I've told only my husband and my critique group so far, but the short story I was working on in May did get accepted to Dreamspinner Press' anthology, "Cross Bones".
Dreamspinner has been amazing with their support, and I'll soon have an author bio up at their site (if I can ever decide on the wording).
I'm also a new member of Rainbow Romance Writers, an online chapter of RWA, recommended by Suzanne Brockmann when I told her I write M/M romances.
So hello to anyone from those groups who gets over here!
Since submitting that story, I've been reading the RWR magazines, catching up on GRW forums, going through the dreamspinner author and RRW yahoo groups, reading articles and blogs, finding out all kinds of fascinating author-y stuff.
The only thing I haven't been doing is writing.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Pirate Anthology deadline -- 23 hours and counting
At least, I think it's 23 hours. Website says deadline is May 23. Does that mean midnight on May 23 or midnight on May 24? Or noon, or 10 AM, or 3 PM on May 23?
I'm taking it to mean midnight on May 24, but here's the thing: I'm not quite done with the first draft. I'll have to make time for a very basic edit, I'll have no time at all to polish. So, do I
a) submit it tomorrow anyway, risking that they'll publish something that is less than my best work,
or
b) hang onto it, finish it, polish it, and save it for an opportunity at a later date?
If I choose 'a', I could be mucking up my reputation in the future. If I choose 'b', I may never have another chance.
How many times in a row can you say "bugger" before your head explodes?
I'm taking it to mean midnight on May 24, but here's the thing: I'm not quite done with the first draft. I'll have to make time for a very basic edit, I'll have no time at all to polish. So, do I
a) submit it tomorrow anyway, risking that they'll publish something that is less than my best work,
or
b) hang onto it, finish it, polish it, and save it for an opportunity at a later date?
If I choose 'a', I could be mucking up my reputation in the future. If I choose 'b', I may never have another chance.
How many times in a row can you say "bugger" before your head explodes?
Sunday, May 15, 2011
working on short story -- panic setting in
I'm trying to write a pirate short story for the "Cross Bones" Dreamspinner anthology: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/pages.php?pID=7&CDpath=0 (sorry, I don't know how to do links in blogspot), and I'm 2700 words in with a 12,000 word limit, and no porn yet. Am I in trouble? The romantic leads don't even meet until over 1000 words in. Am I in trouble?? The deadline is May 23. AM I IN TROUBLE??!?!?
I've had the story pretty much mapped out on the hard drive and in my head for a few weeks, but I need to stop futzing around and write the damn thing. And then when I do, stuff changes.
Once I'd written the beginning, I thought I might cut most of it, but now I'm not sure, I might need it for later stuff to make sense. But it seems a long way in with no sexual tension yet, no first kiss yet, for a short story.
Eh, just needed to whine/vent.
I've had the story pretty much mapped out on the hard drive and in my head for a few weeks, but I need to stop futzing around and write the damn thing. And then when I do, stuff changes.
Once I'd written the beginning, I thought I might cut most of it, but now I'm not sure, I might need it for later stuff to make sense. But it seems a long way in with no sexual tension yet, no first kiss yet, for a short story.
Eh, just needed to whine/vent.
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