Most Likely to Take Over the World

Am only a finalist, not a winner, in the Culture Now essay contest. Supposedly, with things like this, it’s an honor just to be nominated. I don’t feel particularly honored.

Second attempt at Tweet the Meat was also a failure. Supposedly, rejection gets easier the more often you experience it. Don’t believe the lie.

Sent out an entry for the Mid-American Review’s short fiction contest today, entitled “For a Good Time”. It’s basically a twist on the typical Hemingway story: short, terse prose that starts with a man in a dingy bar. Except the man is a hipster and out of place. Also, there’s reference to Circe and Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises (again re: Circe) which is key to the ending of the story. If I’m at least a finalist in this, I will feel honored.

A friend of mine is submitting stories to literary magazines as well now. While I’m very proud of her, I also can’t help feeling a twinge jealous — especially if she’s selected instead of me. I am absolutely terrible and afflicted with a crab mentality that, unfortunately, I do not wish to shake.

The Husband is calling. It’s time for dinner. Ciao!

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First things first, I am a finalist in Culture Now’s Zeitgeist writing competition. That’s kind of nice, since I spent two hours on that essay about two hours and forty minute from the deadline. A bit like being back in high school, I suppose.

Second, I’ve made another submission to Tweet the Meet. Hopefully, this one will not be rejected like my first submission; the submission this week was substantially darker.

Finally, in April I was notified that two of my LiveJournal entries were selected as finalists for publication in the LiveJournal anniversary book. I haven’t heard anything since I returned my author release forms, so I went to the site specifically set up for information and posts about the book. It hasn’t been updated since May 6th, which is more than a month ago.

Hopefully there will be more news on the anthology soon, as it’d be fun to throw an ickle release party for that.

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