I've been anthologized!

My short story "Attempts to be a Mormon Bohemian" was published in an online issue of Aoife's Kiss in 2007, and it was voted best of issue! And is now published in Wondrous Web Worlds 9!

If anyone has read it, and my bio within, and wondered about it, I think they did that to protect me back when I was under 18. I would have sent them a new bio if they requested it but the one they have is pretty funny.

Whee!

Gloves, gloves, gloves

I now offer shipping to countries besides the USA.

Etsy Shop Reboot

I had a few products in an Etsy shop ages ago that did not sell, and my conclusion is that my presentation was very poor and amateurish. Now that I have a much better camera and have invested in a wooden posable artist's hand sculpture to model my fingerless gloves, I hope to do better. I have also ordered a tripod to overcome how my hand tremors keep making the pictures blurry no matter how many times I take them.

My model is a lady disembodied hand named Entity - after "Thing" from The Addams Family. I've already become quite fond of her.

This is the shop.

And these are the current products:

EP Authors Blog

I have a post over at http://eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/ today - the full 3 1/2 star review for Humans and Demons and Elves from Manic Readers. Check it out!

URGENT NEED

An Etsy seller is in severe financial straits because of tumors and a lack of health insurance (curses upon the American system!) Go to her blog or her facebook page

for details. If you are able to, check out her shop or the shop of items donated to help her and buy something. They have a lot of cool stuff. If you can't, please tweet, blog, fb like, or favorite items on Etsy.

Thanks!

All's Well That Ends Well

The greatest short story I ever wrote, "Phantom Limbs", has had difficulty finding a home. I sent it first to Aoife's Kiss, a magazine where I had my first story ever published back in 2007. The reply back, from editor Tyree Campbell, was the most enthusiastic response I have ever received, including the phase "oh absolutely, gobsmacking yes!"

However, he suggested that I try sending it to a bunch of publications that could pay me higher rates and give me more prestige, listing them for me. I tried each one in succession, a process of many months. Eventually I went back to him and said he could have it.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Finally, earlier this week, more than a year after our communication, he found me again! I had slipped through the cracks of his busy life. He wanted to know if the story was still available.

Upshot: at some point in the next few months, depending on where he finds a slot, I will be published in Aoife's Kiss and receive $15. Even better, I have a friend in the industry again.