Supernatural Colorado - New story order

Whew! Spent an exhausting Sunday putting Supernatural Colorado together. Luckily, we were overcast and rainy, so it was easy to sit at the computer without longing to be outside.

I'm still awaiting a couple of revisions and bios from authors. For the most part, it's done.
On Wednesday, it will be off to the publisher.

The story order did change. Not much, but a little. Mostly due to lengths and time periods. More on this anthology as it gets closer to publication.

Final story order.

Shadows of Deceased Ghosts : David Boop      

Wicker Children : Lynn Donovan  

The Other Cemetery : Frank Luke   

Grubstake : Guy Anthony DeMarco   

Cave of Sorrows : Carol Hightshoe  

Montague Plistiblick’s Snipe Hunt : Quincy Allen  

Abandoned: Kessie Carroll 

Thank you, Thad : Susan MacDonald   

Guardian : J. A. Campbell   

Into the Home : Darla Upchurch 

Tracking Old Moses : Sam Knight 

Catharsis at Steamboat Springs :  Chris Barker  

Rainmaker : Becky Kyle  

Entity : Todd Nelson 

Pookie the Pooka : R. Joseph Maas  

Find of a Lifetime : Dana Bell  

The Vengeance of Felipe Espinosa : Pamela Nihiser  

The Rocky Flats Fiasco : Peter Wacks  

Supernatural Colorado story order (Tentative)

This week has been spent finishing up edits for Supernatural Colorado. Wasn't quite as challenging as I thought it was going to be. I edited four stories over the weekend and one on Tuesday evening. Now I'm waiting for the edits to come back in as well as bios from my authors.

Here's the list of stories, authors and the 'critter' they wrote about. 

Supernatural Colorado Story Order (Tentative)

 

Shadows of Deceased Ghosts : David Boop - Indian God

Wicker Children : Lynn Donovan - Vampire

The Other Cemetery : Frank Luke - Fairies

Guardian : J. A. Campbell - Unicorn

Grubstake : Guy Anthony DeMarco -Zombies, sort of

Cave of Sorrows : Carol Hightshoe - Indian ghost

Montague Plistiblick’s Snipe Hunt : Quincy Allen - Werewolf

Pookie the Pooka: R. Joseph Maas - Pooka

Rainmaker : Becky Kyle - Rainmaker

Thank you, Thad : Susan MacDonald - Mummy

Into the Home : Darla Upchurch - Tommyknocker

Tracking Old Moses : James Sams - Bear

Catharsis at Steamboat Springs :  Chris Barker - Yeti

Abandoned: Kessie Carroll - Alien

Entity : Todd Nelson - Ted Bundy

Find of a Lifetime : Dana Bell - Merpeople

The Vengeance of Felipe Espinosa : Pamela Nihiser - Headless Horseman

The Rocky Flats Fiasco : Peter Wacks - Rubber Duckie

 

Sunday I'll be putting together the final version and sending off to my publisher, Written World Communications. 

Then, on to my next anthology editing project.

Deadline...

Late last week I heard back from Written World Communications. They liked the sample stories I sent for Supernatural Colorado and wanted to see the completed anthology ASAP. Great news for all concerned. Problem is, I haven't quite finished editing yet.

So, I managed to get four stories back over the weekend and next weekend, I will finish the final four. Then I await the return of all revised submissions, so I can get the anthology put together and off to the publisher.

Deadline. The end of this month.

When I finish that one, I'm off to complete my next, even as I'm beginning to come up with an idea for next year's editing project. Nope. No hints as yet, but I've already had an author pitch an idea, and he didn't even know he was pitching. Told him to write the story and submit it.

Just goes to show, you never know when an editor is going to like your idea or what the outcome will be.

New Projects

Time snuck up on me and here it is - the day I should have already had a new post up. Whoops!

My two biggest projects this week was to edit my over fifty romance 'Worth the Wait' and get it submitted to Written World communications. The second was to get the guidelines completed for 'Supernatural Colorado'. It's a new anthology I'm working on for the same above publisher. It's invite only. It'll be the first I'm doing that has a darker theme than what I usually do accepting mostly Dark Fantasy, Horror, including Western, Paranormal, Supernatural, Weird Western and other genres as well. It's got a great line up of authors and it'll be fun to see what they do with the theme.

Also on my upcoming agendas, several short story deadlines, completion of my next novel 'Winter Emergence' and in the Fall, putting together Volume 2 of 'Different Dragons'.

Book signings - Profit not always the way one thinks

Last Saturday I went with several other writers to Colorado Springs for a signing at the Written World Bookstore. Despite advertising both by the store and authors, no one showed up. That was okay. We sat around and talked, read from various pieces we're working on, and got to know the owner of the bookstore.

The real profit for the day was the networking we did. Two of us will be included in a writing challenge. All of us will be part of a new anthology, Supernatural Colorado, I got a nibble on my young adult series and my over fifty romance, which Written World Communications is looking for, now has a home. I just have to do one last edit and format it.

So while we didn't get a chance to sign the anthology we're all in, there was profit to our gathering.