First thing’s first, here is a cool new thing in my life: I have been recruited as a submissions editor for Apex Magazine! Which sounds quite fancy and exciting, but all it actually means is that I’m a slush reader. Which, for friends and family who don’t know publishing terms, means that I’m one of the first readers whenever someone submits a story for the magazine. (I screen to see if submitted stories meet the quality and content needs of the magazine, send a no-thanks letter for anything that doesn’t fit, and pass up the chain anything that does.) The
2014, and Forward Motion
Like I said last year, I don’t like to make resolutions. But I do like to look back at the previous year and figure out ways I moved forward in my life — I don’t like feeling stagnant. So here’s what I think about when I think back to 2013: