Indie Cred

Hey guys, long time no see! It's been a while for me, what with actually writing stories, graduating high-school, wasting time, and generally doing things on the internet that did not particularly include updating this blog. Here's a quick update on what I've been doing:

1. CrimeWatch: I think I mentioned that I sent a manuscript to CrimeWatch a while ago. I still haven't recieved a reply from them. I'm chalking this one up as a temporary loss, and my first rejection. I need to rework the story I sent them anyways. It's a mystery story, sans one mystery.
2. GlitterTrain: Doug Adams said it best: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." They've had a couple interesting contests that I never wrote anything for, so I might look into writing more stuff for them later.
3. Foothill College has a writing conference this summer that I might attend (if I'm not gone when it happens) but they are also offering a fellowship. That's right, children of the corn, the prestigious Richard Maxwell Fellowship. Basically, all I have to do is turn in a five page deal with a cover page, and I'll see if I get accepted. I think I have a piece that'd fit well with this competition, so there's really no reason for me not to do it.
4. Class: This is actually where the heading for the post comes from: over the last couple weeks, I've been compiling a zine of my writing over the past four or five years. The zine, unimaginatively named RejectWatch, turned out pretty well, and I made twenty or so copies of it. Technically, this is the first time I've been published, but I'm not counting it, because that'd ruin my indie cred.

Really, I'm not going to count anything as a rejection or acceptance unless the publication has a circulation of more than... oh, about 1000.


See you guys later, Felipe out.