Heavy~Glow:

sadly, i have to shut it down :(

stacy1663@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Jun 08 14:43:00 UT

I went to renew the web hosting this morning and discovered that not only are my coffers completely empty...I am both overdrawn at the bank and over the limit on my credit card. In light of that, and my never-ending computer problems, and the money-sucking move to a new apartment, and the time-sucking new job I hope to start soon, I'm going to go ahead and shut down HeavyGlow permanently rather than continuing with the back and forth thing. This is pretty much effective immediately I'm sorry to say since my hosting package expires on July 1st. I had grand plans for this go around, but as usual my appetite exceeded my means.

Your stories are hereby released as of this very moment, and I so appreciate the faith you've shown in me and the support you've shown for HeavyGlow. You are all winners in my book.

Spring Issue is Live

stacy1663@gmail.com — Wed, 14 May 08 08:11:00 UT

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I did this a couple days early because I have the flu or something and was afraid I'd feel even worse by tomorrow. Anyway, I present to you all, the 9th issue of HeavyGlow.

Please enjoy the issue and place all feedback on the stories as a comment to this blog entry.

Spring 2008 TOC

stacy1663@gmail.com — Wed, 9 Apr 08 08:36:00 UT

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Here's our lineup for May 15th, 2008, and somehow I ended up with 21 pieces instead of 20...

so be it:)

FLASH FICTION:

Wisdom by Cynthia Wilson
In Columbo by Ambushiva Cameron
A Life Lived Dangerously by Sarah Hilary
All the King's Horses by C.A. Cole
Sanctuary by L.A. O'Hare
Prometheus by Sarah Ann Watts
Skiing in Greenwich Village by Jonas Knuttson
The Jerry Garcia Orchard by Tom Sheehan
SINce Forever by Lauran Strait
Orchid by Bill West
A Virginia Ham by John Ritchie
Secret Garden by Annetta Ribken
Cormac McCarthy Visits the Local Parable Writers Club and Suggests Some Alternate Endings for Their Work by Jeff Vande Zande
Power and Silence by Neil King
Wind and Windows by Bruce Brightly
Intensive by John Oliver Hodges
Wall Of Dreamings by Skadi meic Beorh
Greco by George O'Gorman

WORD REIGN:

Infinite Loop by Louise Norlie
Nailing Piaffe by Lois Rotchford
Down the Tracks by Mark Cantora

spring issue filled / subs for fall now open

stacy1663@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Mar 08 10:22:00 UT

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The spring, 2008 issue of HeavyGlow has been filled!

Okay, I have 20 totally fantastic and eclectic little gems to offer you all in just under two months. I can't wait for everyone to read them...I'm so excited about the diversity, and quality, and in some cases, the weirdness. I decided to cap off at 20 stories, and that includes the word reign subs. Since there are only 2 issues per year, I figured 20 short, short stories wouldn't be "too many", and that way, readers can wander in and out at their leisure.

I'll post a TOC sometime next month, but for now I encourage you all to get busy on writing something for the fall! Deadline for that issue is October 15th or when filled.

okay, the site is up

stacy1663@gmail.com — Wed, 5 Mar 08 09:29:00 UT

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For better or worse, here it is at either of the two URLs listed here:
http://www.stacytaylor.net/heavyglow/index.php
http://heavyglow.stacytaylor.net/index.php

Please let me know here or by email if you have trouble with any aspect of the site!

Thanks:)

new site

stacy1663@gmail.com — Tue, 4 Mar 08 11:56:00 UT

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EDIT: Actually...this'll have to wait till tomorrow.

Okay, as I said before, it's really not what I was shooting for but the new site is done for now. I'm going to be uploading it sometime today. Now, the current URL ( http://www.stacytaylor.net/heavyglow/index.php ) "should" still work, but for those who bookmarked the URL as a Joomla link (odd characters within the URL), it won't work anymore so you'll need to delete it and add a new bookmark.

Because I have glaucoma and other eye issues, I experimented with color schemes quite a lot and found that a dark background with sort of gold or tan text worked the best, but please do comment here if you have trouble viewing the site.

Thanks a bunch!

