My very-first-ever fiction submission, to Weird Tales, has been rejected. But, Ann VanderMeer did ask me to keep her in mind for future submissions, and while I could tell myself she was just being polite – I’m not going to. Like being waitlisted for Clarion, this feels like a huge step to me, and lets me know that I’m headed in the right direction, even if I have to take the occasional detour to get there.




[...] He pointed to the bottom of my last post. [...]