http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog Erin M. Kinch's musings upon the writing profession Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:43:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember the queryI mentioned to y'all a while back? Short story shorter, I had a story that looked like it would fit an anthology, but it was a reprint and they only wanted new material. I queried, and they invited me to submit it. A couple of days ago, I ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/02/24/short-list/ Today, Lame Goat Press  released its anthology, Kings of the Realm: A Dragon Anthology. My short story, "The Dragon Thief," was reprinted in this anthology, so I'm excited to get a look at it. I've always had a soft spot for Reginald and his dragon. And, of course, in addition to ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/02/01/here-there-be-dragons/ ... head on over to Every Day Fiction, where two of my writing group mates have stories up. The first story came out last weekend, and it's a fun zombie romp writting by Stephanie. Even if you don't like normal zombie stories, I bet you'll like this one -- it takes ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/01/26/for-your-reading-and-listening-pleasure/ Hello, discriminating readers and fellow writers and bloggers. I just learned that the second annual print anthology from Every Day Fiction, titled The Best of Every Day Fiction Two, is now available to order. You can order it here, or it is my understanding that Amazon and other such places will ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-second-edf-anthology-now-available/ It has been a busy couple of weeks. Normally, I limit this blog to writing topics, but this news is too important! My darling sister and her significant other tied the knot last Saturday. We just finished a week of wedding festivities (bachelorette party -- which I got sick and had ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/01/20/wedding-bells-2/ Happy 2010, readers! I hope the new year is treating you well so far, and that the writers out there have already begun to garner plentiful word counts and loads of acceptance letters! The Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll is live. It honors print and electronic publications that published in 2009. ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2010/01/11/vote-for-your-favorite-zine/ A few weeks ago, I came across an anthology listing for which one of my stories was perfect (the concept was fairly unique). The only catch -- apparently they did not take reprints. Though, the guidelines were a little confusing -- nothing about reprints either way was listed on the ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2009/12/29/you-never-know/ If you need a little pre-Christmas cheer (but without the token cheese factor) head over to The Rose and Thorn and check out writing group mate Sandra's story, "Christmas Eggs." I believe this is her second publication, and it's a fun read. http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2009/12/18/a-cute-christmas-tale/ There has been a lot of talking in the writers' corner of the blog-o-sphere lately about professional markets, professional rates, and whether it's worth it for a writer to send his or her stories out to lower paying markets. Some editors have said it's not worth it to target for-the-love markets just ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2009/12/15/my-take/ My writing group had its annual planning meeting earlier this week. This meeting is when we select what projects and activities we want to pursue during the year ahead. Most of the time, it's the usual stuff -- crits, meetings, write-ins, the prompts contest... This year, we decided to add ... http://www.erinmkinch.com/blog/2009/12/11/breaking-into-the-professional-markets/