Hey, Your Nose is on Fire!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      As late as this last Saturday morning, I was determined: once I wrapped up this storyline next Friday, I'd take the whole month of May off from doing Daily Grind comics.      But by Saturday afternoon, I'd decided that instead of nothing, I'd do something short. And what's shorter than a sonnet? I mean, they average out about 100 words each, and I could crank out 45 of those over the next 15 weeks to have Howlett explore the world and his place in it. So we'll call it "Crownless," and it'll start next Monday.

The Terebinth Story Archive      Hidden agendas? I'm shocked! Shocked!

This is the week, apparently:      When all my stuff is coming out. Or at least the week when I'm noticing that all my stuff is coming out...      The poem and one of the short stories mentioned in the title of this blog post can be found in vol.3, no.1 of the magazine Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature . Clicking on the big image of the cover there will take you over to the page on Amazon where the thing's for sale.      This is the latest issue of the same magazine I blogged about last year when they published my story called "The Queen of the Mushrooms." The current story, called "Lion Eyes," is more or a traditional sword and sorcery sort of a thing with a warrior woman and a talking crow trying to track down a mad wizard. I wrote it at least thirty years ago, I think, and haven't been able to sell it to anyone this whole time.      Well, no, that's not exactly true. I sold it to a magazine maybe fifteen years ago, but

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      It's always nice to see everyone taking part in the conversation.

The California Poet Laureate:      Announced a program last year in which folks here in the Golden State could "write a poem about their city, town, or state, exploring what they love about it, what joy they find in it, what they would change about it, or what they hope for."      So I went and did that, writing about the city of Newport Beach using one of my favorite weird forms, the rondeau redoublé . I submitted the thing, called "Beach Seen," through their website —which seems to still be open if anyone else wants to pitch something at them—and I just got an e-mail from them today saying it was up for everyone to read.      If you go to the main site and scroll down a bit, you'll find links to all the counties they got submission from: 25 of the state's 58 counties, it looks like. Mine's in the Orange County section , the second one down on the left-hand side.                                                                               

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      I really think I'll be taking some time off after this storyline. I'll decide on that next week, probably.