Get Published Weekly Roundup: June 4th, 2018

I’ve smoked over forty pounds of pork shoulder in the past three weeks. That isn’t germane to anything at all, I was just thinking about it as I began to write this. Sometimes there is so much going on that the only way to move forward is to focus on the inconsequential. If that’s too … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: May 7th, 2018

It’s absolutely beautiful here in Charlottesville. Spring is fully upon us; it’s like a weight has lifted from our collective shoulders and we all have found out that we live right outside The Great British Bake Off‘s tent. Concomitantly, however, the pollen has affected me to the degree that I regularly get asked if I have … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: March 19th, 2018

Another St. Patrick’s day has come and gone, but I really want some more corned beef. I think I’m going to go eat some leftovers right now. This week we feature some newly minted agents, a humorous poem contest (a contest for humorous poems, not a poetry contest that is humorous; I feel like all … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: March 12th, 2018

It’s both rained and snowed today, pretty much par for the course in early spring in Charlottesville. I have no doubt it will probably be sunny and eighty degrees tomorrow, with snow again on Saturday. Speaking of Saturday, an early Éirinn go Brách to all y’all. We hope you’re all able to enjoy a stout or … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: March 5th, 2018

A fire truck just pulled up in front of our house. Hopefully it isn’t because this post is straight FIRE. Or maybe SMOKIN’ HOT. I don’t know. Which works better? I like the former for its contemporary feel, but the latter doesn’t repeat fire. Either way, nothing seems to be burning, so that’s good. This week … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: February 26th, 2018

It’s a typical February here in Charlottesville: one day it’s eighty degrees, the next we have freezing rain. Which leads to a very fractured existence. Do you open the windows or get the fireplace going (well, Netflix fireplace for us)? Do you read Wodehouse or War and Peace? Get going on another edition of the … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: February 19th, 2018

For everybody who was just dying to know whether or not I took my wife out to dinner for Valentine’s day: I prevailed! Dinner was at home. Of course that meant flowers, and some incredibly expensive meat exquisitely prepared by yours truly, but it was here, and not out at some overwhelmed and understaffed restaurant … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: February 5, 2018

Well, the year is off to a cold, rainy, busy start here at GSF. While we’re sick of the atmospheric aspects, we’re grateful for the briskness of business. This week we highlight some agent news, cool contests (romance, anyone?), agent wishlists, and then consider the revolutionary potential of self-publishing at the end (well, not really, … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: December 18, 2017

Any and all debates about climate science aside, I for one am sick of it being 50 degrees and sunny at Christmas. When I was a child, there was always snow at Christmas (and school was uphill both ways, blah blah blah, GET OFF MY LAWN!), and the spate of seasonal songs that describe the … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: December 11, 2017

We had snow here in Charlottesville! Whether it is due to climate change, mere local weather patterns, or a sinister plot to make me unhappy, there is never snow before Christmas, and even the dusting we got is giving me a warm feeling in spite of it chilling my toes. In this week’s Roundup, we’ll … Read more