Darkest Hour - Rejections, Midwest Women Writers, Heavy Metal Returning?

 I ended the night watching The Darkest Hour. Gary Oldman was great - even wearing a fat suit. I did not mean to watch the whole thing, but Oldman kept me glued to the screen. Which is odd since he did not sound so much like Churchill, and in the close-ups I saw Oldman. It is also the story that resounds even unto today - plain Churchill up against Hitler; the beleaguered island against the successful German war machine.

3 more rejections for Problem Solving.

Thank you for sharing your submission, "Problem Solving," with us. We gave it careful consideration but ultimately decided that it does not meet our current needs. We wish you the best of luck in your publishing endeavors. 

We appreciate your trust in sending us your work.

Sincerely,

Blue Mesa Review

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Thank you for your recent submission to Cool Beans Lit. Although we must decline your submission at this time, we sincerely appreciate your interest in our publication. We feel honored to have had the chance to consider your work. 

In the future, if you would like to submit additional pieces to us in other reading periods, we strongly encourage you to do so. Your work could be the perfect fit for our editorial focus at that time. 

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Thank you again for submitting to our publication.

Warm regards,

JL Stagner

Cool Beans Lit

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Thank you for sending us "Problem Solving." We’re sorry this submission wasn’t right for us, but we are grateful to have had the opportunity to consider it and wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

Sincerely,

Madeline DeLuca

Fiction Editor

Mud Season Review

 Kickstarter for Heavy Metal Magazine #1. I loved Heavy Metal when I was a teenager. I used to sneak into the bookstore downtown Anderson to read it. Mind-blowing. Especially for me, who has trouble drawing stick images. It was an import from France. The two movies never quite caught the weirdness of the magazine - they seem now too American. The movie that did capture its weirdness was The Fifth Element. Which was directed by Luc Bresson. Give it a chance again, please. Oh, the magazine's new web page is here.

From Thornfield Hall, Willa Cather’s Peers: Neglected Midwestern Women Writers.

It is very cold this morning. I called into work, letting them know I would in an hour late.

I have stayed away from politics since the election, but I suggest reading Sheila Kennedy's What Individuals Must Do.

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