Neverland

Was out of town for part of the weekend, and still addicted to the online video game... ah yes, so much constructive behavior, I know. I finally got a new DVD player so I was able to finally watch the movie "Finding Neverland," which has been sitting here unwatched for so long.

Great movie, quite the tearjerker, but I have to say one of the themes, having an inappropriate muse, hit close to home. I'm betting it's rather common. Life is so complicated...

So here we are on the brink of summer doldrums and I'm wondering about all those submissions I still have out. What happens to them? It's kind of frustrating knowing as I do that the summer period for fiction is always slow and agonizing. I guess it's just about time to send out some gentle reminders... of course at least one of the magazines I submitted to already was sent a gentle reminder, and, of course, never responded.

Perhaps it's time to just knock that one off the list and submit elsewhere. But to where?

Does anybody know of some good leads for magazines that continue to read during the summer? I know Gargoyle magazine is one of the few that solely reads during the summer, and they will be on my hit list this year. Other than that I'm going to have to do some serious research into the markets that read during summer.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you're all having a great Memorial Day weekend...

LLB