Author-ized L.J.Ah well, another #rejectionSlip for a short story I'd submitted to a mag, interestingly with no email — I've been checking their submission portal obsessively and they finally pulled the trigger lmao. At least they held onto it for a fairly long time (20+ days in an average response time of 5 days) so maybe it at least went past the first readers, or something? Or maybe people were just busy 🤷♀️ I'll be looking out for some more experimental/hybrid calls next, since it's fairly unconventional with no capitalization and two-column layout. #LjWrites
Started #freewriting and a lot of what was bottled up turned out to be anger. Second day in a row of freewriting, let's see how long it keeps up lol. #LJWrites
I think my story is as polished as it's going to get for now, and I've found a magazine that fits really well
But I'm scared and so shyyyy 😩 What if it's too weird what if it's incomprehensible and my feels are too big what if I'M TOO MUCH
Like If I'm going to submit at all it's a good idea to do so early and I'll probably make myself do it tonight, I'm just.... I need a moment (stretches dramatically on the couch)
Passing 800 words on this short and close to minimum word count, but I think I'm somewhat less than halfway done. Increasingly convinced that not only will this story be hated but that I've made MYSELF thoroughly hateable with the inhospitable choices in everything from orthography to exposition to the run-on sentences, which I'm trying to excuse by calling the piece an extended prose poem lol. But it's also a strangely relaxing perspective and way to write, for all I'm so new at it, and the kind of thing I've wanted to try for a while. #amWriting #LjWrites
Got holiday travels & visits done ahead of the actual holiday this time. My plan to complete the current short story ahead of the new year is probably shot since New Year's is *checks time* tomorrow, but hey, I can try a running start xD Maybe I can get the bones of it down, at least. #amWriting #LjWrites
Now that the official notice is out, I'm proud to announce that my short story Between One Word and the Next has been accepted for publication by Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-335-shelf-february-2026 It's based on the record of an enslaved maidservant couple in 15th century Korea split up by a predatory princess, an incident I guest-blogged about on LHMP (CW sexual violence and stalking): https://alpennia.com/lhmp/lhmp-449-lee-2024-sossang-and-danji-15th-century-korean-maidservants-love The story should appear in the podcast this year in audio and print versions.
YES!! #AcceptanceLetter for a story I worked really hard on and at a market close to my heart! 🎉 
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#LjWritesThe time has come to put a hard stop on the story I #amEditing and (gulp) send it off. The temptation is to scrutinize it endlessly for just one more thing to fix, but after 4-5 rounds of editing including in hard copy it's time to let go and move on. I'll be revisiting it anyway whether accepted or not, here goes nothing! 🤞 #LjWrites
In that unironically fun phase of #historicalFiction where I'm fact-checking everything from family ancestry to door designs. And now I'm reading a paper on a single word used in a medieval song to make sure my translation of it in the story is at least defensible lol. #amWriting #LjWrites