A is for April, alphabet, and awesome

[eimarra]

Happy April, everyone! Although I’ve enjoyed some of the lovely pranks I’ve seen around the Net, there are none here.

I made the last-minute decision to join the A to Z Challenge for blogging this month. I started this blog posting 3-4 times a week. Now, I’m down to 2-3 times, and some weeks, I don’t even manage that. So this is an effort to get myself used to posting more regularly.

And my big news — I sold my story “Matchmaker” to Clarkesworld Magazine, and it’s up now as part of their April issue. This is my first sale to a SFWA-qualifying market, and it makes me eligible to join SFWA as an Associate member. (I need 3 short-story sales or 1 novel sale to qualify as an Active member. This fall, when Daily Science Fiction will most likely get SFWA-qualifying status, I’ll be up to 2 stories. With any luck — and lots of persistence — I might get the third one before then.) However, I’m waiting until July to join because that’s when their fiscal year flips, and I’d really rather pay dues only once this year.

What’s new with you this month?

Originally published at Erin M. Hartshorn. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the sale!

[eimarra]

Thank you!

[david-bridger.livejournal.com]

I love Matchmaker! It's a delightful story! Big congratulations!

[eimarra]

Thanks! It's always been one of my favorites, too. ;-)

[saetter.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale! And qualification to SFWA. That is awesome.

And new for me? Um... not much? Still getting used to the new job/new city. Still not working on my revisions. Still waiting for my family to come join me (not until beginning of May). Though I have the dog with me now (blesssing and curse).

[eimarra]

Thanks!

I still need to get you my feedback on the rest of Echoes, too. This month -- after taxes.

Hope you're settling in well!

[saetter.livejournal.com]

Wait until I finish revising the first 10 chapters. (Whenever I get up the energy to do that... )

[eimarra]

Before the family comes to join you and take more of your energy and time? ;-) Okay, no worries then. But it really is a good book, despite my slowness in responding.