Archive for the ‘ Publishing ’ Category

In which I brag and complain, muse and rant.

Back when I was a happy-go-lucky MFA student with no cares in the world and no idea how horrible it would be to graduate and leave the MFA community – however infuriating it was at times – behind, a member of my thesis board suggested that I take up blogging. Of course I was already [ READ MORE ]

Er…false alarm!

Just kidding, I’m back. As it turns out it’s nice to have a dedicated writer-space that is unsullied by photos of my cat or me in a big fur coat or cookie recipes. Not that all those things aren’t wonderful (sometimes delicious) pieces of my life, but…well, they have their own place. I return with [ READ MORE ]

At least I’m consistent.

Another rejection – this time from Booth, who had my story for-EVER but not long enough to fall in love with it. Ho hum. I did, however, get a fantastically kind rejection letter along with some really good advice for revising. They asked me to send something else – something less bad, thanks – which [ READ MORE ]

June, I hardly knew ye…

Another rejection today: AGNI will not be welcoming my story into its pages with open arms. (Cut to me standing in a violent thunderstorm, shaking my fist at the sky…) They had it a good long time and I began to get my hopes up, but…oh well. These things happen. No respectable writer has an [ READ MORE ]

Life goes on…

I still feel in a bit of a funk, writing-wise (FRiGG and Camera Obscura both passed on my work – damn!), but as with all funks there are really funky days and there are only semi-funky days. Yesterday I got Writing Down the Bones in the mail, which several writer friends have recommended to me. [ READ MORE ]

No news and good news.

I forgot how much life sucks when you have a job to suck up your time. I’m back to trying to balance life-time and work-time and writing-time, which I had enough trouble doing when I didn’t have work-time to worry about. Perhaps this balance is a thing learned over time. Perhaps I am still too [ READ MORE ]

Submissions Catch-up – May Goals

March was a frenzy of activity, writing-wise (I sent out stories to 12 markets), followed by a slumpy, lazy April – in other words, business as usual. Bad news first: I racked up 7 more rejections for my collection. One of them, from a magazine I really love, was very gracious and encouraging – the [ READ MORE ]

No-good-no-job-not-writing-enough-lazy-asshole

So…a month ago I lost my job and since then I’ve been living the authentic writer lifestyle – broke, depressed, drunk most of the time. No, I’m kidding, that’s not true at all. Being unemployed has been pretty nice. My time is my own, to use constructively or waste as I see fit. I admit, [ READ MORE ]

The Fiction Project

I’m very, very excited about this. (Fiction! Moleskine! Illustration!) via TheRumpus: When the Art House Co-op talks about making art accessible, they’re not just talking about viewing and consuming. They’re all about generating inspiration for artists of every kind by creating projects that will get people making, creating and writing. The Fiction Project is one [ READ MORE ]

Merry Christmas, indeed!

Exciting news – I duped a magazine into publishing one of my stories. What a bunch of suckers! Kidding, of course, but I am being published and I’m pretty excited. It’s a young mag called The Wanderlust Review. I actually stumbled on their call for submissions while I was looking at Seattle real estate and [ READ MORE ]

Meet Cate

I'm a 27-year-old writer living and writing in Pittsburgh, PA. I finished my MFA in December 2009 and now I flounder through life as I struggle to figure out what it means to be a "writer in the world" as opposed to a "writer in school."

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Submissions – 2012

Stories Out: 1
Accepted: 0
Rejected: 0
Total Submissions: 0

Submissions – 2011

Stories Out: 1
Accepted: 0
Rejected: 1
Total Submissions: 1

Submissions – 2010

Stories Out: 2
Accepted: 4
Rejected: 14
Total Submissions: 20

Published Work – 2010

"Follow the Signs"
The Wanderlust Review: Volume I, Issue 1 (print)

"The Coming Storm"
greatest lakes review: Online

"The Road to Clara"
The Linnet's Wings: Summer 2010, Online

"Harold Upstairs"
shady side review: Fall 2010, Online

"Tyrannosaurus Rex as Evolutionary Ideal"
shady side review: Fall 2010, Online

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