reprise
Like always, had no idea that a story of mine was even out and has been for almost two weeks. It’s at Short, Fast, and Deadly, which is always one of my favorite places to publish. That story at the click is only three sentences, so be sure to check it out. Some violent poetics.
Some very cool news: one of my novels will be published in a few months. More news on that later.
I’ve the distinct feeling that I’m going to accidentally live forever.
The weather’s beautiful and now that I’m no longer planning travels, I should be able to dive into the words. I hope. So many responsibilities and humans bothering me all the live long day. But if I can find the time, I should be able to make this last forever, never die. Need to get some of this nonfiction business done, too, which I’m always slacking on.
My weekend in China was exceptional, thanks to a pretty Chinese lady. Li Ling Zhi, I’ll not forget ye.
More on her later.
where i’ve been and what i’ve seen
Man, i let this go so long that i’ve an obscene amount to tell. I’m alive and Korea does have stars, but only a few shine above Gwangju, my new home. I’ve been having a lot of fun and been doing a lot.
To be honest, most of the life stuff about Korea will be going up at ThunderDome, which is a site run by my good friends. The first instalment, which covers my journey from Minnesota to Gwangju is here.
I’ve been published a few times since arriving, too. One, a fun little children’s story i wrote a long time ago is over at ThunderDome, too. Moonchild can be read at the highlighted word.
I had a cool little piece up over at Short, Fast, and Deadly titled All Tomorrow’s Parties. Mine is the last one on the page. Also, my favorite story to be published is up at The Foundling Review. Read Après le Déluge. Exceptionally proud of that one, mind.
Man, i know there’s something else. I should’ve been more prepared to write this. Koreas great, though. Kung Fu Panda’s been on three times in two weeks, all sorts of odd television. The censors make no sense here as full frontal nudity is allowed but cigarettes and guns are blurred, which, yeah, hilarious. But, surely, the funniest part of Korea is that i can’t read Korean and everything’s in Korean.
Been listening to a lot of 16 Horsepower and Woven hand, which are, essentially, the same band. Think of a Denver version of Nick Cave and that’s close enough. Been reading, fiending on words. Going to do some exploring today and then who knows.
The job’s great, too, and i’ll be writing a post about that for ThunderDome as well.
I’ll be sooner next time.
days between
Been a while, yeah? I had a birthday, the first one i threw a party for, and it was highly successful as far as fun goes. Well, technically, my sister threw it, but it was truly a time to be had.
Lots of things have happened, mostly staring at walls and discovering what matters. About writing, i mean, so it’s not really that interesting. I’ll get to that below if i feel like it.
My short story, The Pier, has finally been published, which is great, because it’s one of my favorite stories and, i think, one of my strongest. It’s over at OWC, which is a cool place.
I really feel lazy so i may just leave this as is. Um, i’ll mention, though, that i quit the werewolf novel for various reasons. I’ll enumerate on them on a later date or maybe later today. Mostly, it’s a shift in focus. It’s not enough for me to write a good story or even a great story anymore. These stories need to matter, be important, be unforgettable, and neverending. And this werewolf one wasn’t that, so i dropped it. I may still finish it, but i’ll likely never try and do much with it.
Oh, got an acceptance today from Short, Fast, and Deadly, which is a cool place. My story will be up there in a month or so, i think. Check them out. Very cool medium.
Can’t stop listening to this, no matter how hard i try.
