http://www.alexwilson.com/journal.php Alex is an author of fiction, comics, and other projects. Copyright 2008 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:02 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss (scroll down for the contest)Submissions 530-544No brain power for links, maybe I'll add 'em later.Weird Tales (9th)The Colbert Report (1st)Drawn & Quarterly (2nd)The Believer (1st-5th)Abberrant Dreams (1st)Writers of the Future (20th!)ChiZine (7th)Supergrrrl Adventure Comics (1st)Asheville Film Festival (1st)Light (5th-7th)Rejections 393-397F&SF... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/400th_rejection_contest.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/400th_rejection_contest.php Journal Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:02 -0500 "Dry Frugal" is an oddball science fiction story, about 6500 words. Think "The Office" meets Catch-22 meets Alex as a poor substitute for Vonnegut (so lower those expectations, cool?). Futurismic is a popular futurism blog which publishes science/tech articles and... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/sale_dry_frugal_with_death_rays_to_futurismic.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/sale_dry_frugal_with_death_rays_to_futurismic.php Journal Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:18:09 -0500 My five page science fiction comic story "Groundbound" with artist Shaun Gardiner appears in the current issue of the British comics-anthology series FutureQuake. Shaun and I are hoping to expand it into a four issue miniseries.I don't think the book... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/groundbound_in_futurequake_10.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/groundbound_in_futurequake_10.php Journal Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:57:18 -0500 Terrorist Fist Jab, Obviously.Elitist Book-Hold Of Getting News and Info from Non-Television Sources.Clap Of Encouragement For Things Which Everyday Americans Wouldn't Want Encouraged If You Asked Them. But Don't Ask Them.Chin Rub Of Not Waiting Until Fox Has Reported Before... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/foxnews_guide_to_terrorist_gang_signs.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/foxnews_guide_to_terrorist_gang_signs.php Journal Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:01:54 -0500 Submissions 515-529 A Public Space (my 3rd sub there)Sword and Sorceress (my 4th)F&SF (22nd)Mineshaft (2nd)OSC's IGMS (5th)Futurismic (3rd)Cosmos (1st)Tin House (8th)Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest (1st)LCRW (7th)McSweeney's (2nd to Internet Tendency, 8th overall)Asimov's (19th)Fantasy (6th)Rejections 376-392Talebones (107 days)Fantasy (30 days)Glimmer... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_18-24.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_18-24.php Journal Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:56:33 -0500 So WisCon was probably a mistake, healthwise. I was beat even before my reading Friday night, and compromised my immune system so quickly and thoroughly that I caught a bug probably from the first hands I licked shook upon my... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/wiscon_2008_best_mistake_evar.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/wiscon_2008_best_mistake_evar.php Journal Sat, 31 May 2008 15:31:25 -0500 http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/sale_harp_to_cabinet_des_fees.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/sale_harp_to_cabinet_des_fees.php Journal Sat, 24 May 2008 15:12:22 -0500 While I usually rely on my personality for birth control, I wrote/co-wrote three public service announcements (PSAs) last year for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina (APPCNC), directed by Steve Milligan (SM), who I've worked with enough that... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/alexs_pregnancy_prevention_psas.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/alexs_pregnancy_prevention_psas.php Journal Sun, 18 May 2008 18:42:35 -0500 I'll be attending and reading at WisCon, next Friday night at 11:45PM, with my Clarion bud Will Alexander, as well as authors-I-look-forward-to-meeting JoSelle Vanderhooft and Ben Burgis. Can't promise sparks, but let's not forget what happened last time Will and... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/reading_at_wiscon_52308.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/reading_at_wiscon_52308.php Journal Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:58 -0500 This MOC came about because I had frustratingly few of these 1x4 offset bricks for a previous project, so I placed an order on Bricklink for more than I could ever need. Stacked them all together for storage, and found... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/lego_waterslide.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/lego_waterslide.php Journal Mon, 12 May 2008 21:34:22 -0500 It occurs to me that I talk about caffeine in the same way that real writers talk about heroin.I've seen a neurologist. I have post-concussion syndrome. What a relief, just having a name for it. No consensus on prognosis, because... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/in_which_william_s_burroughs_calls_me_a_pussy.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/in_which_william_s_burroughs_calls_me_a_pussy.php Journal Tue, 06 May 2008 11:10:11 -0500 A bit behind, but only a bit to report...Submissions 511-514Writers of the Future (my 19th sub there)Fantasy (5th)Cabinet de Fees (1st)Apex (3rd)Rejections 371-375Clarkesworld (82 days)Polyphony (83 days)Mineshaft (101 days on 3 poems)Of InterestStill couldn't close the deal on the story... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_13-17.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_13-17.php Journal Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:49:16 -0500 Reasonably Clever hosted a Lego challenge last month: create a Steampunk "impulse buy" set, 50 pieces or fewer, just like they used to have in hobby shops and toy stores near the chashier. I made myself a Steam Dart (click... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/lego_steam_dart.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/lego_steam_dart.php Journal Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:59:55 -0500 I liked this better when it was written by Daniel Keyes.Yeah, I was doing better for a while there, huh? If any of my previous journal entries or emails or conversations have been coherent, gotta give props to medicinal amounts... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/algernon_for_alex.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/algernon_for_alex.php Journal Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:19:58 -0500 Submissions 508-510ChiZine (my 6th sub there)Interzone (4th)Strange Horizons (17th)Rejection 370Eclipse Two (16 days)Pulled/No Reply/Publication Folded 61Noctem Aeternus (1st sub)Of InterestAmong my three subs this period is my first real work completed (from conception to submission-ready draft) entirely after my head... http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_1012.php http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/2008_submission_log_weeks_1012.php Journal Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:58:57 -0500