Today is my debut as the new columnist for Fairies, Elves, and Other Kin at PaganPages!
This month’s column is entitled Fairies and the Wild Hunt, appropriate for the month of October, since All Hallow’s Eve begins at sunset on the 31st of October and one of the purposes of the Wild Hunt is to collect all of the souls that have died during the year and escort them through the veil to the Summerland.
I hope you enjoy the article and will let me know what you think.
All Hallow's Eve by Kat
My short story, “The Secret Hollow,” is officially published!
I received an email today from Casey Quinn, editor of the on-line magazine, Short Story Library, that the long-awaited anthology, The Library’s Best: Volume I, is now available on Amazon.
I immediately purchased a copy for my Grandmother, who doesn’t have access to the Internet; I know she’s going to be thrilled to see my story in print. Heck, I’m going to be thrilled to see my story in print!
I gave my story non gratis to the Short Story Library, so please consider purchasing a copy yourself to support the website and other fledgling authors.
Hope ever springs eternal and so I have said “yes” to the following request (hopefully this one will actually make it to print):
Hello,
After some consideration, the Short Story Library magazine has decided to start publishing a print edition twice a year with the best writing published in the online magazine. After review of what we have published, your story “The Secret Hollow” has been selected!
When we published your story the first time, you granted us non exclusive online rights, in order for us to include your story we are asking for non exclusive print rights to publish in print your story. You will retain the right to your story at all times, you are only granting us the right to print your story, the copyright remains yours. At this time we cannot pay you for your writing but hope having the print publishing credit on your resume in addition to more exposure to your writing will be satisfactory.
We are planning on having the print edition ready to go by the beginning of 2009. We will be hiring an illustrator to help with the cover and fill out the magazine. In order for us to get started we ask that you respond by November 15th so that we have sufficient time to edit the stories, get the illustrations and have the book ready to go by the end of year. If we do not hear back by November 15th, we will assume we did not have your permission and will not include your writing in our collection.
Thanks for your interest in Short Story Library and hope to hear back from you soon, When you reply, please include a bio you would like to be included with your writing. Please keep the bio to less than 50 words.
Casey Quinn
Editor
Short Story Library
http://shortstory.us.com
So look for more news on this subject in early 2009.
Alas, my poem “The Faerie Folk” will not be published after all {sigh}:
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Dear All,
It is with a heavy heart and a clear conscience that I write this letter. Since the inception of this project two years ago, I have embarked on a new career and returned to school. In the beginning, I could happily devote 12 hours a day to managing the manifestation of this publication, nowadays I am lucky if I can find 24 hours each week, which is not enough for a start up. With an impending increase in my course load and an internship on the horizon, the time for PAL to Go is decreasing.
We don’t want to string anyone along: it is not viable to publish People’s Art & Lit to Go and maintain the business’ other publishing projects. Since it is my name that appears at the bottom of most of the acceptance letters, I personally apologize for the broken promise to publish.
We encourage all of you to keep putting your work out there: if we would accept it, others will too.
Thank you.
Jane Thomas
–
Jane Knows Publishing
A Subsidiary of
Jane Knows Intellectual Property, Inc.
Well, that’s the way the faerie’s wings crumble.
This short poem, submitted to the Short Story Library, was also rejected on the 17th of August. According to the editor, he “felt it was missing depth and I was a little confused at what exactly was happening within each stanza. The poem should tell a story and I felt that this poem was trying to paint a picture[,] but it was not really clear. I suggest adding more depth and descriptions around it to help clarify the sequences.” If you would like to read this poem, click here. Keep in mind that I did not submit the picture, which may (or may not) have made a difference in clearing up his “confusion.”
The Short Story Library rejected this short poem on August 18th, although the editor thinks I “paint a great picture with your poetry[,] however[,] the style I don’t think would be a good fit for what we are publishing for poetry.” Okay, rather awkwardly stated, but you get the gist. While there are no style rules stated anywhere on their site, I wasn’t devastated because, as I had indicated earlier, this poem was actually requested by a printed publication and I immediately sent it off that very same day to “People’s Art and Literature to Go” of San Francisco. I’ll let you know when it goes public.
