Overdue update

[jack_ryder]

 It's not that I've been too busy (except, of course, for the cats), it's just that the project at work has kind of killed my taste for sitting on the computer at home. Here's just a writing update at the moment. Links, films, books and opinions to follow later:

I have a story coming out in Daikaiju - which is being launched this weekend at Swancon (site appears to be down.) It won the Flash Fiction competition at last year's Conflux, so it's not terribly, shall we say, consequential. I am hoping to turn it into a Flash animation at some point. Daikaiju has a Bob Eggleton cover, so I can at least say I've been covered by a Hugo Award winner, in lieu of winning one myself. (Key to that, I guess, would be writing a story over 500 words in length...) Daikaiju is available from Agog Press (or Cat Sparks, as I prefer to call her.)

Our two plays in Short and Sweet came 2nd (It's Not You) and 3rd (Relics) in the judging for that week, and we got a short (i.e. two line) review in the Herald for Relics. Brett and I are happy with the result, but now have to really stretch ourselves for next year. We've finished the writing of our radio serial (the six episode pilot) and are working on a new radio play for FBi's competition and two related scripts for Twisted Tales 2.

This is in addition to the various short stories, articles, and the film script I'd promised myself to finish this year.

Magic Casements was on last Saturday, and much of my friends list (ashamel , benpeek , chrisbarnes , kylaw , zarabee and new entry alinta_thornton ) were there. I didn't stay too long as I find myself uncomfortable at conventions (or minicons such as MC) - I just haven't published enough to participate in the community, I guess. Of course, I need to get over that, and one way would be writing a lot more.)

Anyway, lunch is almost over, so it will have to wait until tonight for the next update.

Comments

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

Um. I think you've had more published than me.

It's, seriously, just a perception thing.

I had someone else express the same thing to me earlier today.

[ashamel.livejournal.com]

I feel about the same for cons. I've been to too many to be enticed much by panels, yet haven't done enough to drift into the professional discourse.

Or maybe I'm just anti-social.

Actually, I thought the panels were pretty good. Still, Kyla herself thought the Rowling vs Tolkein one was a bit flat. There also seems to be a problem with adding horror panels in the midst of a wider selection -- they always seem to cover the same terrain, since they are starting at the same place.

Come on in, the water's fine

[alinta-thornton.livejournal.com]

You've published more than many people who hang out all day, and in two not too shabby publications either, Daikaiju and Agog, no less.

You need not fear no one will take you seriously. Just hang out, chill and take part! Simply avoid the "I'm too sexy for you" attitude, and you'll do fine.