Play Festival Acceptance

I had the best news today! A new play I submitted to a festival was accepted! The catch is that I have to pay my way there which is already tricky enough for a starving artist, but when it's on the other side of the country...?

It won't be the first opportunity I've had to turn down. But this was such a big deal for me that I am going to research what that cost would look like. I have a month to render a final yes or no.

But it is really cool that I got in. It was unexpected.

Non-Fiction Essay Sale for 2023 Publication

I have not signed the contract yet, but I was just offered a sale on an essay I wrote about reconnecting with my new legs after my accident. I am thrilled to be sharing this story next year! It is good to have things to look forward to, in order to keep motivation and momentum going.

Keep dreaming your dreams.

Brave New Worlds Has Been Released

My latest story, "Spinoza's Garden," has been printed in a new anthology, Brave New Worlds, published by Zombies Need Brains, LLC. I am so proud of this story.

It's not always easy. I originally finished this story on October 31, 2015. That night was an accident that left me in a coma for weeks and then recovering in the Burn ICU for months.

This story sat untouched until last year, when I pulled it out to read it again and then began to edit it down. This may be one of my favorite acceptance letters to date.

Want to read the story? It talks about the lengths we go to for survival, and what we think that might look like. You can buy a copy from the publishers at:

https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site/#OcyuVT

Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One is Now Available

I was excited to have my first reprinted story accepted for publication, and grateful to my friends and family who pre-ordered a copy of the book to help raise the authors' pay. The books are in the mail and on their way!

I have a fantasy story in this anthology. It was the first story I wrote after my accident and is special to me. If you didn't read it in the collection On Fire from Transmundane Press, you have a chance to catch it in Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One.

Buy Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One on Amazon

Second Story Announcement for 2022

I am pleased to announce that my science-fiction story "Spinoza's Garden" will be published this year in the anthology Brave New Worlds by Zombies Need Brains, with editors Joshua Palmatier and S.C. Butler. I am thrilled to have my story included in this collection. I grew up reading most of my science-fiction from anthologies like this and the theme of Brave New Worlds is one I would have stayed up late reading by the light of the streetlamp outside my bedroom window.

You can click on the link below if you want to pre-order the e-book or order one of the special Kickstarter paperbacks, but these paperback quantities are limited.

Click here to go to the Zombies Need Brains store.

E-books and trade paperbacks will be available later on. I can't wait to share this story with you.

First Story Announcement for 2022

My story "The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari," previously printed with Transmundane Press in 2017, will be my first reprinted story, which is terribly exciting, is going to be published in the anthology Summer of Sci-fi & Fantasy, edited by Dustin Bilyk.

The contract has been signed! Now the publisher is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to pay each author a full professional rate. And you could help with that!

If you would like to patron my art, you can pre-order an e-book or paperback version of the book, due out this summer by meeting one of the donation tiers of the campaign. If you haven't read this fantasy story of mine, the first I finished after my accident, this collection will be a great place for you to read it. 

Click here to go to the Kickstarter project for this Anthology!

Thank you for all of your support.

Two More Contracts Signed

 

More good news for my 2022. I just signed two more contracts for stories due to be published this year!

Both are original tales, one science fiction and one fantasy. I look forward to posting more information when the editors green light us to promote them.

Don't self-reject. Put your art out there. Your audience is waiting.

A Monologue Publication

Great news! In 2020, my one-act play "Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?" won a slot in KNOW Theatre's Playwright & Artist Festival. I just received news that one of my monologues from the play will be published in this year's 2022 Best Women's Monologues, published by Smith & Kraus! The contract has been signed and I am ecstatic.

A Story Sale

Exciting (and brief) news! I just received an acceptance letter for one of my stories. As usual, I will wait to share details until after the contract has been signed but I am excited because this story, due out in 2022, will be my first reprinted story! It is thrilling to see a story find more than one new home. It never gets old.

Queer Dark Fiction Anthology & Another Story Contract Signed

Exciting news! I received the promotional cards for the other anthology I am a part of, due out this June!

