Write 1, Sub 1--Jan Week 3

Ouch. Only three weeks into the challenge and I already failed. For the past three weeks I've been rushing to revise the MS I'll be pitching at the writers' conference in San Francisco next month, and this week I decided I'd sacrifice short stories for editing. I did cut away around 8K words, which is really good--still another 2K to go, and some chapters at the end to rewrite, but I think I'll end up with around 102K. Long, I know, especially for a first novel, but it's doable. Better than the original 113K, at least :D

One publishing success: a story I submitted to Pure Slush was accepted and published yesterday. Technically I guess that success should go in this week's W1S1 accounting, but in case I forget, here's the link:

http://pureslush.webs.com/pianosonataincmajor.htm

I got some great feedback from people that read it--it's short, around 600 words, so if you want to take a hop over and leave a comment, here or there, to tell me what you think, it'd be most appreciated :)

Write 1, Sub 1--Jan Week 2

The second week of the year and I managed to a) write another short piece (1,033 words) and b) submit that same piece to Muscle & Blood.  Yay!

The piece started as an exercise in the Practice list of the IWW, and got expanded into its present state.  Let's hope M&B like it--that would be my first publication with them.

The title is AROUND THE BEND, and its main theme is madness--and an all-too-real turn of events.

Last week I also received a response on the submission I made to Dark River.  I feel disproportionately flattered to have received a rewrite request from the editor: he remarked the female character lacked definition, and if I could change that they'd be willing to consider the piece.

Write 1, Sub 1--Jan Week 1

I signed up for the Write1Sub1 challenge in 2012--weekly.  That means that, in Bradbury tradition, I must write one new short story every week and submit it--somewhere.  Magazine, online or print.  The rules aren't so strict--the basic idea is that every week you write a story, and every week you submit a story--can be the same one, can be another one.

And Mondays (Tuesday this week, due to the fact that on Monday I guest blogged at Daily (W)rite--about murdering your way to a Pulitzer, hehehehe!  Go take a look--it's a fun post) will be my accountability days.

Last week I wrote a flash piece for the writers' group I belong to, titled Death Row--just under 400 words.  And yesterday, Sunday, I submitted The Purity of Blackness, another older piece, to Dark River Press, a print and online publication that specializes in horror--done intelligently.  Let's see if they think Purity is intelligent enough :)