit on it.

Getting an honorable mention in a lit mag from a writing contest has had me put on my Big Girl Panties and look at lit mags to sub to that I otherwise wouldn't have. (Think Paris Review but not quite as fancy) #submitting #stories #fiction #cnf #memoirs #litmags #writing

August submitting stats - 52 submissions across 45 lit mags and 8 stories, 1 story accepted. Rejects - 43 across 13 stories and 28 lit mags. Numbers are generally high because I do sim subs and submit in spurts. #submitting #stories #litmags #published #rejected #writing

"I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror" Taylor Swift #sunrise #rogerpark #lakemichigan #Chicago

@lakemichigan13.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kevinbaker.bsky.social @g-x-m.bsky.social Good morning! #lakemichigan #rogerspark #Chicago

I am choosing to NOT comment on what today is. The news from DC and what this administration is doing is bad enough. I don't need reminding on what happened 20 years ago. Going to focus on writing and other such activities. #writing #stories #submitting #fiction #cnf #litmags

I just entered a story up for tribute in @writersdigest.bsky.social personal essay contest. 🤞 #contests #writing #stories

Had to pee & now awake. Doomscrolling news headlines now cuz joining friends for lunch later. #insomnia

I guess I'm gonna spend the rest of the week on submitting stories. I've accepted the fact that editing/writing is shot for now. Working most of next week. Stupid news. #submitting #stories #cnf #memoirs #fiction #writingcommunity