Procrastiwriting
Aug. 31st, 2026 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shanmonsterTwo new publications of mine are now up:
The Salmon Eater is the second prize winner for Necksnap X Menace's Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize. This is my retelling of a traditional Inuit story collected by Inuk ethnographer Knud Rasmussen over a hundred years ago. The original is called "Ímarasugssuaq, Who Ate His Wives" and can be found here. It's kinda like an Arctic Bluebeard story.
Also, "The Tick Tick Tick of Today and Tomorrow's Smoky Promise" is available Unfurled: An Anthology of Trans and Genderqueer Voices. This is a flash fiction about possibly maybe finally dealing with procrastination.
I've barely had a chance to do much creative writing over the past couple of weeks. Instead, I've been working on contracts, grant applications, report-writing, and other less-fun stuff. The grant I'm applying for would support the creation of a new book of poetry, tentatively called "Blood, Stumps, and Thin-Shelled Eggs."
Last night, I did manage to add a fun new section to a chapter in my novella. I'm at the point in my story where I need to turn those screws and make the tension ramp up-up-UP! The end is sooo close. Originally, I was going to call it "The Development," but now I'm considering calling it "House Wife" instead.
To top it all off, I just purchased a ticket to WorldCon in Montreal next year. This will be my first one!
The Salmon Eater is the second prize winner for Necksnap X Menace's Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize. This is my retelling of a traditional Inuit story collected by Inuk ethnographer Knud Rasmussen over a hundred years ago. The original is called "Ímarasugssuaq, Who Ate His Wives" and can be found here. It's kinda like an Arctic Bluebeard story.
Also, "The Tick Tick Tick of Today and Tomorrow's Smoky Promise" is available Unfurled: An Anthology of Trans and Genderqueer Voices. This is a flash fiction about possibly maybe finally dealing with procrastination.
I've barely had a chance to do much creative writing over the past couple of weeks. Instead, I've been working on contracts, grant applications, report-writing, and other less-fun stuff. The grant I'm applying for would support the creation of a new book of poetry, tentatively called "Blood, Stumps, and Thin-Shelled Eggs."
Last night, I did manage to add a fun new section to a chapter in my novella. I'm at the point in my story where I need to turn those screws and make the tension ramp up-up-UP! The end is sooo close. Originally, I was going to call it "The Development," but now I'm considering calling it "House Wife" instead.
To top it all off, I just purchased a ticket to WorldCon in Montreal next year. This will be my first one!
