Steve Cross has Novel and Play Accepted for Publication:

Steve Cross has had his first novel, Chrissiah the Wizard, accepted for publication, and his fourth play, Lazy Daze Inn, accepted for publication. The United Methodist Publishing has contracted with me to do some youth Sunday school lessons.

Terrie Leigh Relf Appointed Head of Ghazal Department for MAG:

August Highland has appointed Terrie Leigh Relf as head of the ghazal department for The M.A.G., or The Muse Apprentice Guild (http://www.muse-apprentice-guild.com/home.html). As such, she will be dedicating herself to learning as much about this form--and its variations. Given various discussions about the ability of "westerners" to adapt this form to English (which of course implies the English Speaking culture, which as we know is vast and not limited to the US, the UK, etc.).

Please send up to five ghazals in the body of an email (save in WORD as rtf, then cut and paste) along with your bio and contact information, to Terrie Leigh Relf, tlrelf@cox.net. The deadline is October 31st. I will do my best to respond to you within two weeks of receiving your work.