2011 shaping up to be a great year for writing… mine, that is

Today my story “238″ was published on the great crime fiction site A Twist of Noir. The story has been kicking around for a while, and I was glad that Chris Grant at ATON was excited about it. Some other editors have praised it, but (perhaps wisely) chose not to publish anything with a hint of politics to it. I don’t have to administrate their comments sections, so I certainly won’t pass judgment. Please stop by ATON and read the story, and stick around for a while when you’re done. Just last week Chris published hard-hitting new stories from Hilary Davidson, Frank Bill and others. I’m happy to be in their company.

This kicks off what is going to be a pretty great latter half of the year for me publication-wise. I have stories coming in the print pubs Needle and Alec Cizak’s new Pulp Modern, and online at All Due Respect and Beat to a Pulp over the next six months. Add to that a couple of stories published earlier this year, my first published poems and my work as editor of and contributor to the forthcoming Grimm Tales anthology of fairy tale-based crime fiction (based on my contest earlier this year), and 2011 is shaping up to be a watershed year for my writing.

Now if I can keep plugging away on my now half-finished novel and get it done by the end of the year — and not allow the myriad other ideas I’m constantly scribbling away at to derail me — I’ll be set up nicely for an even better 2012.