Coming back fine now. I was actually feeling a bit better last night. Went out to run some errands. What awaited me at the post office? A rejection letter, like it was 1993 all over again. The good news, I still rate personal rejection notes. The bad news, they are rejection notes.
Many thanks for submitting "A Pawn's Life," but I'm going to pass on this one. I like the characters here, but I've got one sorcerer's apprentice story in inventory at the moment and this take on a similar theme didn't quite win me over, alas. Thanks anyway for sending this fantasy my way, and best luck to you with it.That's a writer's life. Mostly it sucks, except for the creative part, which is always fun.
Another little treat for me this evening, Bio is running a mini-marathon of Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed. I love this series. The first seasons of the show aired originally in 1997-1998, good years for me. I was finding a lot of work as an adjunct professor, I sold several stories to magazines, and, most importantly, my dad was back in good health. He had about three or four good years, from around 1997 to 2001. Those good years come back to me every time I watch this show. In addition, I was fascinated by magic and magicians as a child, and even though we weren't well off when I was a child, I had a wonderful childhood. They brought the show back for two years starting in 2008.
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