Exciting things for Saturday

What a beautiful fall day!  I love fall and I wish I was outside enjoying it.  Instead, I am spending my time cleaning my apartment and grading midterms.  Oh happy days.  Luckily though, writing will take place tonight.  :D

Anyways, on to the exciting things!

1) A new online ezine has launched today!  Check out Fender Stitch HERE.  It's a really cool ezine.  Why is it so cool?

Format: The format is awesome and unlike a lot of other zines out there on the web.  It's set up to present stories as a flip book which makes the stories interactive.

Illustrations!  Oh yes, you read that right.  They actually design a personalized illustrated 'skin' for each story they publish!  I would love love to have them publish a story of mine will an illustration of sorts.  Especially as I have the drawing ability of an apricot.

Pay rate:  They pay really well.  5 cents per word for short stories.

Lastly its an evolving ezine and it publishes all genres, 2 stories per month.  Check 'em out!  I know I plan on submitting something.


2)My second exciting thing is that I'm getting close to FINISHING the rough draft of my novel length story!!  I have never, ever written something that's novel length.  I had never tried before because, well, I think, somewhere in my mind, it seemed like such a grand goal.  It was something that other people did and something that I could never be capable of.

But I thought that about getting published too.  I was never sure I would be able to get published--even though it was always a dream or goal--and never, ever, dreamed of all the positive reactions I've gotten--and am still getting--to my writing.  I can't begin to describe the feeling of joy I have seeing my stories living in other places were people can enjoy them.


3) My third and final exciting thing is that I made some amazing pear and apple soup!  Yum yum!  I love fall :)