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Muah hah hah.... this is mine!

dear person trying to get into my LJ.... this is my reece account.

if you once had it, i'm sorry but it went up for ownership a while back and i got it from LJ.

trying to retrieve the password is sending an email to me instead. i'll be using this account in the coming months, probably so it's not up for retrieval. apologies.

Reading the slush pile for the erotica issue of Three Crow.

Apparently, spec fic/horror/fantasy erotica means someone is eaten alive at the end. it's like reading chapter after chapter of OMG you killed kenny! you BASTARD (BANSHEE, DEMON, GHOST, THING)!!!!

I'm almost ready to publish that Teletubbies smut thing.

So Grants Pass made the front cover of the Daily Courier. And I can cheer for me since I made the cover....:::cheers::: But Kudos go to the editors, the lovely and adorable amandapillar and her cohort Jennifer Brozek.

There's also a mention of Nathan Fillion on the cover so hell, we share space. Life is goooooood. :::Grins::::

It will also be available on Amazon soon.... so cheers!

PDF behind Link :::grins:::.

Two things I hate about Three Crow Press.

1. I don't have enough money to publish more authors.

2. Sending out rejections.

Three Crow is paid out of my pocket. It's not a bottomless pit. If it were, I'd own more cars. We may not pay a lot but it adds up. My day job goes to pay for it. Sadly, that's the happiest part of the Hates.

The worst part is sending out rejections. I try to be nice about it. This time around we were seriously loaded down with them and the reviewers all had stuff piling up. Whacking down the subs to an acceptable amount was hard and then sorting out the yes, maybe and no piles was a bitch.

There is always a few that are right on the edge. Some move on. Some don't. Today I sent out the letters. God, it kills me.

The love part? Sending out the Acceptance letters. Really. That's a win. Okay, so now I have to pay the author but that's okay.

Now that submissions are hacked back, we can take a breath and go for round two. Yes, more submission. Less of a flood but still, since each story should be weighed against what we can accept, how many i can pay for and most of all, how good it is... I'd rather be late in accepting than rush to rejection.

Latest Issue of Three Crow Press is Now Live: www.threecrowpress.com
November 2009, Issue Five, Volume One

Fiction
3am, Lights Flickering by TW Williams
Alice by Jared W. Vickery
Bloodreader by Erin Cashier
In the Primal Library by Aaron Polson
Let Love Flow by Gerard Brennan
May Spirit by Francesca Forrest
Tasi's Truth Lives in the Sea by Suzanna Kolevski
Winderskin by Kenneth Mark Hoover

Author Interview
Bruce Golden

Featured Artist
Cecily Webster (Phantom Queen Artist)

Reviews and Articles
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
Angel Time by Anne Rice
Hunting Grounds by Patricia Briggs

State of the Crow - Morrígan Books

Now no one here probably isn't on my personal account but I'll give a minor update.

1. First book of Kai (doesn't that sound like a Bible or something) is done. It's with the Betas.

2. Second book of Kai will be started probably in about half an hour depending on if I get a phone call or not. If call comes, then an hour.

3. I am armed with a Yoshi-cat so my writing can begin. I am wondering if other writers similarly arm themselves with a cold or hot drink which will then be ignored until warm and a cat. I have removed all of the cat hair from my laptop keyboard with a plastic card. I'm not sure how the hair gets under the keys as said cats don't go near the laptop.

4. I have about sixty submissions left to go through for Three Crow Press. I do need more erotica as that's a bit lean and for some reason, I've not found any urban fantasy in the subs yet. Really, when did I start publishing a sci-fi/fantasy/horror literary magazine? It boggles my mind but is rather funny.

5. There do need to be a few more reviews for November. I owe one for On The Edge, which I thoroughly enjoyed. And I need to hit up Anya Bast for an interview for our Erotica issue. Isn't Anya (anyabast) disgustingly gorgeous? She also has a toddler who had her "princess barbies" savaged by dinosaurs today.

Actually ilona_andrews is disgustingly gorgeous too. Both of them.

Strangely enough, I seem to be very busy for someone who is not considered successful.

Beta Shadows Bloom (Due NOW)
Cover For CSI Peat Bog (Due NOW)
Postcards For Dead Souls (Due NOW)
Postcards For Phantom Queen (Due NOW)
Post Cards For CSI Peat Bog (Due NOW)
Write 3000 Words A Day To Finish Current Project in two weeks
Reformat Dead Souls Book (5.5 x 8.5)
Reformat Dead Souls Cover (5.5 x 8.5)
Reformat Grants Pass Book (5.5 x 8.5)
Reformat Grants Pass Cover (5.5 x 8.5)
Finish Current Project To Get Back To Editing Urban Fantasy Kai
Cover For Second Storey
Read Submissions For Three Crow (About 50) (Due Next Week)
Finalize Interview w/ Jeri Ready-Smith for Drops of Crimson
Review for On The Edge for Three Crow Press

Now I don't want a wibble from a certain magpie about her story. She knows who I am talking about *coffs* TAMM *coffs*

I do name things in production in my head. CSI Peat Bog is in reality The Red Hand of Crime which I keep wanting to make the Red Badge of Courage so CSI Peat Bog is easier. Also, up to a day ago, I didn't really know the name. My brain is on a first come first need info retrieval.

Submissions for Three Crow are at a brimming point. I have to go through them to knock some out.

Morrigan Books is going to be at FCon again. I hope Mark has a better time of driving around then he did last time.

I wear a lot of hats. One of the many hats includes editor for Three Crow Press, an online ezine. It's not a HUGE magazine but one that I think serves the market well and seems to be chugging along on its way.

One of the things about Three Crow is that it's without advertising. I decided that I would carry the cost of the zine when I peed on it ... wait, that's a different method of marking. Let me rephrase. In looking at costs of running the zine, I decided I could carry it...and I would carry it so I could put out something about four times a year, down from every other month. I have lovely co-editors who read the slush along with me and we have a sense of false democracy. I'm honest. If I could afford to put in twenty stories, I would. As it is, the zine crept up from six to about ten stories at 3000 each. Paying out at a penny a word, it can get pretty steep but I think it's worth it.

Why am I discussing finances? Because the issue of accepting reprints came up. And I had to really decide "Do I Want To Pay For A Reprint?"

We have in the past but I've mulled over it and decided I really didn't want to. Not because we're "above" reprints or any such nonsense but because I have limited space and time to produce Three Crow. While a reprint is an "Established Piece", Three Crow really isn't an Establishment.

When I assumed the Three Crow mantle, I (mistakenly) thought the zine would follow my tastes in books. More contemporary. Urban fantasy. Not very literary (Not that there's anything wrong with that) but more... of what's out there in the marketplace.

So imagine my surprise when this turned into a more literary magazine with some stories that were skirting the out there and beyond. Coupled with the avant-garde non-fiction articles that we seem to pull in and the wonderful interviews we are given, Three Crow is kind of like that curios shoppe on the corner. You have to stop in and just browse. You never know what you might find.

So back to the reprint issue. I decided with said limited resources and all that nonsense that prohbits me from having a bi-weekly ezine, that I would offer the funds to stories that have not been out there yet. To authors who have not sold that story. I felt that it was important to spread the readership's exposure to those different authors or perhaps a different story from a familiar author.

We're not big, not by any means. But I think we're dedicated. Or at least committed. To which sanitarium, I don't know as I can't read the label on the back of my strait jacket but I'll get back to you as soon as I can make it out.

So yes, that's the hat I had to wear today. Sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable... I hate turning down someone... but I think.. for Three Crow... it's a good call. Now to win the lottery so I can do that bi-weekly zine I want.