Sunday, May 16, 2010
Necrotic Tissue
Just sold a story over at Necrotic Tissue. It'll be out in October. A horror story "Mr. Lean's Price." Glad to be published over there.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Where did all the titles go?
The writing's coming along easy the past few weeks, and yet titles are still coming at a premium. What the hell? If you've read my past few posts, then you'll see that my recent titles aren't exactly inspired.
The title can be hard, though. You want something that's going to attract an editors attention, but still to be pertinent to the story at hand, and not come across as excessively prosaic or pretentious.
I wonder how much emphasis editors place on a story's title. I got to imagine a cliched title will get you bounced pretty fast.
By the way, my favorite story title of all time? From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor.
The title can be hard, though. You want something that's going to attract an editors attention, but still to be pertinent to the story at hand, and not come across as excessively prosaic or pretentious.
I wonder how much emphasis editors place on a story's title. I got to imagine a cliched title will get you bounced pretty fast.
By the way, my favorite story title of all time? From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Anthology Update
Making good headway in the anthology department. Three stories finished and two near completion.
Finished "A Press of Darkness" a 2800 word horror story.
Working on "A Sad Day for the Baobabs." A sf story about weather control. A fascinating subject, non-anthology related.
Also working on two stories that as of yet have no titles. All in all the writings coming along fluidly.
Still have my eye on a time travel anthology, have the idea and plot laid out, but I don't know if I'll have time to write it before the deadline.
One deadline is in three days, so I better get cracking!
Finished "A Press of Darkness" a 2800 word horror story.
Working on "A Sad Day for the Baobabs." A sf story about weather control. A fascinating subject, non-anthology related.
Also working on two stories that as of yet have no titles. All in all the writings coming along fluidly.
Still have my eye on a time travel anthology, have the idea and plot laid out, but I don't know if I'll have time to write it before the deadline.
One deadline is in three days, so I better get cracking!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Feathertop
Finished My Dear Plastic Man, a science-fiction retelling of the Feathertop fable by Nathaniel Hawthorne. One of my favorite fables of all time. Took a while to write.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Anthologies
Working on several short stories for anthologies. Far from being restricting, I find it refreshing to write a story with specific guidelines in mind. Also, in addition to payment, anthologies usually send you a free copy, so it's great to get some free literature! Lots of great anthos coming up. I got my sights set on five of them. Then it's back to trying to crack a pro sale.
Also, I've added a link to my Facebook page on the left. I never thought I'd have on of those, but it's a great way to connect with fellow writers and to get the freshest news in the biz! If you don't have one, you should definitely set one up.
Also, I've added a link to my Facebook page on the left. I never thought I'd have on of those, but it's a great way to connect with fellow writers and to get the freshest news in the biz! If you don't have one, you should definitely set one up.
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