One of the countless upsides of having been through the wonderful second Villa Diodati Writer’s Workshop is another bout of writing motivation. So this morning I submitted:

• What happened while Don was watching the game, recently rejected by The Town Drunk, to Baen’s Universe, where fellow workshopper Nancy Fulda will have a chance to R-and-R (read and reject) it;
• Queen of Diamonds, already on a 12-strike rejection streak, to The Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest;
• Dumb Son (the new title for Toby’s Trophies) to Sniplits, a semi-pro podcast market;
• and Beans and Marbles to EscapePod (podcast market for science fiction), Deep Red to Pseudopod (EscapePod’s sister market for horror and suspense), and Conversation with a mechanical horse to Podcastle (the third sister, specializing in fantasy). (All three are reprint markets, so it may be a way to get some extra ‘reader’ship and money out of these three stories I’ve previously sold.)

Wish me luck!