Celebrating a BoTN nom from ANMLY this week! Yay! If you haven’t read it yet, please check it out - “Stifling the Weeds” - it will also be in my collection Bitter over Sweet (out next year).

I love nomination season. I love celebrating everyone’s nominations and the possibilities of being selected for the anthologies! I know it can also be a pretty rough time of year for us too… I rarely get nominated for BoTN so anytime it happens it’s a surprise (this is my second one, so maybe not anytime lol). I just want you all to know that the publication of your work is the award… and I will tell myself this as well when the other nominations for the Pushcart, Best Microfictions and Best Small Fictions come out… because there is never any guarantee my work will be nominated.

And on to NOT finding a motorcycle… I swear no one sells beaters for cheap here. I just want a bike to practice on… motorcycles are considered hobby vehicles here, so even used bikes can sell for way too much. Their prices are so close to new bike prices that I’m considering just waiting and saving up for a new one… but I worry that it will take too long and I will forget everything I have learned lolz

I also received acceptances from a few amazing mags… I forgot to ask permission on whether or not I can tell anyone.. so vague post it is…

Wish me luck on my motorcycle search! Sending good juju for the nom season as well as light, love and creativity!