I do not like thee, neighbour

1. he's never spoken to me in 7 years--other than once when there was a lost dog, and I helped him catch it and hand it to the dog warden. He referred to me as "this lady."

2. He's a gamekeeper

3. He keeps his dogs in a shed in the garden

4. He pulled down the swift's nest in his eaves, the one I love to watch in the summer. And he's put a floaty plastic thing up there to dissuade them from nesting there again.

5. Gamekeeper. Ick.

6. He starts his 4x4 every morning at 730, then goes back into the house, leaving it running for about 20 minutes, waking everyone up.

7. All his dogs are cringey.

Do Not Like.

BUT I do like!

 

THESE! 

 

Gorgeous Gothic Birdtables!  Want want want want want!  Far too dear, I'm looking for something about £20 as mine is on its last legs, but I adore these!  Look at the Cathedral one! Oh why do I have champagne tastes and beer money?

unimpressed

Found a short story competition I got all fired up about yesterday - you had to be inspired by Jane Austen and the head of the judging panel was Sarah Waters, so I thought it be worth submitting a gay regency, but I read the rules today and found that I'm not eligible as I've had a full length book published. I hope that someone else I know has a go--the link is over at Speak Its Name and good luck!

I'm more than half way through Liriel by Garth Nix and although I'll probably finish the series, just because I'm a finisher, I'm really not into it.

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Call for Submissions

MILITARY HISTORY NOVELLA ANTHOLOGY

A Joint Venture of

CHEYENNE PUBLISHING AND BRISTLECONE PINE PRESS

CHEYENNE PUBLISHING and BRISTLECONE PINE PRESS are teaming up for a special publishing project.  This joint venture will be an anthology consisting of three novellas. This submission call is to select two novellas (20,000 to 35,000 words) to be included with an already selected novella about the battle of the Little Bighorn.  The theme will be gay/lesbian military personnel in a historical setting.  Stories can be set in any era circa 1600 forward, up to and including the Viet Nam War. Military personnel can be interpreted to include soldiers, officers, and support staff such as nurses; key is that the action of the story takes place in a military setting during war, truce, or peacetime support. Any military conflict within the past 500 years (circa 1600 on) or country is acceptable. While sexual relationships can be discussed and intimate acts implied, we   prefer the material to be non-explicitly sexual in order to accommodate a young-adult crossover readership. Please note that the main characters must be gay or lesbian and issues regarding their sexuality must be a primary element of the plot. Cheyenne Publishing and Bristlecone Pine Press allow the writer complete freedom in regards to genre – meaning your story does not have to fit into any particular mold such as “happy ever after” – in other words, soldiers can die.

As this is a small press project, there will be no advances offered. Cheyenne Publishing will publish the print version and Bristlecone Pine Press will publish the e-book versions. Authors will be paid a flat fee of $250 upon final acceptance of a completed manuscript. Final contractual details will be negotiated at the time of acceptance; note that Cheyenne Publishing and Bristlecone Pine Press are not vanity publishers and follow standard industry practices with respect to publishing and distribution.

You do not have to complete the full manuscript in order to submit an idea for review. To be considered, send a 600-1000 word synopsis of your story and a sample of at least 5000 words to webmaster@cheyennepublishing.com and publisher@bcpinepress.com . Include “Military Historical Submission” in the subject line. Include complete contact information including name, address, telephone, and email address in the email. The synopsis should be included in the body of the email; the sample should be included as a Word attachment. Submissions not following these guidelines will be rejected without review.

Theme: Gay/lesbian, historical, military personnel

Length: 20,000 to 35,000 words

Submission deadline:  April 30, 2009 for synopsis; acceptance by May 30, 2009; completed manuscripts due August 31, 2009.

Projected publication date: January 2010

Submissions and inquiries email to: webmaster@cheyennepublishing.com or publisher@bcpinepress.com

Websites:  www.cheyennepublishing.com

www.bcpinepress.com