HG Antho quick reviews

stacy1663@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Feb 08 11:01:00 UT

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Read them here! And a thanks goes out to the reviewer and the person who told me about it.

new issue progress & reading recommendation

stacy1663@gmail.com — Tue, 26 Feb 08 11:10:00 UT

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Well, things are moving right along I'm happy to say. I've read and sent out notifications for everything submitted thus far and still have two or three slots available. If I fill the issue before April 15th, I'll begin reading for the fall issue but will post announcements here and on the site itself.

There was one fellow that I haven't been able to reach so if there's someone out there who has submitted and not received a response, please contact me at the email address listed here.

Speaking of the site, I went ahead and made a new one which I'll be uploading soon. It's not exactly the vision I had in mind because time constraints got the best of me since I've been doing some freelance work. But, it'll do I suppose. I went back to plain, simple old html and xhtml but I did create a php enter page so as to (hopefully) preserve everyone's bookmarks. If you visit the site after I upload and it seems to have disappeared, check here because I'll post an entry about it. Also, I do still plan to work on that vision I mentioned earlier in case you spot some odd things happening.

Here's a reading recommendation for you all. Paul G. Bens Jr., who has been featured a few times in HeavyGlow has written a masterfully erotic gay novella titled, Mahape a ale Wala'au that's available in e-book format here. It's a sweet/hot story (overflowing with slashy goodness) set in the beautifully lush surroundings of Hawai'i. I quite recommend the read!

Okay, that's about it. Looks to be a real eclectic and interesting issue coming up, by the way. I'm sure everyone will love it:)

Preditors and Editors Poll

stacy1663@gmail.com — Wed, 2 Jan 08 09:02:00 UT

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Thanks to a good friend (and awesome writer) I've discovered that HeavyGlow has two nominations in the current P&E poll, which I had forgotten all about this year.

If you're so inclined, consider casting a vote or two!

for the E-Zine
for the Editor

Thanks a bunch, and get those submissions in--things have slowed waaaaaaaaay down over the holidays.

Happy New Year!

website problems, submission guidelines

stacy1663@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Dec 07 09:05:00 UT

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I'm not sure what's going on with the HG website, but I hope I can get it resolved soon. This is why I'm abandoning Joomla in the long run...perhaps sooner than later if things go on this way.

In the meantime, here's a short explanation of the guidelines because as it stands right now, I've read and made my selections/notifications on over forty pieces of flash fiction. So, obviously, I need more stuff to read.

Send all submissions as .rtf or .doc ATTACHMENTS to, submissions@stacytaylor.net

Please do not exceed the 750 word limit.

Please do not exceed the word limit of 100 for your bio.

I would advise you to visit the website for content/style examples, but alas, it does not want to function today. Think dark and lovely, strange and lovely, just weird but with an emotional impact, etc. I'm taking very little humor...if any.

Please indicate italics by underlining the italicized passage.

Please format your attachment EXACTLY as the example below (very important) starting at the top left of your document. Keep in mind that you should replace all instances of "???? goes here" with the actual information that belongs there:

TITLE HERE:
BYLINE HERE
EMAIL ADDRESS HERE:
WORD COUNT HERE:
DATE OF SUBMISSION HERE

BIO GOES HERE: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur arcu. Sed et tellus. Vestibulum pharetra dictum enim. Mauris quam. Proin egestas hendrerit ante. In facilisis lorem ac mi. In mauris metus, cursus eu, consequat nec, sollicitudin ut, justo. Etiam gravida dictum sem. Mauris rutrum, sem in pretium pretium, felis ante tincidunt orci, a mattis pede metus a felis.

STORY GOES HERE: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nunc dui. Etiam luctus est non velit. Ut facilisis lectus non ipsum. Praesent ligula nibh, feugiat vitae, tincidunt ac, tincidunt eu, velit. Pellentesque bibendum, felis sit amet lacinia hendrerit, neque turpis sollicitudin ligula, in vehicula dui lectus in dui. Sed vulputate pulvinar odio. Aliquam pretium, mauris id accumsan mattis, orci erat fermentum tortor, sit amet nonummy augue erat eget ipsum. Suspendisse egestas egestas tellus. Nunc dapibus lobortis nunc. Phasellus laoreet sapien tempus urna. In vitae libero eu ipsum cursus adipiscing. Fusce ut risus. Donec at tellus. Sed pellentesque, magna id mattis tincidunt, ante enim hendrerit diam, eu iaculis metus massa vel justo. Aenean bibendum fringilla enim.

