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Between the holidays, the kids’ school stuff, and various minor crises, I’ve been kept pretty busy with non-writing stuff. This is not the first year that I’ve ended up doing a Nov/Dec market list newsletter; I should really just make that the annual plan!

But! On Sunday, I wrote the highest number of words in a day that I’ve managed so far on my current SF work-in-progress. Why? Well, I had a critique group submission deadline and I wanted to finish the chapter and submit it. Who says critique groups aren’t useful?!?

And I should share my own awards eligibility post! I had one new short story published this year, “Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer.” Beck has an unconventional pest control service, a client struggling with a fame-hungry poltergeist, and a daughter having trouble finding friends at her new Deaf school. It’s just another day in the life of a single mom.
“Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer”



“Entertaining” – Locus
“Genuinely exactly what I needed after a stressful month-and-change.” – E. Taft

Published in PodCastle on June 21, 2022, 6,090 words, available in audio and print.
The journalist approached the great water wheel in the center of the town with some trepidation. He'd written about it before, around the time of the annual fair, and at the time he'd dismissed it as little more than a trapping of the rustic past that so many were eager to embrace now that it brought in reliable tourist dollars. He doubted he'd see people doing as much if the old wheel weren't certified and documented and photographed and stood next to and replicated in any number of small snow globes that brought a few extra dollars into the town coffers. He hadn't thought much of it, but the story was his to write, so he had dutifully written. Now he--

Inspiration: "journalist"
Story Potential: Medium-high
Notes: Mystery, maybe thriller. People getting killed at sites he's written about. Could be good if the journalist/detective character is interesting. But ick, I hate writing about writers.

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