Patty Marvel: #AmWriting #AmGettingRejected Well, THAT didn't take long. I sent in "Doing Time in Meat-Space," one of my #MarvelNew52 short stories, to "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" Friday afternoon and got a rejection email the next day. I'm not 100%
Patty Marvel: My @thesidequest brunch featuring apple pancakes and potato medallions. Brunch here is 11am to 3pm.
Patty Marvel: No Kate Bush albums, but there's some Blondie, Elvis Costello, and lots of other acts I would play on "The Spandex Years."
Patty Marvel: My @thesidequest perch for the next hour. I've got Obie the Laptop, my caffeinated beverage, a big ass amplifier playing The B-52s "My Own Private Idaho" per my request AND apple pancakes on the way! Life is good!!!
Patty Marvel: At @thesidequest brunch. Decisions, decisions...
Patty Marvel: My first time at a @thesidequest brunch! Decisions, decisions...
Patty Marvel: Behold, the Country Club Latitude Attitude ($9.45) made with turkey breast, bacon, mozzarella, fruit compote and field greens. Not sure Ican finish this whole thing.
Patty Marvel: It's @mysterg911 in downtown Kent standing beside - what else? - a black squirrel!
Patty Marvel: It's @mysterg911 enjoying some chicken fingers before the drive-in movie starts.
Patty Marvel: #MarvelNew52 I have 25-year-old copies of "Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine" at home. I just sent them a humor/fantasy story called "Doing Time in Meat-Space." Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go crap myself.
Patty Marvel: For my @WRUW peeps.
Patty Marvel: Dinner!
Patty Marvel: Tidying up one of my favorite #MarvelNew52 short stories, "Doing Time in Meat Space" (which features a potty-mouthed guardian angel), for submission. Fingers crossed.
Patty Marvel: "This place was built by poets." They also have good coffee and, per @mysterg911 , really good cheese danishes.
Patty Marvel: BIRTHDAY GRAND SLAM!!!
Patty Marvel: Not a bad day.
Patty Marvel: My perch for the next half hour.
Patty Marvel: One @bettysbombassburgers and cheesy tatter tots. ENVY ME! Seriously, in the past five minutes, two sets of women stopped and asked me where I got this. I told them, pointed to the truck, and said, "You need this in your life."
Patty Marvel: The @bettysbombassburgers food truck logo. I could see this on a t-shirt.
Patty Marvel: Menu for @bettysbombassburgers .
Patty Marvel: I've heard good things about @bettysbombassburgers and my doctor DID say to eat red meat twice a month so I'm not anemic, so a hamburger it is!!!
Patty Marvel: Not a bad day yesterday.
Patty Marvel: #AmWriting #MarvelNew52 It's a start.
Patty Marvel: Here for the monthly Science Cafe, today's topic being "The Illusion of Harmlessness: Misconceptions and Realities of Antibiotic Use."
Patty Marvel: #AmWriting #MarvelNew52 Holy shit, Batman! Per my list, I've written and posted EIGHTEEN short stories since New Year's Day!!! Granted, most of them are first drafts and they could all use more work, but they EXIST! I didn't write 18 stories the whole of
Patty Marvel: Yesterday was busy. Let's see how I do today.
Patty Marvel: #RedNose
Patty Marvel: #AmWriting Now to type this mess in. #MarvelNew52
Patty Marvel: Akbar! IT'S A TRAP!! #freecomicbookday
Patty Marvel: If you're an American and you love your country, then you know we CAN and SHOULD do better.