It's a lot of fun getting a story by email every day, and the site works well. I don't love all of the stories (I don't love _all_ of them in a lot of pubs), but I love enough that I look forward to seeing what's in the mailbag. The editors are good folks. Granted, I'm biased. They bought two stories of mine this spring/summer. The other will likely appear in/after November.

In other news, who is on Goodreads? I have Raq, Amy, & Barb already ...

I think I said it before, but if not, congratulations on the sales!

Thanks Gud & t !

Sox, megabelated megacontratulations.

Thanks Typo!

Gud, insent.

Awesome, thanks!

My goal is to have Cog ready for querying by the end of October. That might be a bit ambitious,though.

I feel a lot better about querying this novel than the first one. Though, once again, I might be fighting its size which is nearly 90k at the moment. I have two scenes that I know I'm cutting for sure, but there are other places that might grow in revision. I guess I'll have to see where things stand after some more work. Generally editing should shrink it some.

Would anyone have the time to read a seven page essay?

It's sparse, I'm interested in knowing what ideas I should expand on. If anyone has time/interest, allyson.beatrice @ gmail.

And thanks!

Allyson - I can, I think, this weekend? When do you need it back?