If you've been here before, you'll probably notice the new addition at the top of the page--the Work in Progress bar.  It's pretty self-explanatory, and I love it. 

The word count itself is out of date--that's the word count from Thursday or Friday, I don't remember which.  I'll sync up the Mobilon later and get the word count updated.

I had a bit of good news yesterday--one of my stories has finally been picked up.    It's a non-paying market, but I have discovered that non-fiction and fiction are two very different markets, at least for me.  Non-fiction was very easy to break into; if the material is good most editors could care less if you've published before.  I never even really got into the habit of listing my credits on cover letters.

Fiction is a harder nut to crack.  And more attention seems to be paid to what you've published before, and where.  With fiction it's not enough to have good material--it's got to be great, something over and above what everyone else is sending in.  Fiction is very competitive.  This particular story is a strange one, not easily classified as fantasy, science fiction....it's also very long.

But as with everything I write, I believe in it.  On some level, every story I write deals with something important to me, and this one, one of my oldest stories, is no different.  I'm glad to see it picked up, and I like the place that wants it.  I've read some of the other stuff they've printed and it all seems good.  And when it goes up, next month, I'll post a link here, or the website, or both. 

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