5/13/06: Lazy Blogger
Sorry for the infrequent updates, but I've been very busy writing, submitting, coloring issue #14, and updating the Smoking Cat website. Plus I found a new favorite link: ... 4/28/06: Mayday! Mayday!
It's almost May--finals week at my old alma mater starts next Thursday. Speaking of college, I'm submitting a copy of Virago --a chapbook inspired by my dating experiences at the... 4/1/06: April Fool's!
With all this recent Tom Cruise and Issac Hayes craziness over the scientology flap, I've been hesitant to sent anything to the folks at the L. Ron Hubbard WOTF (Writers of the Future). But I did,... 3/24/06: The Ides of March--Plus Nine
For those who have never read Shakespeare, the ides (Mar 15) is the day they stabbed Julius Ceasar in the rotunda. It's a day to think upon fate, cruelty and the betrayal of fair-weather friends. ... 2/28/06: Another anniversary
This is the day I take time to remember the second of two great losses in my life (see my Feb 5 blog post). In 1998 a girl I loved--or believed I loved, which all comes down to the same--walked out... 2/18/06: Snow Day
Snowed in for the second weekend in a row. The roads are evil, there's snow and ice everyplace, the pipes under the kitchen sink are frozen, and I'm freezing my rectum off. But I'm halfway done... 2/4/06: Anniversary
This Sunday, Feb 5, will be the ninth anniversary of the day I lost my first job. If you've visited my site or read my books, you'll know I was a writer for my campus newspaper until I got into a... 1/27/06-- Update
It appears my weekly blogging has dropped to monthly as of late--but that only means more news to report. #10, the "Girls Behaving Badly" ish, with its sexy new cover worthy of framing, goes up... 12/31/05: Happy New Year!!!!!
The first issue of the new year, #9, is ready. This year I resolve to write more, publish more, sell more, and work harder to gain the happiness I seek. I also pledge to work harder to spread the... 12/23/05: Merry Christmas!
I haven't posted in a couple weeks--not much to say. Still shopping around new novel. Got another rejection on a short story. Issue #9 should be ready and up in a week, just in time for the new... 12/2/05: It's Up!
#8 is finally available. Plan to submit a new ms. or two next week as well, so I'll keep you posted. Other than that nothing to report. Adios. 11/26/05: Happy Turkey Day!
Hope everyone is having a nice Thansgiving. Spent the night at a friend's house watching satellite TV for the first time in over a year--saw both KIM POSSIBLE movies--"A Sitch in Time" and "So the... 11/19/05: Another Slow Week
Well, I got a rejection from Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the magazine whose name looks like something you'd see on a German sex website when abbreviated as "Anal SF & F" on my rejection log,... 11/11/05: No Real Rant Today
Well, the problem with my site has been cleared up, and you can access it again. No news on the writing front, nothing really going on...so I'll just recopy my monthly rant from my webpage. The... 11/4/05--Good News, Bad News
The good news is that my favorite webcartoon, Commissioned, just ran another guest strip by me! You can see it here: http://www.commissionedcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-11-04 Plus I just got a... 10/28/05: Update to the Update
#7, the time travel special, will be released on Halloween--which gives me the weekend to finish coloring the last half-dozen or so pages. The Farrakhan ish, #8, will hopefully come out on Nov 18.... 10/21/05: Autumn is in the air
Weather's turning chilly. No real news on the writing front to report, but I'll be going to the P.O. tomorrow--if it isn't too blustery out--and maybe there'll be some good news waiting for me.... 10/14/05: Updates, Notes, and News
Today I heard from one of the agents I've queried about representing me on my new book project. They weren't interested. Issue #7 of THE BELCH DIMENSION COMICS, my new monthly project, will be... 10/8/05: The Write Stuff
I plan to use my blog as a way to update my readers on any new developments in my life as a writer--upcoming books, short story sales, random thoughts on the industry, etc. Nothing much to say... 9/30/05: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
My name is J.M. Sweet. My screen name is adapted from a comic-book character created by an artist character in a yet-unpublished short story I penned. Yes, I am a writer and a comic-book artist...