Or perhaps I should change my last name to masochist!! After reading Edgar books for the last 11 months, I was asked to judge Writer’s Digest genre short fiction contest and I said yes.. I might be insane. The stories are arriving as the books keep pouring in.
The stories don’t have to be read until some time in February, but it’s more reading. Lots more. I think they said 600 short stories. At least these are not 300 pages, but it’s still more reading. (In all fairness, this will be my new carpet money so that we can move when the market improves.)
I received Judy’s new book this past week, and I can’t wait to open it up. I’ve definitely found new authors whose works are thoroughly enjoyable. I’m glad that I’ve done this and I’ve definitely open my horizons in terms of the genre.
I’m at 415 books so far, and I’ve got probably another 45 in my dining room (or at least it was a dining room once upon a time.) Maybe my next story should be one where a person is killed by stacks of falling books!
Back to reading — currently reading Hell Hole by Chris Grabenstein
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I really liked Hell Hole. Chris has established a wonderful community for his characters and the characters are well developed. He’s a really good writer!
My wife is judging 300 highschool essays for the Laws Of Life contest. Not as much work as your short stories, but work non-the-less.
by Don
on November 14th, 2008 at 6:26 am
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My friend Robin Hathaway wrote a short story in which someone murdered someone else by dropping a load of books on them. It was inspired by the stacks and stacks of books in her own home!
by Judy
on November 14th, 2008 at 7:21 am
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Wait….I’ll bet you dimes to donuts Orroz use to work in a book factory and witnessed at least four co-workers get crushed with the fall of Casey Daniel’s Pepper Martin mystery books….Am I right?
Zz
by Zorro
on November 14th, 2008 at 7:53 am
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I did work for a publisher who was sued by a worker who claimed they had brain damage from breathing glue from the bindings of all those books. It was my belief that the worker ( whom I dated briefly) had brain damage long before she came to work for the publisher. Any toxic fumes in your home, Jeff?
by Orroz
on November 14th, 2008 at 8:42 am
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Hmmm…toxic fumes from books…does that explain why publishing is so crazy???
by Casey
on November 14th, 2008 at 9:09 am
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You’ve lost your mind. that’s okay though; it makes life more fun.
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Edgar Allen Poe
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Marissa, my family is related to Poe, and I can vouch for the quote 
by Jeff
on November 14th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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Stick with it, Jeff. Eat some turkey, open some gifts, BAM! February’ll be here before you know it.
by Rachel Brady
on November 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
