<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:48:38.337-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Expansinations</title><subtitle type='html'>The whereabouts of all my expansinations.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-91804959</id><published>2003-04-01T16:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-04-01T16:18:46.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Updated!  Woo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of April 1, 2003:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;ACCEPTED!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appearing in TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE:  ODYSSEY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coming in May 2003 from Trifolium Books, a division of Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - very favourably by Black Gate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Realms of Fantasy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - to Paradox, April 1, 2003&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,000&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color="ff9966"&gt;Rewrite requested&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Weird Tales Magazine -Jan 28, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  5,650&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Imaginings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Black Gate Magazine, March 3, 2003&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - to Weird Tales, as soon as they make up their minds on Mirror, Mirror&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  8,000&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Cross the Darkening Sea&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - to Black Gate, April 4, 2003&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  6,300&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Princesses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision for submission&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, this is not an April fool's joke, this is me getting my act together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two big changes are the Jory's Song rejection and the Darkening Sea submission.  I've decided to try Jory at Weird Tales as soon as they decide what they're doing with Mirror, Mirror (though Paradox is a definite possibility), and To Cross the Darkening Sea is going to Black Gate.  Yes, I know I've got a future date on there, but I want to once-over before I send it out, and it's Buffy night, so it sure as hell ain't happening tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-91804959?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/91804959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/91804959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2003_03_30_archive.html#91804959' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-88161508</id><published>2003-01-28T08:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2003-01-29T11:17:31.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Ayah.  I need to update more often.  Blogger ate my template, which basically meant that even though I posted an update, it wouldn't actually UPDATE because the template went kaput.  And I couldn't just take the source code and paste it, because of the blogger tags.  So, basically, I had to choose the old template and go through the code line by line with the source until I could restore everything.  I haven't updated the sidebars yet because it's more finicky template work and I've wasted enough time already, but for the most part, Expansinations is restored!  Hurrah!  So, without further ado, here is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of January 28, 2003:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;ACCEPTED!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appearing in TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE:  ODYSSEY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coming in May 2003 from Trifolium Books, a division of Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - very favourably by Black Gate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Realms of Fantasy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color="ff9966"&gt;Rewrite requested&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Weird Tales Magazine -Jan 28, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Imaginings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - to Black Gate Magazine, September 1 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  8,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 01-03&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Princesses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision for submission&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, in the big news, I MADE MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL SALE!!!!   Tides of Change has been sold to Julie, and will be appearing in TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE: ODYSSEY in May.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And in even more big news, Weird Tales asked me to resubmit the story after trimming it a little, because they really like it and want to use it.  HURRAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Savage Beast got a great rejection from Black Gate -- personalized, saying he REALLY regretted turning it down and wanted to see more.  I sent him Jory, which was on-hand but I'm not sure is right for him, and I'm prepping Princesses for the next round. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm also considering pulling The Hunt back out and tinkering with that for a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Savage Beast has to go back out, I just don't know where yet, and Mirror, Mirror is at Weird Tales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a professionally published author!!!!!  Wheeeee!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-88161508?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/88161508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/88161508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2003_01_26_archive.html#88161508' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-88161500</id><published>2003-01-28T08:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-01-28T08:27:38.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of January 28, 2003:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;ACCEPTED!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appearing in TALES FROM THE WONDER ZONE:  ODYSSEY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coming in May 2003 from Trifolium Books, a division of Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - very favourably by Black Gate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Realms of Fantasy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: March, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Weird Tales Magazine - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - by Imaginings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - to Black Gate Magazine, September 1 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  8,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 01-03&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Princesses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision for submission&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen rejected Jory -- liked the story, wants to see more by me, can't take it for the site, though she did suggest an alternative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've decided to add a scene and submit it to Imaginings.  It's only 600 words shy of the minimum word count, and there was always a little more I wanted to do with it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-88161500?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/88161500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/88161500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2003_01_26_archive.html#88161500' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-77393049</id><published>2002-06-05T15:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-05T15:33:34.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of June 5, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;currently reviewing markets&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Extended Version (8,000 words) to Imaginings, June 6, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 08/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - by request to Julie Czerneda for Tales from the Wonder Zone 4 (Odyssey), May, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  4,660&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen rejected Jory -- liked the story, wants to see more by me, can't take it for the site, though she did suggest an alternative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've decided to add a scene and submit it to Imaginings.  It's only 600 words shy of the minimum word count, and there was always a little more I wanted to do with it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-77393049?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/77393049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/77393049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_06_02_archive.html#77393049' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-77393000</id><published>2002-06-05T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-05T15:31:36.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of June 6, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;currently reviewing markets&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Extended Version (8,000 words) to Imaginings, June 6, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 08/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - by request to Julie Czerneda for Tales from the Wonder Zone 4 (Odyssey), May, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  4,660&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-77393000?