I spoke with an editor of a magazine today and he informed me that he’d be running both of the articles I submitted in the next issue. I have to say that I was extremely happy to hear that. Not only am I building up my writing clips, but I am proud of the one article that I worked on. I’m looking forward to seeing the articles in print. It’s definitely some good news. Last week (I can’t even remember if I mentioned this), I received a rejection from Orson Scott Card’s magazine for a story of mine. The rejection came in the form of an e-mail and it was just a basic, non-descript rejection letter. Nothing exciting there. I’ve been increasingly frustrated on my lack of success on the fiction front so I keep working on article ideas. I’ve had more luck in selling those types of pieces as well as enjoyment in doing the work. I’ve not had a really great story idea that I’ve wanted to sit down and pound out. As a fiction writer, I’m a bit disjointed over that fact. I really don’t know what to think. I expect to write other stories in the future, but I’ve not been inspired to work on one. However, I do have two article ideas floating around in my head that I would like to start work on. I could probably sell the one but it’ll take some research and interviewing. As for the other, I like the topic, but I’m not sure if I could sell the piece. It’s a probability, but not necessarily a given.
In the area of fun, back in January my wife bought me an arcade game cabinet. Now we’re at a stage in which we’ve not had a lot of time to finish the project, but I did by a USB two joystick game controller. We still need an adapter for our case so that the joystick console can fit snuggly into the game cabinet and I need to put the PC into the case and finish a few other details. We’re getting there, little by little. This past weekend I played Joust and Robotron off of a CD that came with the game controller and I had a blast. I’ve a bunch of joystick configuring to do, but these two games work enough that I can play them without any problems. I had never been really good at Robotron, but being able to play without putting quarters into an arcade machine is fantastic. I’ve built the PC that we’re using for the game cabinet to also allow us to play Dance Dance Revolution (this is our old setup, but you’ll get the idea of the DDR pads being on the floor) as well as watch videos on the TV (output from the PC).
Well, let me dash. Take it easy!
In the area of fun, back in January my wife bought me an arcade game cabinet. Now we’re at a stage in which we’ve not had a lot of time to finish the project, but I did by a USB two joystick game controller. We still need an adapter for our case so that the joystick console can fit snuggly into the game cabinet and I need to put the PC into the case and finish a few other details. We’re getting there, little by little. This past weekend I played Joust and Robotron off of a CD that came with the game controller and I had a blast. I’ve a bunch of joystick configuring to do, but these two games work enough that I can play them without any problems. I had never been really good at Robotron, but being able to play without putting quarters into an arcade machine is fantastic. I’ve built the PC that we’re using for the game cabinet to also allow us to play Dance Dance Revolution (this is our old setup, but you’ll get the idea of the DDR pads being on the floor) as well as watch videos on the TV (output from the PC).
Well, let me dash. Take it easy!
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