I was checking the sent mail of my G-mail account the other night.
I was doing it mostly out of curiosity to check and see how many stories I've got floating around out in the world right now. (The total is seven.) But I also started looking though what I've sent out over the past couple of years and I noticed that May 18th marks the 1 year anniversary of sending my stories out into the world.
I sent two:
One to the now defunct Mouth full of Bullets
and the second to the sadly defunct DZ Allen's Muzzleflash fiction.
I never received a thumbs up or thumbs down from Mouth Full of Bullets, but the second piece was posted by Allen. The story was a flash piece called An Appointment with Larry.
I loved Muzzleflash, it was a great site, I miss it. Same thing goes for Demolition.
True, a ton of really great zines have popped up since Muzzleflash and Demolition died, but both sites opened up a great little world for me. (Along with Duane Swiercynski's blog, Crime Always Pays and Ken Bruen's website.)
It's been a very cool year since sending out those first two stories. I've seen 20 of my pieces published, I've gotten to know some cool folks through the zines I've appeared in and through the blogs and social networking sites.
Anyway, enough reminiscing for one night, thanks for listening.
Yay! Muzzle Flash was a great place for many of us to get started. And DZ Allen was a good editor to work with, except for the whole suddenly yanking the site. =/
ReplyDeleteMay you have many more years of stories and writing.
Happy "birthday" Keith! As always, I wish you the best of luck with your upcoming stories, even though you don't need any luck because you have all the necessary creativity and skill. Looking forward to the new stories you have up your sleeve.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday man. Glad you came back to the world of writing.
ReplyDeleteHappy writing birthday! Some great stories! keep on keeping on!
ReplyDeleteClair--Good to see one of my favorite PI writer's over here! And DZ was awesome to work with. I do wish he had kept the site up, there were a ton of great stories that just got swept away without a warning, it was a shame.
ReplyDeleteFrank, Cullen, & Paul--Thanks, gentlemen. It's been a blast so far. It's been a pretty great year for all of us.
Happy B-day and best of luck with your writing during year two.
ReplyDeleteThanks, David, you made it a hell of a cool anniversary for me a couple of days ago. And I know your year is going to kick some serious ass with what you've got lined up.
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