Month: September 2011
Repeat after me: Revise, Revise, Revise!
The latest on publication: As I wrote in my last post, my short story, ‘Christmas’, was rejected by eFiction Magazine, but with good reason. Following the rejection, I submitted the story to the eFiction Workshop and received some very helpful criticism. The criticism identified a number of technical errors and…
Rejected again, but maybe not…
Okay, so I posted a little prematurely that I would have a short story included in the October edition of eFiction Magazine. Yesterday I got the following email from Doug Lance, the Editor: Hey Kevin! The editorial staff feels that your latest submission “Christmas” could use a bit more polish…
It could be any of us
In his 1962 dystopian novella, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess coined the term “ultra-violence” to characterize the sociopathic ravagings of a young man named Alex and his “Droogs”. Stanley Kubrick brought it to theatres in 1972. Exceptionally controversial for the time, I remember seeing it at the Strand Theatre in…
A Quick Update
Latest Submissions: I just submitted a short-story for the October issue of eFiction Magazine. The title of the piece is “Christmas”, for lack of a better name and for no other reason than it takes place at Christmas. If it gets accepted, I look forward to your opinions about the…
