Alex Wilson's Online Journal - Since 1998
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Alex is an author of fiction, comics, and other projects.2008-12-01T14:18:39-05:00Ten Years
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Almost missed this. Yesterday I sent out my 600th writing submission into the world. My first sub (and my first blog post, though we old folks called it "jounaling" back then) was in November 1998. Yes, it can take that...Journalalex2008-12-01T14:18:39-05:00LEGO: Black Santa vs Ninja-Powered Evil Car
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(Just getting over yet another multi-week sickness. Eh. Looks like my brain's not my only fragile bodypart since the accident. I expect to surface more regularly in December.)I made this a while back for a Eurobricks contest, in which we...Journalalex2008-11-20T09:19:47-05:00Can and Has and Sometimes Doesn't
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(Final public political thoughts for a bit.)Have to admit that a part of me felt duped into votepairing for Kerry instead of giving my vote directly to Cobb four years ago, because Edwards on the ticket was supposed to give...Journalalex2008-11-06T18:35:35-05:00Casey at the Booth
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A Filk of the Republic Sung in the Year 2088by Alex Wilson, with love and respect to Mr. Thayer. Illustration by Constantine Markopoulos.The choices weren't inspired for the voting sect that year.Both parties nommed their same-olds based on safest taste...Journalalex2008-11-03T00:07:11-05:002008 Submission Log Weeks 42-45
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Submissions 575-593GUD (my 4th sub there)Clockwork Phoenix (3rd and 4th)Space and Time (2nd)Apex (5th)Clarkesworld (6th)Actor's Theater National Ten Minute Play Contest (7th)Strange Horizons (19th-21st)McSweeney's (11th and 12th, one to the Quarterly, one to Internet Tendency)Sybil's Garage (1st)F&SF (24th)Realms of Fantasy...Journalalex2008-11-01T13:52:53-05:00SALE! "A Wizard of MapQuest" to LCRW #23!
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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and Flytrap are two of my favorite zinelike entities (I subscribe to both, and you should, too), so finally breaking into both makes for a solid end to the year.And just as cool: "A Wizard of...Journalalex2008-10-28T13:39:52-05:00Telltale Audio - October 2008
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Just in time for Halloween: three new ghost stories since I last brought Telltale to your attention here...The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H G WellsThe Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry JamesThe Haunted Dolls' House by M...Journalalex2008-10-26T18:41:53-05:00To Which Chopped Liver Always Replies...
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Collecting (probably final) pre-election thoughts... (a PSA we did in 2004)Was in Barnes & Noble for the first time in a while (had a gift card, needed a magazine). There were at least five magazines turned backwards, which of course...Journalalex2008-10-23T19:38:55-05:00Mind Racing
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Took me a while, but this weekend I did my first thirty-minute continuous run in almost ten months. While the main reason I've been running is to increase my energy levels post-accident, I have to admit it was higher than...Journalalex2008-10-20T14:06:32-05:00Heinz Kicked to the Ketchup Kurb
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Since my Klean Kanteen story seemed to be of interest, let's talk some other baby steps towards eating better, starting with probably the one brand I thought I'd never, ever give up. Heinz Ketchup (Catsup? Garfield, you've ruined me for...Journalalex2008-10-14T12:55:59-05:00Stop the Buck! (and share this comic!)
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Click for larger (so you can, you know, read it) as well as for creative commons info, and for a free print-quality, one-page PDF, which you are encouraged to redistribute.U.S. Voters! Register to vote (and find local deadlines for registration,...Journalalex2008-10-03T00:45:59-05:00Mini-acceptance! Gag cartoon in File 770.
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I've got a fantasy/werewolf gag cartoon in the next issue of Mike Glyer's six time Hugo Award winning fanzine File 770. Illustrated by my friend Constantine Markopoulos, whose backup stories have appeared in Dave Sim's (and Gerhard's, let's not forget...Journalalex2008-10-02T14:28:03-05:002008 Submission Log Weeks 36-41
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QueriesSent my first query to an agent on September 1. Manuscript requested on the 19th. Breathe.Submissions 551-574A literary agentGUD (my 2nd and 3rd subs there)Abyss & Apex (2nd)Talebones (8th)Doorways (1st)Clockwork Phoenix (2nd)Strange Horizons (18th)McSweeney's (9th and 10th)Algonquin Press (1st)Chronicle Books...Journalalex2008-10-01T03:26:13-05:00SALE! - "Chance of Snow" to Flytrap#10!
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So pleased. I'm a subscriber to Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt's Flytrap, and I've been receiving rejections from Tim at least since 2001 (when he was poetry editor of Speculon. Anybody else remember Speculon?). "Chance of Snow" was my fourth...Journalalex2008-09-29T00:08:00-05:00Supergrrrl Adventure Comix #1 (Out Now)
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Supergrrrl Adventure Comix #1 is "a multimedia second-gen riot grrrl themed zine, with emphasis on independent comix," is available now via the PayPal buttons at the above link (left hand side of the MySpace page). The issue includes my flash...Journalalex2008-09-24T00:02:58-05:00