It would be awful nice if the Leftist Democrat leaders would stop inciting people to try to go kill their political opposition while they are cutting off the pay to the people tasked with defending their political opposition.
Not that I expect Leftist Democrat leaders to stop inciting people to try to kill their political opponents, but it would be nice if they did. It would sure give us a more peaceful world…
There is poo in the river going by our nation’s capital right now?
Do you know why there is poo in the river? Because racism is a really stinky way to run a poo-cleaning operation.
Do you know why I say that? Because the highest priority of the people in charge of keeping the poo out of the river was getting rid of old white guys and replacing them with younger black guys. They didn’t care about who was good at their jobs. They cared about their skin color. That is what they are proud of. That is what they have broadcasted on air all over the nation. Their pride that they were racist idiots who hired people based on how they looked.
And because the hired people based on how they looked, not how they did their job, the new people did not do upkeep on the stuff that took the poo out of the nations capital. And because they did not do that, no the equipment that takes poo out of the capital area, now sends it into the river.
Because racism is stupid, and running organizations with racism as your primary goal disrupts everything the organization should be trying to do. In this case… removing poo from the nation’s capital.
The Winter Olympics are on right now, and America has done our favorite thing again.
Winning gold in sports most of us forget exist for four years straight. Until its time for the Winter Olympics to start.
Seriously, there are some good stories out of this year’s Olympics. Like the daughter of a survivor of Tiananmen Square skating for the United States and winning gold. Or the hockey team that hits hard. I always enjoy watching our boys and girls play, and this year is no exception.
I’m brainstorming for an Arabian Desert story right now. World War I era. Lawrence of Arabia time. Got this idea of returning Armenian religious artifacts to the surviving Armenians down in the desert. Then of course add in some Arabian Nights style creatures wanting to stop it. Might add in an old foe/ally to mix things up. All with the backdrop of the failing Ottoman Empire behind it. This is going to be fun I think.
Another story I wrote has been accepted today.
I’ve submitted a total of nine stories for publication this year, and six of them have been accepted for publication. Now to be clear, that is an absolutely amazing record.
Three of the submissions were completely new works, of which two were accepted, which is another completely crazy record.
Two of the submissions were what I call heavy rewrites, where I take a previously written story and adapt it to match an open call that they don’t quite fit, but will after the rewrite. One of them was selected, so I call that a very good use of time.
Four of the submissions were previously written stories that were rejected by other anthologies that I sent, mostly untouched, to another anthology. Three of those were accepted and I’m waiting for word on the fourth. That is amazing.
Now every submission I must format to the submission style they want. But pretty much all publishers tell you what they want. So I take my base story file, save a file for THAT anthology, and go do the things they want. Then I send it to them and they get to see a story hopefully formatted the way they like, assuming I understood their directions correctly. Its easy to do that formatting using modern word processors, so that’s one of the quickest steps for me.
Six accepted stories, two rejections, and one waiting to find out, is an absolutely incredible success rate in my humble opinion. And to be clear, these are all stories that will pay. Different publishers pay in different ways, so some of the payment I will see at different times and in different ways, and these aren’t “buy a house” money. More like “buy a meal” money. But the more stories you have out in publication, the more money you get coming in. And someone finds one story you wrote that they like, and they go off to find the others. That’s what we like to call the snowball effect.
This is a very good start to the year for me as a writer, and I can now say that I’ve been picked for publication by six different publishers, in addition to the books I’ve self-published. So six different groups of people that are not me have chosen to publish my stories. Some are Jack of Harts science fiction stories. Others are Captain William Carter stories Wyrd West stories. It’s a good mix, and I rather like seeing so many of my favorite characters getting out where other people can read them.
Forge of War on Amazon
Angel Flight on Amazon
Angel Strike on Amazon
Angel War on Amazon
Wolfenheim Rising on Amazon
Wolfenheim Emergent on Amazon