WIP Wednesday: Plurality

In other words, what am I not working on?

My YA WIP has a title. Sort of. The word borrowers or borrowed will be in there somewhere. Maybe. (I wouldn't want to mix readers up with The Borrowers.) See, there are certain malevolent spirits in the book who sneak into living bodies (body-grabbing) and cause some real effed-up mayhem (let's call it "personality confusion"). Our dear protagonist can see "borrowed" people, just as he can see the ghosts (or at least echoes of them). Of course, at this early stage in the book, he isn't sure what the $(#&^! is going on. Development of ancillary characters has been one of the weaknesses of my earlier YA books, so I'm spending some serious time putting the secondary cast through their paces as well. Basically, I'm plotting extensively before writing much more. So there, paltry word count!

Then there's the short stories...when will I ever stop? I've had three very tantalizing "short list"/"moving on to the other editors" messages in the last few days. These notices just make me want to write more shorts! Agggh! (but it hurts sooooo good)

I have other projects in the works. But those are still secret. Some involve my work; some the work of others. (tee-hee)

Oh yeah...the Shock Totem contest...beta-reading...a few subs for the Sand Chapbooks to read...

*sigh*

Good thing spring break is next week, huh?

Reprint?

The debate is over.

My head won, convincing me that it was my heart, too. The stories started talking to me, and they want to be read. (Nods to Katey for the Konrath link yesterday). I'll still take a high-profile print mag any day, but the truth is, most print mags aren't as high profile as they once were.

I have a few (maybe a dozen) published stories that I'm pretty happy with and for which the rights have reverted to me. What to do, what to do. The reprint options are woeful. (Nods to K.C.) Don't worry...I have something in mind. Stay tuned, dear readers.

The Great Electronic Debate greatly influenced the future of the little mag I helped start (Sand). Check out Ed's blog (if you can call his lousy, once every-other-month postings a blog) for details.

We Have Winners!

Owen giggled a little, but ultimately chose Rufflefrump McGrumpy as the name for my blog mascot. I'm sure Henri Fuseli is rolling around in his grave/tomb/sarcophagi on that, but he should be happy that Barry Napier (and K.V. Taylor) identified his painting: The Nightmare.

Jamie is now the proud owner of Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum and Barry will receive a copy of Sand #3, due this February with cover art by yours truly. (Hey, I'm no Fuseli, okay...)

In "please barf at the cuteness of my children news", Max asks to see Barack Obama in the newspaper every day since the full page spread on Tuesday. "Where id Barack Obama? Dare he id!"

Oh brother.