This also makes me feel weird.
Ensemble Jourine wrote asking for a submission, and I sent them some poem parts, and they asked for a poem that was more like 10-30 pages, which seemed eye-widening to me. The thing is, I do not ever have poems that long, and I don’t think I could just make one on cue, and I am working on a new novel thinger, so there’s no hope. BUT, Anobium wrote a few days later accepting all those poem parts, so they have a home, and I couldn’t be happier.
Rejection 276 came from the kindly Mike Czyzniejewski at Mid-American who didn’t think the story I sent was right for them, but was super nice and friendly in his letter. Thanks, Mike!
I forgot to announce formally on here that I had a story in the new issue of Ping Pong, the journal out of the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, but their site appears to be down right now, so I won’t provide a link.
I had a story up in Necessary Fiction thanks to Jess Stoner!
Finally, my book appears to be available for preorder on Amazon which is a strange feeling, being that I couldn’t be more pro-small bookstore, and I urge you to wait and order it from Dzanc or get it at your local bookshop or come to Chicago in April to celebrate and get a copy at the party! That is all.
Congrats on the book. I’ve had my ear to the ground waiting for it to come out. Real talk.
That photo… I, don’t know how to feel. I feel like I felt when I was watching Alien Resurrection and we had to watch that alien hybrid baby walk around and be weird. That thing scared not. But not scary as in I was scared. It frightened me? I don’t know. I guess I’ll use your terminology Jac — that photo makes me feel weird.