S. Boyd Taylor's Blog, page 10

What am I doing?

Working on stuff. Word stuff.

Eloquent, no?

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

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.

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...

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...

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...