{"id":3028,"date":"2021-12-03T08:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T20:46:43","slug":"i-got-a-story-accepted-plus-other-news-and-a-few-local-laughs-weekend-coffee-share-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2021\/12\/03\/i-got-a-story-accepted-plus-other-news-and-a-few-local-laughs-weekend-coffee-share-17\/","title":{"rendered":"I got a story accepted! Plus other news and a few local laughs (Weekend Coffee Share #17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning, happy Friday, and welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/natalietheexplorer.home.blog\/2021\/12\/03\/the-first-snowfall\/\">Natalie the Explorer<\/a> (whose pics are always gorgeous, but this week&#8217;s are *incredible*). I&#8217;m going to kick off this week&#8217;s post with: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2021\/11\/21\/tucson-botanical-gardens-and-a-few-laughs-weekend-coffee-share-15\/\">A couple of weeks ago<\/a>, I was grousing about my lack of writing news. I had several pieces on submission plus a pending application to a writing retreat, and I was getting just a tad impatient (if you consider refreshing GMail every 1.3 seconds, &#8220;a tad impatient&#8221;). Well, I still have a bunch of things pending, but:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Christmas horror story got accepted!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be published in the 2021 <em>Deathlehem<\/em> anthology, which should come out right around Christmas. Fear not, I&#8217;ll make an announcement here on the blog when it&#8217;s out (by which I mean, I&#8217;ll have a pinned post with a giant picture of the cover and at least three exclamation points in the headline and four or five more in the post. The word, &#8220;squee,&#8221; will also be used, almost certainly in all caps.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, if you like holiday horror, you might want to check out previous volumes. Great stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m still waiting to hear about another short story, a short nonfiction piece, and my writing retreat application, so I&#8217;m still refreshing GMail every 1.3 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/me-waiting-for-eb467d8c2c.jpg?resize=315%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3030\" width=\"315\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/me-waiting-for-eb467d8c2c.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/me-waiting-for-eb467d8c2c.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2021\/11\/26\/seeking-new-traditions-weekend-coffee-share-16\/\">Last week<\/a> I wrote about the return of my holiday spirit after a several-year, grief-induced hiatus. This week, I&#8217;m happy to report that my holiday spirit endureth. Our Christmas tree is up, and I have a bizarre urge to decorate anything that will stand still long enough. Long-Suffering Husband is afraid to fall asleep, lest he wake up covered in tinsel and twinkle lights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, look at all this holiday cheer! And yeah, the noir one might make a good illustration for <em>Deathlehem<\/em>. I&#8217;m pretty sure Krampus is right outside one of those windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.12.16-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.12.16-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.12.16-resized.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.12.16-resized.jpg?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.14.39-resized.jpg?resize=575%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.14.39-resized.jpg?resize=575%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.14.39-resized.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-19.14.39-resized.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The weekly funnies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For this week&#8217;s funnies, we have actual pictures of actual things seen here in actual Tucson. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davebarry.com\/\">Dave Barry<\/a> says, I am not making these up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, someone decided to chalk the Pythagorean Theorem on a streetlight post in the Albertson&#8217;s parking lot. Someone is taking the slogan, &#8220;Keep Tucson Weird,&#8221; a little too literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-24-11.39.13-resized.jpg?resize=311%2C415&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3035\" width=\"311\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-24-11.39.13-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-24-11.39.13-resized.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-10-24-11.39.13-resized.jpg?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up (and from the same Albertson&#8217;s parking lot, though on a different day), we have this gem on the back of a car window. I have to admit, I admire the sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-18-12.22.01-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=506%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3039\" width=\"506\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-18-12.22.01-cropped-resized.jpg?w=905&amp;ssl=1 905w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-18-12.22.01-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-18-12.22.01-cropped-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another back-of-window sentiment, this one for sale in a local hardware store:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-15.37.02-resized.jpg?resize=426%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\" width=\"426\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-15.37.02-resized.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-15.37.02-resized.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-15.37.02-resized.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-15.37.02-resized.jpg?w=1210&amp;ssl=1 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This being Arizona, I&#8217;d expect to see it on the back of a white Ford F-150 pickup alongside an NRA sticker and a reference to cold, dead hands (If you aren&#8217;t from the USA and don&#8217;t understand this reference, add that fact to your daily prayers of thanksgiving\/gratitude journal). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, from Tucson&#8217;s WTF Department, I bring you this real, actual real estate sign we saw last weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-13.53.07-resized.jpg?resize=411%2C732&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3040\" width=\"411\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-13.53.07-resized.jpg?resize=575%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-13.53.07-resized.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-11-27-13.53.07-resized.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First, notice the &#8220;Not Haunted,&#8221; is in a Halloween-ish font&#8211;and it&#8217;s an actual sign, which suggests they use it regularly. Second, the sign was in front of a generic condo in a generic condo complex&#8211;not exactly the Amityville Horror house. I kind of want to email the agent to ask about it, but I can&#8217;t think of anything to put in the body of the message except, &#8220;WTF?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And&#8230; that&#8217;s a wrap for this week. May your real estate be un-haunted and all your triangles merry and right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s happening where you are?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, happy Friday, and welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer (whose pics are always gorgeous, but this week&#8217;s are *incredible*). I&#8217;m going to kick off this week&#8217;s post with: Writing news A couple of weeks ago, I was grousing about my lack of writing news. I had several pieces on submission plus a pending application to a writing retreat, and I was getting just a tad impatient (if you consider refreshing GMail every 1.3 seconds, &#8220;a tad impatient&#8221;). Well, I still have a bunch of things pending, but: My Christmas horror story got accepted! It will be published in the 2021 Deathlehem anthology, which should come out right around Christmas. Fear not, I&#8217;ll make an announcement here on the blog when it&#8217;s out (by which I mean, I&#8217;ll have a pinned post with a giant picture of the cover and at least three exclamation points in the headline and four or five more in the post. The word, &#8220;squee,&#8221; will also be used, almost certainly in all caps.) In the meantime, if you like holiday horror, you might want to check out previous volumes. 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