Forsan et haec olim legisse iuvabit.

I got sick driving mom back from the doctor's appt because of the heat. I am going back to OH for my own doctor appt later this week in this heat. Can't wait.

Got some really cool gifts for my birthday today, a signed cd, and a bunch of wild stuff from evil little dog including a D20 that rick rolls you, pickle skittles, a pink crystal, a dammit doll and a shirt with poisonous flowers on it.

Got more story edits back from the publisher. I need to get to to those asap.


It's music monday, time to share some music with each other. I'm doing the alphabet challenge (personally only using songs from the last 5 years) I'm up to L so let's see those songs with the letter L

( there are a fair few )

It's too hot to think and I'm up against a deadline so you're just getting links, not writing talk, sorry.


Open Calls

Dirty Magick Magazine Summer 2025 Urban fantasy, swords & sorcery, and gothic and supernatural horror

Mmeory Memory manipulation – Examples include magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone horribly wrong.

Timber Ghost Press Is Open For Novella And Novel Submissions

Keyed This is a tribute anthology honouring the legacy of actress Michelle Trachtenberg, with a spotlight on mystical girls, unchosen heroes, found families, and impossible truths (it's for royalties so there is pay)

LE FANTASTIQUE – A Literary Tribute to CLIVE BARKER (it's an honorium upon request...)

The Alchemy Spoon: Now Seeking Poetry Submissions

Story Unlikely

Flame Tree Fiction romantic fantasy

53 Literary Journals Seeking Genre Fiction



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And it hit the 90s so I hit the pool with my brother and SiL so it was a total do nothing day.

And my neighbor here is blowing off fireworks like he's not soft and squishy and full of blood...

I need more hours in a day. Or maybe not waste the hours I have. or maybe write my deadlines down right.


Since I have little to say today let me share another author for Pride If you like SF/F and LGBT works check out my friend, J. Scott Coatsworth He's been very nice about my stuff as Jana and he writes in my genres so he deserves a shout out.