Ante Mortem – before death.
Life moves on, and in this day and age it moves on very quickly. We, as writers, move on quickly – if we get a rejection, we’ve almost always got another market to submit the story out again; if we see a contract die without notice from the publisher or editor of note, we move on.
Inspired by Joel Sutherland and Colleen Morris (expectant parents and editors of Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths) and an idea bandied out by Greg Hall and Doc Pus on the Funky …