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/77393000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/77393000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_06_02_archive.html#77393000' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-76662659</id><published>2002-05-17T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-05T15:31:23.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of May 17, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;currently reviewing markets&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Ellen Datlow, May 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tides of Change&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - by request to Julie Czerneda for Tales from the Wonder Zone 4 (Odyssey), May, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  4,660&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3SF rejected Mirror, Mirror, saying that it's "AWFULLY long" considering that it's just a rehash of a fairy tale with a twist.  I'm still convinced that SOMEBODY is going to buy the damn thing, as soon as I can figure out where to send it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tides of Change was written specifically for Julie, because she wanted to see a story from me for Odyssey.  It's not any sort of guarantee that she's going to buy it, but I'm definitely moving up in the world if editors are now coming to me and saying "hey, give me something."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The producer liked the stories I sent her, so I'm studying up, preparing to turn Savage Beast and The Mural into screenplays.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-76662659?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/76662659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/76662659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_05_12_archive.html#76662659' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-75942968</id><published>2002-04-28T18:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-04-28T18:39:04.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of April 26, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - 3SF magazine, April 29, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By:  June, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Ellen Datlow, March 16, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No word on anything yet.  Mirror, Mirror is going out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-75942968?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75942968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75942968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_04_28_archive.html#75942968' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-75439324</id><published>2002-04-15T15:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-04-15T15:37:07.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of April 15, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Ellen Datlow, March 16, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expected response - 06/02&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out DAW only wanted the story as a sample of my writing, so they know me for future consideration.  Still cool, but damn.  :o)  So Jory's off to Ellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-75439324?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75439324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75439324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_04_14_archive.html#75439324' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-75410598</id><published>2002-04-14T20:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-04-14T20:45:12.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Mirror, Mirror, Jory's Song, and Savage Beast have been submitted by request to a movie producer who expressed curiosity about my work.  One of three things will come of this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Absolutely nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;She'll want to make something of mine into a movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;She'll want me to write movies based on ideas she has.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm happy whatever way it goes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-75410598?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75410598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/75410598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_04_14_archive.html#75410598' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-10702598</id><published>2002-03-13T11:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-03-13T11:58:43.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of March 13, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Black Gate magazine, March 12, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By: June, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - favourably by F &amp; SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - by request to DAW anthology, March 3, 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several changes here - most notably the lightning rejections by F&amp;SF and the equally lightning submission to the DAW anthology, which was actually none of my doing, but the result of having really good contacts and a good friend with the published author clout to get them to listen.  I have absolutely &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt; idea when or if I'm going to hear back from that one.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-10702598?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/10702598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/10702598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_03_10_archive.html#10702598' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-9876441</id><published>2002-02-18T22:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-03-13T11:48:14.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of February 18, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - By Request to Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By:  March, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Cut from final 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In workshop&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-9876441?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9876441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9876441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_02_17_archive.html#9876441' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-9463163</id><published>2002-02-06T19:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-02-18T22:44:07.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;State of the Writer&lt;/h3&gt;As of February, 2002:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mirror, Mirror&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,217&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By:  Mid-February, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jory's Song&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - Isaac Asimov Award 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  7,353&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By:  Mid-February, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Soothe The Savage Beast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=006600&gt;Winner!&lt;/font&gt;- Isaac Asimov Award 2001 - Honourable Mention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Submitted&lt;/i&gt; - By Request to Ellen Datlow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Word Count:  9,800&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Response Expected By:  March, 2002&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mural&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=cc0000&gt;Rejected&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt; - F&amp;SF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Revision&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-9463163?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9463163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9463163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_02_03_archive.html#9463163' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-9462559</id><published>2002-02-06T19:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-02-06T19:08:19.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Okay, so this would be the "What the Heck is Sarah Writing Now?" blog.   Initally concieved as a way to keep track of what the bang-howdy (sorry, you have to be in my family to get that one) I'm doing with my writing, I though it would be fun to do it up as a blog.   This way, I might actually keep it up.  I don't know what it is about blogging -- I can't keep a journal to save my life, but I can't stop blogging.   We're in the information age all right...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So most of these posts are going to be tracking posts, like the one above...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-9462559?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9462559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9462559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_02_03_archive.html#9462559' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316628.post-9408902</id><published>2002-02-05T11:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-02-05T11:47:04.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Starting a new blog...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3316628-9408902?l=expansinations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9408902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3316628/posts/default/9408902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansinations.blogspot.com/2002_02_03_archive.html#9408902' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Jane</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fnnVZOjorAM/SXzoJdesz1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/QO1C9FPVwQc/S220/p_sarah_ballgown.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
