I heard back from Vivian, my editor for Humans Wanted, and she had some excellent notes for my story. Of course, just like when I was a teenager and my mom would try to give me advice, when I first read edits and suggestions of any sort, I always get huffy. “Well, I MEANT to use that word there, thank you very much!”

Then I re-read the comments and start making changes, and all of the sudden it dawns on me (with this music in the background). “Oh my God. This is so much better now that I’ve taken those suggestions!”

It happens each time without fail! I wish I could skip over that initial huffy phase (even if it only lasts about 90 seconds) and go right into the grateful stage. I suppose that happens with time! So typical — I’m great a dishing it out, but terrible at taking my own medicine.

In other news, I have written 50 blog posts on my blog I Know What I Know, which seems like SO MANY. I swear, very few of them are rants. Check them out. They will be relevant to your interests. This is because each post is radically different. I write about soup, wax museums, and that time I rode in a Lyft. There’s bound to be something you wanna read about.

I haven’t heard anything, but I’m still holding out hope to have a story in “Ride the Star Wind” which is a Cthulhu space opera anthology. The close date was January 31st but I haven’t heard one way or the other. I suppose I’ll wait until the end of the month and contact them. Fingers crossed?