Etiam mattis iaculis turpis. Curabitur accumsan, est quis tristique commodo, velit purus ultrices nulla, vel lacinia leo augue nec tortor. Sed eleifend rhoncus augue. Pellentesque tincidunt fermentum massa. Cras ut urna. Phasellus nulla. Proin luctus. Sed eu quam ut mi cursus vulputate. Maecenas nec tortor. Aenean vel enim at felis feugiat ultricies. Ut adipiscing. Proin faucibus nulla sed pede. Sed feugiat. Aliquam arcu nulla, molestie ut, lobortis sit amet, tincidunt a, odio. Mauris nulla. Nulla lacus libero, tempus in, sollicitudin ac, sagittis et, nunc. Vestibulum nisl nisi, tincidunt vitae, iaculis quis, malesuada id, orci. Vestibulum nisi. Cras tempus, arcu nec vehicula cursus, risus est elementum diam, at sollicitudin justo purus non turpis. Pellentesque est.

Praesent luctus erat. Nam fringilla gravida neque. Aliquam ante urna, ullamcorper at, malesuada vitae, pulvinar sed, augue. Morbi facilisis lorem eget est. Phasellus commodo sem vitae nulla. Donec sed est. Pellentesque id est ac nibh pharetra tristique. Etiam pretium. Nunc est arcu, sodales vel, mollis tristique, faucibus vel, tortor. Vivamus commodo massa sit amet enim. Pellentesque urna lacus, vestibulum aliquet, vulputate at, mollis vehicula, leo. Morbi turpis. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Aenean velit lorem, suscipit nec, dapibus a, mattis sit amet, lectus. In massa quam, vehicula pulvinar, vestibulum et, suscipit ut, mi. Vivamus at lorem. Donec iaculis. Suspendisse dapibus rhoncus sapien.

END GOES HERE: [end]

Now, seriously, send me some flash fiction and have a great day.

HeavyGlow Gets Reviewed & Changes Looming

stacy1663@gmail.com — Fri, 2 Nov 07 09:50:00 UT

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Thanks to the talented John Ritchie, word is spreading! He did an awesome review of the anthology for "The Short Review". Read it here!

There's also a brief mention of specific contributors in Anne Brook's writing blog, here (near the bottom of the page)!

I'll be changing the HeavyGlow web design over the next several weeks. I'm in no hurry whatsoever but if anyone happens to visit and sees the site down, just know it's me doing a little testing and it will be up ASAP.

HeavyGlow Submissions Now Open

stacy1663@gmail.com — Wed, 31 Oct 07 08:05:00 UT

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You'll find the details here! Send your very best:)

Submission Instructions Added

stacy1663@gmail.com — Tue, 4 Sep 07 09:26:00 UT

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Please click the link above to read our new guidelines, and don't forget to send your best starting October 31st, 2007!

HeavyGlow Merchandise

stacy1663@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Aug 07 17:31:00 UT

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There is now a store with HeavyGlow merchandise. Right now, all that's there is directly related to the book but more stuff will be added here and there over time. Specifically I'm working on HeavyGlow logos for mugs, postcards, etc.

I have not ordered anything for testing, but I've been selling other stuff at Zazzle for well over a year now and everything I've ever ordered was of good quality. ALL proceeds from any sales will be fed directly into the upkeep, maintenance, and improvement of the HG website as well as possible future payments for contributors via contests, etc. Sometimes the Zazzle zoom views and large views appear blurry or slightly out of focus but it's been my experience that the actual images do not look that way in print.

Currently available:
Four posters
Five postcards
Two mugs
One bumpersticker

HeavyGlow Store

If you share the link with others or post it on your blog/website, please remember to include the asterisk at the end.

Heavy~Glow:

sadly, i have to shut it down :(

more computer problems

Spring Issue is Live

Spring 2008 TOC

spring issue filled / subs for fall now open

okay, the site is up

new site

HG Antho quick reviews

new issue progress & reading recommendation

Preditors and Editors Poll

website problems, submission guidelines

HeavyGlow Gets Reviewed & Changes Looming

HeavyGlow Submissions Now Open

Submission Instructions Added

HeavyGlow Merchandise