Shorts and Retorts
Posted on June 9, 2010
Filed Under Writing Process, short stories, submissions |
My short stories are still floating around in slush piles everywhere. I’ve got six out at present. A few rejections have come in. I’ve been going back into my WIP and doing some rewrites of promising stories. Some are out for their fourth submission.
I’ve had to write a couple of stories to decide what to sent to WotF. My original was a fantasy and I chopped and channeled it after the critiques came in from Hatrack’s WotF writing group. I wrote a SF story, but my characters weren’t vivid enough for the one person who’s seen it. Perhaps I can use that next quarter with less French food (even though it’s SF, the major action takes place in southern France on old Earth.)
Flashing at Liberty Hall continues. I won last week over seven stories. I generally produce a flash with a complete story arc and that sometimes helps. After watching the Giants beat the Cinn Reds, a plot came to me and I wrote a flash. I posted it at Liberty Hall, but I don’t know if I’ll get any crits.
I sometimes wonder about continuing to write short stories and concentrate on my novels, but I still need to write a steady stream of words and deal with better character development.
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