The Wolf Dude Presents

The Wolf Dude and I have a competition for you. He has decided he wants to form a band - despite being unable to sing (shush! I never said that) - and he would like you all to choose a suitable name for that band. Now of course we wouldn't expect you to do that for nothing so we are offering a few prizes for the winners.


First prize:

The WolfSongs Volume 1 anthology which is edited by MH Bonham and includes my story 'The Graveyard of Dead Vehicles'.

The Sand: Strange Tales anthology edited by Edward Lupak (cover art by Aaron Polson) and including my story 'Through the Warped Eye of Death'.




Second Prize:

Wolfsongs Volume 1 anthology








Third Prize:

Sand: Strange Tales anthology










Here are the rules and other bits and bobs:

1. Leave a comment stating the name you think the Wolf Dude should give his band.
2. Competition is open from now until Midnight Saturday 13th December 2008 GMT.
3. You can enter as many times as you like.
4. The winners will be chosen by two teenagers, my mother and a three year old who prefers princesses and hates the Wolf Dude - I will have nothing to do with the judging process.
5. Check back on Sunday 14th/Monday 15th when I will be posting the names of the winners along with my email address so that you can contact me re receiving your prizes.

WolfSongs Contributors

Margaret H Bonham has announced the contributors for the WolfSongs Volume 1 anthology.


Lyn McConchie
Irene Radford
Selina Rosen
Laura J. Underwood
Tracy S. Morris
Gerri Leen
Terri Pray
Sue Burke
Megan Arkenberg
Ken Goldman
Scott Fitts
John Lance
Catherine J Gardner
Karen Wolfe
Toni V. Sweeney
J. Kathleen Cheney
Laura K. Deal
S.N.Arly
Keith Gouveia
Lizzy Shannon
Carol Hightshoe
M. H. Bonham

When I Sing I Howl

YAY!

The Graveyard of Dead Vehicles has sold to the WolfSongs Volume 1 anthology edited by Margaret H Bonham. I've spent the last few months gnawing my fingernails over this story and stalking the editors livejournal posts for news. Woot! Not a bad way to start my holiday and the third acceptance in three weeks. Adding those three to the bunch of rejections I've recently received it seems that Editors are hard at work this August.

Again, YAY!

The anthology is due for release at the end of this month/early September.

Here's a blurb of the story:

In a grey world where people are press-ganged into working in offices and coffee is a drug hawked by dodgy men on street corners, Juliet seeks escape after the murder of her wolf, Bella.

Hair-Pulling Nail-Biting Frenzy!!!

I've gone a whole week (plus one day) without working on a short story. YAY! As I have 25 stories out with editors, plus two waiting in the wings for submission dates to open, I knocked myself on the head (HARD!) and settled down to work on the second book in my 'The Poisoned Apple' series. Check out the meter to the right for the current word count.

My other MG book 'Matchsticks, Moths & Machinations' is in hibernation because a) it doesn't want to be an MG, and b) can't decide if it wants to be YA or Adult. It's based on a 3,500 short story I wrote that came back from critique with demands the readers wanted a back story and more! more! more! I was also writing it with my typical MG humorous slant but I think this is a story that needs to be darker and the humor trimmed back. I'm hoping to get the first draft of TPA II' finished by the 16th August (that's only just over 1200 words a day so it should be doable if I give up the constant internet surfing), then I'll set it aside and get to work on Matchsticks during my 2 weeks off work. YAY! Sorry, I get excited at the idea of not having to get up at 5:20 Monday thru Friday.

Okay, so back to the short stories. Of the above 25 submissions those I am most anxious about are (drum roll please):

Dwelling - at the Harvest Hill anthology
Frog & The Mail-Order Bride - at Andromeda Spaceways
The Graveyard of Dead Vehicles - at the Wolfsongs anthology
Flying Dutchmen - at the From the Asylum anthology
PlasticineCoffins.com - at the Ghosts in the Machine anthology
Treading the Regolith - my attempt at sci-fi at the Return to Luna anthology
Sneakers on Asphalt - at the Terrifying Toys competition
Cold Coffee Cups & Curious Things - Malpractice anthology
The Flat-Packed Golfer - at Stymie

Ooh, and my wee 100 worder (which I wouldn't normally stress about) 'Halloween Watch' which is submitted to Necrotic Tissue's BITE contest. We are supposed to hear next week (August 1st) if we've made it or not.


Oh, and very, very, very excited, stressed, excited, excited, excited about The Poisoned Apple. Please don't let me jinx myself.


And the ones I am not nervous about/given up on:

The Last Motel Room - which has been out with Horror d'oeuvres since last October.
Yee-Haw! - the OMG! anthology

Have a good word-filled weekend!