S. Boyd Taylor's Blog, page 10

What am I doing? Working on stuff. Word

What am I doing?

Working on stuff. Word stuff.

Eloquent, no?

Yay, I have my laptop fixed. Back to the

Yay, I have my laptop fixed. Back to the wordmill.

Re-publication!

For those of you with subscriptions to ChiZine (Chiaroscuro Magazine), my flash fic "The Eight of Swords" was recently republished there in Issue 47, April-June 2011.

Living the Life This Week

Family Update -

1) Kiddo is a blast, and wifey is wonderful

2) Need to spend more time with wife, been very busy

Writing Updates -

1) Novel 1 re-edits complete, sent to proof readers for feedback. Waiting on response.

2) World War 1 short story rewrites complete, letting simmer

3) Turkish Fairy Tales short story rewrites – will begin today by importing story into Scrivener and dividing into sections.

Game company updates -
1) Game 1 layout files done
2) Game 2 layout files done
3) Company...

What I'm reading

I'm one of those wierdos that likes to read a lot of books at once. I like it when a whole bunch of different images collide in my head, and I think that's part of the way I create new ideas.

So, for the current reading list: Other than my own novel which I'm reading to edit, I am also digging in deep to the trenches of World War 1 with "All Quiet on the Western Front". This book is awesome — starts out a little weak, but about 80 pages in and BOOM, it becomes astounding.

Also in the...

New stories and a new favorite

Despite the flurry of editing I have been buried in (and am still buried in), I've also had a couple of short stories come out. I'm crossing my fingers that this continues, I've been missing my short fiction drive for a while.

We'll see if they turn into anything after edits.

I also ran into the story "An Honest Exit" by Dinaw Mengestu, available here at the New Yorker. I am slowly working my way (in random order) through the "20 under 40″ collection, and this is my favorite so far. Really...