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The other day, I subbed 5 poems and an excerpt of my novel.

I'm still frustratingly out of computer access and must use my turtle-slow netbook for any computer related activities involving a keyboard. Thankfully I have this backup, or I`d really be going stir crazy. If only I hadn`t downloaded 200+ emails to outlook on my laptop right before it died. Grrrrr.

Tonight is date night with Michael, so it`ll be a few more days before I`m doing any productive amounts of writing.

My total number of submissions for the year is now 24. This is week 24. Yep! Those poems always help me to catch up. And this novel submission counts towards the novel count for the year.

The shiny counter:

24 / 52 submissions. 46% done!

The only writing I've done over the last few weeks has been my hundred words a day. Long story, but the short version is that I'm focusing more on exercise and backlogged projects around the house.

I had a couple of hours to write this morning (between my errand at Home Depot and when Costco opens). I didn't have the motivation to try to get up to speed on my novel (mostly because I don't have enough time), so I decided to submit a story instead.

I know I'm in a bit of a block. I know I need to put time in the chair. I will, soon, I swear.

My total number of submissions is now 18 for the year. This is week 21. I tend to fall behind over the summer months, so I'm not sweating (too much) how far behind I've slipped.

The shiny counter:

18 / 52 submissions. 35% done!

I haven't had much time to write lately, though I squeeze in time when I can.

Today, I subbed three stories. Yep, three!

One story went to Postscripts to Darkness 5, a second to Fearful Symmetries, and a third to Unidentified Funny Objects 2.

That puts my total number of submissions for the year at 17. This is week 18, so I'm almost caught up!

Woot!

Now I have fewer hamsters to juggle.

The shiny counter:

17 / 52 submissions. 33% done!

For the third year in a row, one of Suzanne's stories is a finalist for an Aurora Award

"Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" is a finalist in the Short Fiction English Category.

Read "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop"

If you would like to vote for my story, or in any of the other categories, then
Cast your vote for the Aurora Awards

The voting opens May 6th and closes at 11:59:59 PM PST on September 13, 2013.

The ballot is available online at: Prix Aurora Award Ballot

I've had a bunch of writing projects on my plate lately.

Wrote a 3,700 word hard SF story, The Patent Bagger and sent it off to the Stop-Watch Gang for critique next Sunday.

Sold "A Soul for Christmas" to Dark Moon Digest's second Young Adult issue. I'm pleased that one found a home.

Sent two flash stories to Fireside Magazine. They pay 12.5 cents a word, so feel free to throw your hat in the ring before the May 1st deadline.

That puts my total number of submissions for the year at 14. This is week 17, so yeah, still three weeks behind.

The shiny counter:

14 / 52 submissions. 27% done!

I haven't subbed a story in a while. I'm feeling the deadline for my grant report looming, and must get back to work on that novel so that my report will be filled with awesome.

In a bid to procrastinate (as well as meet the April 15th deadline) I subbed a story to the Young Adult issue of Dark Moon Digest.

That puts my total number of submissions at 12 for the year. This is week 15, so yeah, I'm still behind. But all of that will change once the grant report deadline passes.

I swear.

The shiny counter:

12 / 52 submissions. 23% done!

Awards season is nearly done!

I've been hesitating to post my eligible stories for a variety of reasons that I won't get into today.

I have two stories eligible in the "Best Short Fiction - English" category of the Canadian Speculative Fiction Aurora Awards.

Church, Suzanne. "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop", Clarkesworld Magazine, May 2012.
Click here to read "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" at Clarkesworld Magazine.

Church, Suzanne. "Death Over Easy", Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, October 2012.
Click here to read a review copy of "Death Over Easy" on my website.

For links to the various eligible works in all Aurora Award categories (novels, short fiction, poetry, etc.) follow this link to CanSpecFic

For a list of all eligible stories in the Short Fiction - English category of the Aurora Awards follow this link to the list at CanSpecFic.

To join or login to CSFFA and then nominate in any category follow this link to the CSFFA.

Thanks for your attention and support!

So I've been thinking long and hard about this. I haven't sent a story to Writers of the Future in a long time.

Why?

I don't know.

Am I still eligible?

Yep. I've only had 2 "Pro" sales.

My story (whose title I won't include here to ensure my submission remains anonymous) was recently rejected so it's ready and waiting to go out again.

The deadline for this quarter's contest is March 30th, so if you're considering submitting to the contest then don't wait too long. They take electronic submissions now, which is way cool.

That puts my number of submissions for the year at 11. This is week 13, so I'm a little behind, but it's tax season, when I'm typically doing less writing and more blech-ing.

The shiny counter:

11 / 52 submissions. 21% done!

Back in January, the Stop-Watch Gang critiqued my story, "Cold Feet" in anticipation of submitting to the anthology Tesseracts 17.

I've spent a few weeks pondering the suggestions and another couple of weeks (on and off) making the necessary edits. Today I sent the story (which now has the cooler title "That Orange Black Magic Warms My Feet") to Tesseracts 17 along with three poems: "Suck My Vampire Poodle Neck", "A Taste of Moon Crepes", and "Drevik's Tastes-of-Earth Diner".

If you've been thinking of submitting to the anthology, don't wait too long. The deadline is February 28th.

So 1 story + 3 poems = 4 submissions. That puts my total number of submissions for the year at 10.

The shiny counter:

10 / 52 submissions. 19% done!

Booyah!

Time to "officially" count a story as a submission.

Submitted the polished version of "Soul Hungry" to my editor at EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, to be included in my collection Elements. (Due out in Spring 2014)

Thanks to Michael, Amy, Marcy, Brad, Scott, Mike, and Costi for your uber-quick critiques.

Now that the story is beyond zero-draft, I'm counting this one as an official submission toward my 2013 numbers. My sixth sub in the eighth week. Still plenty of work to do.

The shiny counter:

6 / 52 submissions. 12% done!

In the FYI department, I have been denied the Writing Work in Process grant from the Ontario Council for the Arts, for those keeping track.