The past 24 hours have been decidedly intense.
On Monday, I received an email newsletter from GlimmerTrain reminding me of some of their upcoming deadlines. One of them was for an upcoming issue they’ve titled “Family Matters.”
I have received this information before, but for whatever reasons, I ignored it and deleted it. Not so this time. It suddenly struck me that I had a story that was a perfect fit for the issue: my memoir in progress, Digging Holes In A Lake. They wanted fiction, and I knew I could fictionalize sections of it.
And so that’s what I’ve spent the past, passion-driven 24 hours doing. Fictionalizing. And rewriting. Task completed late yesterday. It’s now sitting with several of my writer friends, awaiting their perusal and input.
The submission deadline is April 30th. Since I placed as a finalist with my previous entry to GlimmerTrain, I feel called to submit this story, titled Where To Stand In A War.
I am very optimistic about this one.
CHRISTIAN
Best of luck. I also received the same e-mail, but have nothing ready this year. Getting into Glimmer Train would be a really wonderful accomplishment.
Malcolm
By: knightofswords on Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 9:01 AM
Good luck. That would be a real feather in your cap. I’ve been trying to break into Glimmer Train for a long time. It remains a long-standing dream.
By: Carter on Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 10:04 AM
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
By: Greg on Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 1:02 PM
Way to pay attention to your gut.
Crossing fingers and toes for this one.
By: shannon on Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 1:11 PM
I think it’s great that you are going to go for it. I’m sure you will be considered.
In any case, I’ve been dying to read the story so I hope that’s a by-product of your efforts!
By: Susan on Thursday, April 24, 2008
at 10:57 PM
Wow…thank you everyone! I love that love that is flowing here. Woot!
By: Christian on Friday, April 25, 2008
at 5:23 AM