It's so very rainy
May. 20th, 2026 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cornerofmadnessIt was so dark this morning I had to leave the bathroom light on to see to get into the living room to find the light switch.
I popped to work to put the plants in the greenhouse and then down to Gallipolis to return and book and see Copper Moth to fix that necklace. Well she exaggerated about that. The old Woolworth is an antique mall with various vendors. They've never even seen her. Eye roll. I ended up trying to fix the necklace and my malocchio one as well. I have SO much jewelry bullshit that I feel guilty about it. But not. one. silver. jump ring! I found some but they're these weird double loops that you can't get into easily. I ended up using 2 copper ones and using an old bracelet to extend the necklace I needed the longer chain on.
Had the writers group meeting tonight. that was good.
What wasn't good, I looked over that Undead Appalachia open call and it had a strange caveat: email us for submission guidelines. Why isn't that on the web page? I email and it keeps bouncing back as a non viable email so I poke around the webpage which...has nothing but two open calls. Now I got this from a trusted source but it looks like someone didn't do their due diligence (self included) so I guess that story probably isn't going anywhere just now.
On the other hand I just found a demon open call by flame tree press (very small window of chance) and I know them. They are legit. I might send them my woman of no consequence. It's about 500 words outside the sweet spot but I'll try anyhow (they're taking 4 stories so I'm not going to twist this story so it's 4K like I just did to my ghost story because they would not read outside of 4k)
What I Just Finished Reading:
That Which Feeds Us - Hawai'ian Gothic, very creepy, low gore horror, one of the best things I've read this year so far
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune this didn't work for me
What I am Currently Reading:
The Gay Disaster Detective Agency - one of my arcs. I usually like Lev AC Rosen but this isn't working for me.
The Death Card - currently struggling to get into it
The Antique Hunters Guide to Murder - I'm enjoying it
The Kindness of Strangers - another arc and I'm not sure this is going to work for me
What I Plan to Read Next: some of my looming arcs
And finally here are my pictures from last weekend in Louisville. evil_little_Dog took the pics of me.
Churchhill downs
Kentucky Derby museum
Derby clothes (that Ezio would love)
derby trophy
From the Bourbon City Steampunk con (I swore I took more photos but this is all I had)
con friend Marianna
Found Rosie at the con
Saturday me
Sunday Me
Frazier Museum
Tori Murden, the woman who rowed across the Atlantic and the boat she did it in
hall of Bourbon
random street horse outside Frazier
The rest are from Cave Hill Cemetery
She was a teacher who loved kids and Jesus (and had money apparently)
For the full view
close up
apparently they were royalty
Full view
close up because he's scary
each face is different
Mausoleum
sad siblings
Is it me or does she look like she's so tired of hearing this man talk?
fancy pants
Too bad about the sun because this was amazing
corgis
Robin looking at his bronze girlfriend
Muhammad Ali
couldn't get closer
Hope they're still dancing
Not sure who or why but I like this
really a stunning bronze
A magician
Another magician and the one I think the Tobin spirit guide was reference
Colonel Sanders
I popped to work to put the plants in the greenhouse and then down to Gallipolis to return and book and see Copper Moth to fix that necklace. Well she exaggerated about that. The old Woolworth is an antique mall with various vendors. They've never even seen her. Eye roll. I ended up trying to fix the necklace and my malocchio one as well. I have SO much jewelry bullshit that I feel guilty about it. But not. one. silver. jump ring! I found some but they're these weird double loops that you can't get into easily. I ended up using 2 copper ones and using an old bracelet to extend the necklace I needed the longer chain on.
Had the writers group meeting tonight. that was good.
What wasn't good, I looked over that Undead Appalachia open call and it had a strange caveat: email us for submission guidelines. Why isn't that on the web page? I email and it keeps bouncing back as a non viable email so I poke around the webpage which...has nothing but two open calls. Now I got this from a trusted source but it looks like someone didn't do their due diligence (self included) so I guess that story probably isn't going anywhere just now.
On the other hand I just found a demon open call by flame tree press (very small window of chance) and I know them. They are legit. I might send them my woman of no consequence. It's about 500 words outside the sweet spot but I'll try anyhow (they're taking 4 stories so I'm not going to twist this story so it's 4K like I just did to my ghost story because they would not read outside of 4k)
What I Just Finished Reading:
That Which Feeds Us - Hawai'ian Gothic, very creepy, low gore horror, one of the best things I've read this year so far
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune this didn't work for me
What I am Currently Reading:
The Gay Disaster Detective Agency - one of my arcs. I usually like Lev AC Rosen but this isn't working for me.
The Death Card - currently struggling to get into it
The Antique Hunters Guide to Murder - I'm enjoying it
The Kindness of Strangers - another arc and I'm not sure this is going to work for me
What I Plan to Read Next: some of my looming arcs
And finally here are my pictures from last weekend in Louisville. evil_little_Dog took the pics of me.
Churchhill downs
Kentucky Derby museum
Derby clothes (that Ezio would love)
derby trophy
From the Bourbon City Steampunk con (I swore I took more photos but this is all I had)
con friend Marianna
Found Rosie at the con
Saturday me
Sunday Me
Frazier Museum
Tori Murden, the woman who rowed across the Atlantic and the boat she did it in
hall of Bourbon
random street horse outside Frazier
The rest are from Cave Hill Cemetery
She was a teacher who loved kids and Jesus (and had money apparently)
For the full view
close up
apparently they were royalty
Full view
close up because he's scary
each face is different
Mausoleum
sad siblings
Is it me or does she look like she's so tired of hearing this man talk?
fancy pants
Too bad about the sun because this was amazing
corgis
Robin looking at his bronze girlfriend
Muhammad Ali
couldn't get closer
Hope they're still dancing
Not sure who or why but I like this
really a stunning bronze
A magician
Another magician and the one I think the Tobin spirit guide was reference
Colonel Sanders
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