You read that right. I’ve had my first short story published in Residential Aliens. The story has been split in half due to length, but the first part is currently available here. Part two will be available in October.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go jump up and down like a lunatic for an hour.
Sometime near the end of the Spring semester, I decided it was time to take another crack and reorganizing my life. I’ve gone through years of on again / off again burnout, some of it my own fault (I’m disorganized and try to do too much) and some of it a consequence of things about which I have no control (my former university essentially bankrupted itself, forcing me to find a new job in my field, and I’ve since moved twice — the short version). All that burnout and overfilled plate-ism has made it harder to keep up with grading and find the energy to complete tasks on time. So it seemed only logical to use my university library privileges to borrow a variety of recommend productivity and project management books to see what advice, systems, etc. are out there.
Why would someone make a list of important and interesting works of dystopian fiction? Or a suggested reading list of works that are relevant to those dystopian works? There is absolutely no reason other than raw interest. There’s nothing going on to compel this. There is nothing in particular one making such a list would hope you’d learn. The lists below are not an exhaustive list. There are bound to be texts I have forgotten or texts you think folks should read that are not listed. Feel free to make your own list and tell me about it OR leave a comment. I’ll add things I’ve missed! Anywhoodles. Here goes:
And so it came to pass that I finished up my annual Best of EDM [Insert Year Here] lists. I used to do these on Spotify before switching to Tidal, and I continued doing them on Tidal because I listen to an absurd amount of EDM and like keeping track of the tunes I love the most. Below, you will find a Tidal playlist that should be public. You can listen to the first 50 tracks right here, but the full playlist is available on Tidal proper (which has a free version just like Spotify does). For whatever reason, the embedded playlist breaks the page, and so I’ve opted to link to it here and at the bottom of this post. Embeds are weird. Or you can pull songs into your preferred listening app. It’s up to you. Some caveats before we begin:
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11 Responses
And you know what my SSR will be today, right?
Adam: Something from Clarkesworld? My story isn't even finished, yet. You have to wait until October for the other half!
Congratulations, my friend! May it be the first of many.
Thanks 🙂
Congrats on publishing your story. Sounds great.
Why thank you 🙂
That's exciting news! Congratulations!
Thanks. I appreciate it. Now go read it 😛
Fine, if you want, I'll wait till the second half and review it as one. 🙂
Grats!!!!
My first was in the now defunct DKA Magazine. I remember it dearly, all of four(five?) years. Your first publication is the start of a verrrrrry long road. Celebrate, cherish, but whatever you do, don't rest on your laurels!
Pfft. I'll never rest my laurels. I'll be writing when I'm dead…I'll be the first zombie author!