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"Dark Ink Books is proud to announce its latest release: Unburied, a twisted box of curiosities serving the reader a cornucopia of chilling horror, sci-fi terror, and dark fantasy.

In a bloody twist on the antiquated trope of "burying the gays," sixteen established and award-winning genre fiction scribes from around the globe put forth a dazzling array of creature features, shadow fables, and dreadful delusions spotlighting LGBTQ+ characters.

Prepare to unearth your deepest nightmares."

Learn more at RowlandBooks .com/Unburied

Air & Nothingness Press and a New Story Contract

I am thrilled to announce that my story "When Apple Woke" will appear in the Air & Nothingness Press anthology, Upon a Twice Time, coming out this June. This story is a science fiction mash-up of two fairy tales and one I am especially fond of.

I will post again when the book is available for purchase!

[photo added April 8th, 2021]

Another Rejection-Not-Rejection.

I got my second rejection that was decidedly not a rejection at all, but an acceptance letter today! And I was thrilled to receive it while isolating with my parents so I got to read it out to them.

Another story arrived to a magazine I have been trying to get into after they had filled the next issue but would I allow them to hold it until the December issue?

Yes. Yes I will. Thank you and please print my story.

The story I sent out was a supernatural story based on a real experience I had. I enjoyed exploring what-might-have-happened but I'm not sure my old college housemates will find my version comforting, lol.

I will post more information as I learn it.

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Artists, keep making your art. I'll see you all on the other side of this pandemic. 

Story Rejected. Wait? Not Rejected?

I received the best rejection yet this morning. A new story was rejected from an anthology and it was a long and sweet note. Buried at the bottom of that rejection was a request to include the story in an anthology for next year that hasn't even been listed yet.

Yes! Take my story.

Maybe a smarter writer would shop it around but I am still looking for homes for my stories where they are wanted as I know my writing style is not mainstream (or so say most of my beta readers).

So next year I already know I will have a new story out. It gives a little glow to how 2020 is panning out.

Last Minute Acceptance!

I got a phone call last night that due to some last minute change a one-act I submitted to KNOW Theatre's Playwrights and Artists Festival was going to be included in their line-up and produced as a stage reading! This is absolutely thrilling.

Retold Fairy Tale Anthology Release!

I'm very proud of this story. It was the first fiction story I finished years ago. It was rough and done before I had begun to hone my craft. The characters were so vivid to me that I understood I had not done them justice yet and I tucked it away.

It stayed with me over the years. When I pulled it out to take another go at it I could see where it needed to be tightened and trimmed and fleshed out. I breathed new life into it and then I sent it out.

Only two subs before 'The House on Blaubart Street" was accepted. And now it's in print with Immortal Works. I am a proud parent.

From the press information:
“Consider, amigo mío, that all stories begin with some grain of truth.”
“They’re no ordinary horses. They’re kelpies.”
“A strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her over the rail of the deck.”
“Cleanse the house on Blaubart Street.”

Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty aren’t the only fairy tales in the world, but they tend to steal most of the glory. It’s time to let others shine for a change. Sixteen talented authors each put their own spin on different fairy tales that you won’t find in animated films.

Trade your pining fair-haired princesses for fire fairies, conquistadors, plucky young men named Jack, and a fisherman’s daughter. You won’t see too many castles, but you’ll visit a haunted house, a mill, and a Russian bathhouse. This book also features not-so-wicked stepmothers, a hungry jackal, a black cat with a mysterious secret, and a ship full of pirates.

Move over, Cinderella. Make room for Mercedes.


Buy it from Immortal Works.
Buy it from Amazon.

A Guest Post for Transmundane Press

I had the privilege of writing a guest post for Transmundane Press' blog, for the upcoming anthology On Fire. My story in the anthology, "The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari," was the first story I wrote after my burn accident, so it is very meaningful to me.

I titled my blog "What Burned Away" and in it I share some details about my accident, but I also convey how it altered my relationship with my writing and the hope it gave me as I look forward.

https://transmundanepressblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/16/what-burned-away-by-sarah-lyn-eaton/

My Latest Story is in the Anthology On Fire

BURN, BABY, BURN

Capable of creation and destruction, fire burns within us.

