We made it to Friday! I see a lot of rain on the horizon (right when I have to make plans for a trip of course!) but I’ll welcome it after the over 100 degree weather.
Even so I managed to submit a few things this week as well as finishing up some pending assignments. A few new starts. It is a few kind of week. Feel free to report in here as a way to recap your week in writing and/or seeking publication.
- Submitted: 2, both – interestingly enough (for me at least) – were requests to send material so we shall see if they are accepted
- Accepted: 1 non-fiction piece
- Rejected: 1
The results of a previous acceptance are up in the form of my short story Bound in Metazen.
Dropped off paperwork and picked up textbooks for teaching Expository Writing in the Fall. Looking forward to finally getting into a classroom on the best terms! I wanted two classes so I could get my feet wet. If this works out well then I can start adding other classes and/or looking for full time opportunities but I could do a whole other blog/rant about how much work is involved in making an academic career even at the community college level as I am pursuing.
Hope everyone had a great week and that they’ll have an even better weekend 
I really like the short story especially this:We assume our records will remain for easy interpretation, but I bet the ancient Egyptians thought the same .
Who will be ever be able to decipher our records?
Given the trouble I have between Windows 7 and XP I think that most of our history will be lost forever .
Hope your weekend end is great even if it’s wet.
peace
I tried to write a poem once with the idea that a hard drive is a modern day palimpsest because no records are ever lost but it didn’t quite work out! Can I make you shiver if I say vista?
I might be in Raleigh on Wednesday on my travels back from the coast…
Hi Jessie! So glad you got a non-fiction piece accepted, as you were wondering about that! And I read Bound and loved it!
You are so talented! Laughing at opoetoo’s comment about most of our history being lost forever.
Hope the rain cools things off for you some! Thanks for our weekend sendoff! God bless you!
Thanks Deb! I’m already starting my weekend as I finished my workout for the day! well I still need to walk…
Congrats on the non-fiction acceptance, Jessie!! I’m excited for you and your upcoming teaching work in the fall.
I’m thinking of poetry themeing my class
Congratulations on the upcoming teaching gigs, Jessie. I hope you enjoy them–I know you’ll make a great teacher.
Thanks Susan! I’m looking forward to it
Congrats on the non-fiction acceptance. Be sure to celebrate your success! I’m on my way to read Bound now…have a great weekend too!
Thanks Stacy!