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Okay, gang. I need a concrete writing goal for the year aside from "Finish my novel," because that shit is stalled and "finish my novel" is so nebulous that it's really easy for me to redefine and . . . not achieve. It's a good goal and one I want to work towards! But I think I need something else.

So today I am proclaiming that my goal is to write and submit a short story by the end of 2013 -- ideally by the end of the summer, but at least before December 31, 2013. Below are some of the places I'm interested in, just for my own reference; if anyone has other suggestions, please let me know!

• Flash Fiction Online
• Crossed Genres (They're accepting submissions in October on the theme of Unresolved Sexual Tension. YES.)
• Penumbra
• Wily Writers (Color me disappointed that I missed the deadline for "Psychic/Magical Detective".)
• Odyssey (short science-heavy fiction for young readers!!!)
• White Cat's Insatiable (not that I think of myself as much of a romance writer, but? . . .)

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 HA. Today I managed to wrangle half a dozen people into a meeting onto Tuesday AND I scheduled a hair appointment for next weekend AND I bought a bunch of produce at the farmer's market.

#WINNINGATADULTHOOD

Now I just want to nap the naps of the just.

On Dark Knight and Into Darkness. Darky dark darko.

Two caveats before I start:

1. I have not seen Star Trek and do not intend to any time soon; I have read a number of reviews, both positive and negative, and synopses that treat on the issue I am about to discuss.

2. I am putting this behind a cut partly because of length and partly because I'm sure some people are tired of debating the casting thing. I am also cutting because the casting thing is technically a spoile,r because the studio and Abrams went to great lengths to make the casting thing a spoiler. I am extremely unhappy about the fact that I feel obligated to spoiler cut this, because it should never have been a spoiler. For a more eloquent explanation of my feelings, check out this post. I shouldn't even have to say it, but SPOILER: IT'S ABOUT THE SPOILER.

So this is me boycotting Star Trek: Into Darkness -- explicitly because of the casting, with a side order of mixed reviews on the movie as a whole. I know people who found it really enjoyable, and it sounds like there are elements that I would like (IE, John Cho, forever), but.

( And now, a cut. TL;DR: Abrams, I am eyeroll, and Nolan, son, I am fucking disappoint. )