tally, some musings

Inspired by Aliette de Bodard’s post about shameless self-promotion for the Nebula Awards! Ha! I’m no Aliette, and I don’t think any SFWA member will take the time to ~nominate me, but it’s always fun to do a tally.

For 2010 I have published seven short stories.

“Sand, Crushed Shells, Chicken Feathers”, Philippines Free Press, March 22, 2010.
“Salot“, Demons of the New Year, March 24, 2010.
“Once They Were Gods“, Expanded Horizons, April 1, 2010.
“Monsters”, Philippine Speculative Fiction V, April 24, 2010.
“Brothers”, Cantaraville (Issue Ten), April 2010.
“Jeremy’s Magic Well”, Gig and the Amazing Sampaguita Foundation, Inc. July 2010. Illustrated by Ray Nazarene Sunga.
“Elsewhere”, Usok #2, November 3, 2010.

The Nebula Rules say, “All works first published in English, in the United States, during the calendar year, in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, or a related fiction genre are eligible for the Nebula Awards® in their respective categories.” And “Works first published in English on the Internet or in electronic form during the calendar year shall be treated as though published in the United States.”

That means my eligible stories are “Salot” (horror/fantasy), “Once They Were Gods” (fantasy), and “Elsewhere” (science fiction).

I have two reprints this year:

“Incidental Light”, Philippines Free Press, January 3, 2009. (Reprinted by Basement Stories, October 2010. link.)
“Parallel”, Philippine Speculative Fiction IV, February 28, 2009. (Reprinted by Expanded Horizons, November 3, 2010. link.)

Not sure if the Nebula accepts nominations of reprints, but anyway both are eligible. “Incidental Light” is a fantasy, while “Parallel” is sci-fi.

So far, I have published eight poems.

“Reportage”, Philippines Graphic, January 18, 2010.
“Sodom Gomorrah“, Writers’ Bloc, February 13, 2010.
“Night: Notes“, Sunday Inquirer Magazine, February 21, 2010.
“Tour Guide”, Philippines Free Press, April 10, 2010.
“Day: Notes“, High Chair, May 24, 2010
“Variations on the Expulsion from Eden“, elimae, August 2, 2010.
“Maps“, Pedestal Magazine, August 21, 2010.
“Bath Time”, The Houston Literary Review, November 2010.

Also, a bunch of essays and reviews. Quite a good year.

I started a novel, but quickly gave it up because it felt like a short story being stretched to its limits. I’ll stick with the short story form, thank you very much.

This is also the reason why I never joined the NaNo. Ever. :p

Last night I began writing notes for a new story. I still have no idea when I’m going to start writing it. Lazy, lazy bee.