Ravenous has been so pleased with the stories I’ve gotten that they have decided to publish two GLBT anthologies rather than one. First they’ll release one that is just m/m stories, BEDKNOBS & BEANSTALKS.

In addition, I’ll edit a second volume which will be only lesbian fairy tales. It will be titled RUMPLEDSILKSHEETS, which was the runner-up in my title contest. Some stories will shift from the original line up to to this one, but now I have room for more f/f fairy tales and a few more spots for m/m stories I may originally have had to reject. Emails will go out over the weekend for anything that has already been submitted.

I have also reopened the call for subs for lesbian stories: http://www.emlynley.com/cfs.html (I’ll be reposting the specifics here and on writers’ boards as well).

I’d appreciate if you can pass the call information along to your friends, post on your blogs, etc.

Word Counts - Today: 3,677 | August: 4,465 | 2009: 151,235

As I said yesterday, the final decisions on the FAIRY TALES will be made in the next few days. I have not made the final cut and I am still talking with the publisher about the possibility of doing 2 volumes instead of one. Nothing has changed since I posted this information yesterday, yet I’ve suddenly had a swarm of people asking about their story.

Let me clarify one LAST time about the status.

–If you didn’t get a response yet, I’m still considering your story
–please don’t email me asking about your story status
–don’t expect me to reply to your email, unless you got another offer on it and need an immediate decision
–repeated emails asking me about your story may result in my rejecting it rather than using it in the second volume
–if I sound annoyed, it’s because I’d rather spend my time working on the anthology or my novel than answering questions when I thought I’d made it clear the final decisions have NOT been made

If you don’t hear from me about a fairy tale submission by SATURDAY, AUG 15, then email to let me know.

ANGELS/DEMONS: I am hoping to start reading them over the weekend. The date for publication got pushed out and the due date for my novel is now before the anthology, so I’ve been trying to finish the novel first. I hope to start sending decision on this antho by the end of August. I will post a specific update next week after the fairy tales get wrapped up and I get some idea how long it will take to read through the subs.

Word Counts - Today: 0 | August: 788 | 2009: 147,558

Fairy Tale decisions will be sent by August 15.
Angels/Demons decisions by September 1.

If you submitted a story to me for the Fairy Tale anthology, I’ll be sending out decisions starting next week. The title is tentatively set as BEDKNOBS & BEANSTALKS (or B&B Antho, going forward), thanks to Kilt Kilpatrick’s winning suggestion!

The decisions for Angels/Demons will be sent by the 1st of September.

I haven’t had a chance to reply to individual inquiries this week, so hopefully that gives you an idea of the status at this point.

There were a LOT of fairy tale subs to read and notes on each one.

Word Counts - Today: 1,526 | July: 17,335 | 2009: 140,234