Happy Tuesday

I had a good day yesterday.

I wanted to write a micro-fiction tale for a certain magazine (a paying market!!!). I thought of something in the morning, wrote it by lunchtime, got approval from my fellow nodpot in the afternoon and submitted it by evening.

It would be nice to finish by saying "Accepted by night" but no, not quite. At least it's not "rejected by night".

Still it's a good feeling to write and submit the same day!

DO DOGS GET HOUNDED BY PAPPARAZZI?

Watch out for Toffee in this week's (April 19th) My Weekly magazine.

Yes, the photogenic little cavalier has been snapped taking her first bath. Fortunately, she looks lovely even with her hair all wet!

Well done, Toffee!

(Okay, so I took the photo and sent in the letter. You'll find her in the Pets Corner, page 4).

YEAH! PUBLISHED AGAIN...

My micro-fiction tale The Diary can now be read on line at Microhorror.com

Yes, it's great to be accepted!

REVIEW OF WEEK

In writing terms the week was good.

The highlight was Inkpot selling her first short story - first PAID fiction sale! Yippee! Which was closely followed by her micro-fiction tale being accepted by another publication. TWO in one week - pretty good!


Although I did not have the same publishing success, I did at least submit three micro-fiction tales and one short story - hopefully they will find homes out there!

This was meant to be horror writing week, but I didn't get to it. Hopefully next week.

Otherwise, this was a bad week, with Wednesday's sad events casting a dark shadow over other achievements.

SAD NEWS

Yesterday Woozer - my sister's dog but also beloved family pet - died. She had recently celebrated her 15th birthday, and we hoped she would be with us for a bit longer. Despite her numerous health problems - including tumors and sores, bad hips from when she was knocked down as a pup, and many other things - her great and valiant spirit kept her going. Although she could only move slowly, she was always keen to go outside for a walk and her infirmities never prevented her from begging for food. She always got up to greet visitors and family when they entered the house, and was already to add her mite to any excitement or commotion among the other dogs.

She will be greatly missed.

Above is a photo taken last April when she attended Mungo's book launch of Mango, The Unlucky Monkey.

Below is a photo of Woozer as a pup, playing with one of her siblings.

AND THE NEXT!!

And CONGRATULATIONS once more to Inkpot, who has just got another story accepted for publication - see here for details.

I want to see an acceptance a day from you, Inkpot!! :)

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Inkpot who has just sold her first story!!!

A very well deserved sale, that's long overdue!!!

Yippee!! Looking forward to the next!!