Where’s My Trumpet?

Right, I have three things to tell you.

Firstly, and secondly, I’m going to blow my own trumpet. Oh, I just did.

I’m delighted to have had two recent acknowledgements of my hard work. The first is from the Australian Writers’ Centre. They run a monthly feature called Furious Fiction. Authors have 72 hours in which to produce an up-to-five-hundred-word story that meets their criteria. It’s not easy to “win”.

This time, the stories had to begin in the middle of something and include the words “locket” “pocket” “rocket” and “socket”. And they featured my story on their site! (You can scroll down or search for me.)

And my fifty-word story was accepted by Vine Leaves Press for their 50 Give or Take feature. These are flash stories that are sent out to subscribers once a day and will eventually appear in their annual print anthology. You can subscribe here.

By my reckoning, my story will be sent out nearly a year from now, and will appear in print in nearly a year and a half. But the acceptance arrived yesterday and I’m up in the clouds, as it happens, literally as well as metaphorically.

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The other piece of news is that in August, I’m starting a new series of guest posts on this blog. Those guests I’ve approached so far all agree that the topic is interesting. What’s the topic? I’ll reveal that once I’m down from the literal clouds.

Enjoy your summer if you’re in my half of the world, winter if you’re not.