I forgot to include the promised goal list in the newsletter. As with last year, I want to note that these are NOT resolutions, they are goals. I reserve the right to change them as I see necessary over the coming year, either adding or subtracting whatever needs it.
That said, here it is – the Jodi Lee Professional/Personal Goal Lists for 2008:

Writing Related Goals for 2008:
200K word count total
Finish majority of novels-in-progress
Minimum 12 shorts
As responses come in for subbed work, archive for editing/resub
Get contract for Samhain’s Call
Publishing Goals for 2008:
Courting …

Thanks to the gorgeous and damnfine writer, TL Trevaskis, I found out I/Thirsty have been nominated for Best Short Horror at the annual Preditors & Editors poll. This is the same poll but different category that I was in last year.
Again, I say – wow, just…wow. *beaming huge smile* Thanks to whomever nominated me/Thirsty!
If you’d like to vote, please stop over to the site: PredPoll – Short Horror Poll
Thirsty was published in the spring of 2007, in issue 11 of Night to Dawn magazine. It’s currently under consideration for a …

Thanks to the gorgeous and damnfine writer, TL Trevaskis, I found out I/Thirsty have been nominated for Best Short Horror at the annual Preditors & Editors poll. This is the same poll but different category that I was in last year.
Again, I say – wow, just…wow. *beaming huge smile* Thanks to whomever nominated me/Thirsty!
If you’d like to vote, please stop over to the site: PredPoll – Short Horror Poll
Thirsty was published in the spring of 2007, in issue 11 of Night to Dawn magazine. It’s currently under consideration for a …

Note: Mirror Post to Myspace and More Than One Me.

1 What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
I held my child’s adult teeth in the palm of my hand, watched the blood run from her mouth, and failed in an attempt to sue the damn hotel company. By the way, NEVER stay at the Days Inn on McPhilips Avenue in Winnipeg Manitoba. PS – not even an apology from the company or that particular franchisee. Nada.
2 Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and …

And I quote:
To dream of a haunted house, signifies unfinished emotional business, related to your childhood family, dead relatives, or repressed memories and feelings.
Couldn’t it just be a haunted house I need to write about? Do I *have* to go poking around in the wetwalls and fight the plaster and lathe to get to some inner psyche-psychodrama? Of course not…
In general, ghosts symbolizes aspects of yourself that you fear. This may involve a painful memory, guilt, or some repressed thoughts. You may be afraid of death and dying. Alternatively, …

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Over the weekend Graveside Tales received an email from the HWA. It seems that Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths edited by Colleen Morris & Joel A. Sutherland has been recommended for a Stoker Award in the anthology category. This came as a complete surprise to everyone at Graveside Tales.
We also have received the proof copy of Fried! on Thursday and approved the proof over the weekend. Everyone is very pleased how the book turned out and we are confident you will …

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Over the weekend Graveside Tales received an email from the HWA. It seems that Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths edited by Colleen Morris & Joel A. Sutherland has been recommended for a Stoker Award in the anthology category. This came as a complete surprise to everyone at Graveside Tales.
We also have received the proof copy of Fried! on Thursday and approved the proof over the weekend. Everyone is very pleased how the book turned out and we are confident you will …