Okay, let's see. Today was something of long one...

In the morning I spent a few minutes working on a blog problem and a bit more time on e-mails and phone calls about Lisa's tour dates in Atlanta. (A special thanks to the Fayette County Library for its wonderful author support and event programs!)

Then I got down to some serious writing...

Last night in researching the short fiction market, I discovered that the Sword & Sorceress anthology is currently accepting submissions. The current deadline is April 20, so I'm spending the week putting together a short story written specifically for this project.

Speaking of which, there's a terrific article posted there by Marion Zimmer Bradley herself entitled What Is a Short Story? I found the article tremendously helpful--not to mention refreshingly direct and entertaining in its own right. (Why Did my Story Get Rejected? is another good one.)

So most of my day--something like ten or eleven hours with a short break for lunch--was spent sitting in front of the computer writing about three thousand words (that was the final count after a good bit of editing).

Some days writers really do sit around writing all day.