As I enjoyed breakfast this morning, I decided to look and poke a bit and soon found an open call that I thought would be an appropriate home for one of my short tales. I went ahead and prepped the story as per the publisher’s requirements and then submitted it.

This one doesn’t offer a lot in terms of payment, but it would be good to start getting the work out there and adding to my resume. I’d just submitted one of my newest ones a week or so ago, and hope that one lands as it pays on a Pro scale.

And now, time to move on and forget all about them. Given the time it usually takes to hear back from publishers, it’s best to simply forget about the submissions and be surprised when that email with the thumb up or down lands in the in box. Time is better spent working on something new.

Speaking of new, I’m getting ready to move into my new studio for 2024… I’m upgrading to a top of the line laptop for both my writing and my photography work, and very much looking forward to its arrival:

Meet the Dell XPS 17 – 64 Gigs of RAM, a pair of 4 TB SSD’s offering massive storage and high speed throughput, all run by a 13th Generation Intel i9 CPU. Not even Tim the Tool Man Taylor could squeeze any more power into this sleek chassis. Once it arrives, I’ll get all updates done then move all my programs and files over from my current laptop, which will then go up on the block in search of a new home.

If anyone’s interested in a good deal on a year old Alienware A17 R2 laptop, give me a shout via the contact page for specs and pricing!