Publishing News: Grief, The Bone Trench, and 21st Century Obits
I’m pleased to report that the essay Grief: The Best I Can Do will be published in Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine. EAP is an amazing magazine whose ethic is spreading ideas, not exclusivity. So the “already published” nature of the essay is not an issue. In fact, the magazine encourages writers to get their work out anywhere they can, thus seeding the germinating idea in every garden possible.
Isn’t that refreshing?
In the current issue of the magazine, I particularly enjoyed the poem Turkish Coffee by Marissa Bell Toffoli. I also went back and read the essay Three Dogs and a Branch by Tim J. Myers from September. The magazine published an excerpt from THE BONE TRENCH entitled One Wrong Step and You’ve Brought on the Last Days. Thus, the magazine is near and dear to my heart.
In an aside, THE BONE TRENCH is currently being considered by an editor at a wonderful publishing house. You can read about the long journey of this novel here. My wonderful agent at the Virginia Kidd Agency is doing a fabulous job of getting it into the right hands. So send good thoughts to the editor, surrounding her with vibes that hum, “I love this manuscript! I love this manuscript! I must buy this manuscript!”
Finally, I’m a little—what? bemused? mystified?—to share that the Grief essay was picked up by a service called The Obitstream.com Daily. I learned about this via a Twitter notification. Perusing my notifications, I discovered a tweet by ObitStream.com including my Twitter name. Following this link, I found this new service that contains curated articles about grief. Who knew? It’s an ever-changing brave new world out there.
I’m hoping—fingers crossed—the popping of this publication news portends a fruitful 2016!
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Deborah
What great news! I hope 2016 keeps bringing more for you! 🙂
Erin
Congratulations! And sending positive, I-must-have-this-manuscript vibes to the editor!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you–if she falls in love with it, I’ll give you due credit!
Joe Hawes
Wonderful news!
2016 will be your year
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Now that’s a prediction I can get behind! Thank you!
Joanne Corey
Congratulations! Looking forward to your next dose of 2016 good news! We all know it is coming!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Y’all will be there first to know!
Chris Sarantopoulos
That’s great news. Congratulations! 🙂
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thanks I’ve been so focused on the novels I haven’t been publishing any short pieces, so this was a nice surprise. Hope your writing is coming along well.
Chris Sarantopoulos
I’m more or less on the same boat. I’ve been editing my novel, and have neglected my short stories. I mean I try to find a home for them, but the last time I sat down and wrote a short piece was near the end of the 2014! And it’s coming to the point where I’m so sick and tired of the novel, but at the same time I want it to be as good as I dream it. So I know what you mean.
Ellen Morris Prewitt
And even though the writing can make me tear my hair out, I’d still rather do it than the tedious process of submitting!
Chris Sarantopoulos
Argh! Submitting… It’s a love-and-hate relationship. 😉 I’m with you in this one.