So, in the past month or so, about the only good thing going on in my life is writing. I’ve written four 1000+ stories: “The Appointment”, “Parole”, “There’s An Arrow”, and “The Attraction”. Of the four, two (“Parole” and “There’s an Arrow”) were written to go onto the blog, and have*, whereas “The Appointment” and “The Attraction” were written to submit to online ‘zines. So far, “The Attraction” has been submitted to and been refused by three ‘zines, and submitted to a fourth.
“The Appointment”, on the other hand, was written with a specific zine in mind, was submitted to it, and just now I got the email saying they liked it but were passing. So I think I’m going to put that one in the queue to go up on the blog as well, rather than shop it around to different zines. I don’t know why, maybe just because I want to make sure I have enough long-form stories to go in the book (yes, I’m doing a third “Flash”, and yes, I know no one will buy it. I’m doing it for me.)
So far out of five total passes two of them included encouraging language, which is… well, encouraging. I feel really good about writing right now… I feel like I’ve gotten better, and I feel like I’m developing my own style, which is good. I’ve been making a point of fleshing out my own universes (The ‘Forsythe’ sf universe, my zombie apocalypse timeline, the sf ‘Association’ universe, and the fantasy ‘eddur’ universe of the folk and their gods) so that I can use them in more long-form stories. I’ve also been giving a lot of thought to the Mede novel, set in the ‘Forsythe’ universe, about the titular little furry alien on Wanderjahr through a near-future America. Fairly soon I’m going to start outlining. And I’m not going to make the mistake of trying to do it as a NaNoWriMo novel again. I think it’s fairly obvious that a month is not long enough *for me* to write a novel.
Anyway, that’s where I am. Doctor Who is on tonight. Back to working on the Choir & Orchestra mixing project. Feeling a little better about life, even if I may be kidding myself. Maybe kidding myself is the only way to stay on my feet.
*”Parole” will go up today at 2PM.