Behind the thick, black smoke of our lives, we blaze with our own unique flame.

While love compels some, others feed greed and lust into their hearths.

A tool for the deft hand, used with magic or as a weapon, but irresponsibility leaves deep burns and promises dreadful consequences.

ON FIRE brings to light twenty-six tales that explore this unpredictable yet beautiful element.

Handle with care.

Coming out 12.01.17!

Contact Information

Website:http://www.transmundanepress.com/

Blog: transmundanepressblog.wordpress.com

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TransmundanePress/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/TransmundnePres

Newsletter sign up: http://eepurl.com/bYiL2r

Editors’ Bios:

Alisha Costanzo is from a Syracuse suburb. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she currently teaches English. She’s the author of BLOOD PHOENIX: REBIRTH, BLOOD PHOENIX: CLAIMED, LOVING RED, and BLOOD PHOENIX: IMPRINTED and is co-editor of DISTORTED, UNDERWATER, and AFTER THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. LUCIFER’S DAUGHTER, her new novel, is its creation for a hopeful 2018 release. In the meantime, she will continue to corrupt young minds, rant about the government, and daydream about her all around nasty creatures.

                                              

Having relocated from Northwest Florida’s lonesome roads and haunted swamps, Anthony S. Buoni now prowls the gas lamp lit streets of New Orleans, playing moonlight hide and seek in the Crescent City’s above ground cemeteries. Anthony is the author of Conversation Party, Bad Apple Bolero, as well as the editor to the Between There anthologies.  His stories and articles have been featured in North Florida Noir and Waterfront Living. When not prowling, Anthony keeps it scary, writing dark fiction, editing, and watching horror movies.  In his spare time, he DJs, plays music, and conjures other worldly creatures with tarot cards and dreams.

Visit our author pages to learn more about the contributors here.

A Post-Accident Milestone

Last week I sent out five stories to answer submission calls. Now I just have to wait and see if they intrigue the editors enough to want to buy them. It's a writing and waiting game.

And sometimes you win.

I just sold the first story I wrote after my accident!

That makes me happy on many levels. It means the work I've been doing to get my hands back in shape and regain discipline around writing every day has begun to harvest results.

I'll post more information about the sale after I sign the contract.

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I always mean to write on the blog more but I spend all of my free time writing my stories.


Whatever it is you dream of doing, just start doing it. May it consume all of your time until it becomes your vocation.

It Never Hurts to Ask, aka Another Story Sold!

In July I stumbled upon a submission that I thought was a perfect match for one of my most treasured stories, but my story was over 500 words over their limit. I moved on, but there was this niggling feeling in my gut that maybe I should message them and ask if they would still consider it.

That's a worrying thing as a young writer-in-the-business. You don't know what questions are bothersome. You don't know if it's something that will expose your naivete, and whether or not that will red flag you with the editors and publishers you're trying to work with.

I was raised with the idea that it never hurts to ask. As a child, I learned quickly that it's not necessarily true, but I like to believe the best of the world. So I queried the editor, hoping it would be a fruitful quest. I was promptly assured that all submissions were given consideration and encouraged to send it along.

I understood. Everything would be weighed the same, but if it was over, it would have to be good. And I was surprised/relieved to discover that I had complete faith in my story. Maybe it wouldn;t end up being a good fit, but it was a good story. Even a great one.


It was good that I listened to my gut, because the editors liked my story and are going to include it in their anthology!! They did ask for some confidentiality while they send out the non-acceptance letters, which I respect and admire, but I will post more information as it becomes available.

They're hoping for a Fall 2016 publication, so you don't have long to wait!

First Story Post-Accident Finds a Home!

One of my earliest stories has found a home in a new anthology! I am very excited to be working with CBAY Books again! I will post more information as soon as I can share it.

My heart is overjoyed to have sold a story at what is the halfway point of my year of recovery. I couldn't have hoped I would be back on this path so soon. I dreamed it, and today is proof that dreams come true. I was so worried about losing momentum in the face of my accident.