I have three stories out at various magazines waiting for a response, and two of them are past the time I normally should have been rejected by. It's getting me very excited and I keep checking my email, it's been years since I sold a short story... Of course, now that I've blogged about it …
The planets: a collection
I've written a story inspired by the moon, for possible use at Lucent Dreaming, and am going to continue that route and write 6 more stories, inspired by the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. I'm not sure where these will all end up, but if they all turn out good there may be …
Story Number Three
I've finished a draft of my story for Lucent Dreaming, placeholder title: The Moon. Already half way done with my goal for short stories for the year... I might have to up that number! In other news, we are aiming to have a print version of Lucent Dreaming available! If you've ever wanted to have …
Verify that you’re not insane
I got some feedback on my novella, The Observer, yesterday, and it was encouraging to hear that it was not a completely boring, confusing, self-indulgent mess as I sometimes feel it is in my spirals of confidence. Getting your writing out into the real world in front of real eyes (not those excessively cruel/worshipfully sycophantic …
Words go in, words go out, you can’t explain that
The more you read, the more you write. And perhaps, anyone who reads enough will eventually be unable to resist trying their hand at creating some of the words they love so much. Read read read, fill your head with new words, and stories, and ideas, and feelings. Read what you want to write. Read …
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