Turbo snail

By most measures the publishing process moves like a sedated snail, but occasionally things can happen quickly. Since my previous post, I have seen both 'Level Two' and 'Blue Diamond Pool' published, and even more exciting, a small American publisher has asked to see the full MS of Ghost Kiss.

On top of Allen & Unwin's cursory interest in Loaded, I'm almost afraid to go on holidays ... which I do this Saturday!

These are small steps, I'm under no misapprehensions there. But I'm quietly confident Ghost Kiss could go all the way. I'm due to hear from the publisher, Asylett Press, in about a month.

My new story, 'Left Behind', is about 3/4 done. I'm aiming to complete it tomorrow morning. Looks like it will come out at about 4,000 words - a handy size.

Yog's Notebook is going to take longer than expected to get back to me re: 'Other Intelligent Life'. I was rather sceptical about their stated one month response time, and I notice that since the first issue's completion this unrealistic claim has been removed from their site. The question now is whether I wait for them to reply, withdraw the story and send it to AtomJack, or send AtomJack another story ('Buried Potential' might suit).