Writing update

Last night, I started a new story (my 6th of the year) and the first I’ve ever written which is intentionally planned to be part of a series of stories set in the same universe.  The idea came from the novel that I tried to write for NaNoWriMo last year.  I have no experience writing [...]

My take on story rejections

I’ve been noting over on Facebook my story rejections as they come through (13 so far this year, on a total of 15 submissions).  It is heartened to see my friends reply with indignant responses, most of them aimed at the editors, and while I appreciate their sticking up for me, I probably need to [...]

Writing progress for 1st half of 2010

I had set myself some ambitious writing goals at the outset of the year, and now that half the year has passed, I can say that I have done a pretty terrible job at meeting those goals. Fortunately, there is a second half year in which I can play “catch-up”.  Here is a summary of [...]

First rejections

The first rejection of a new story is always the most difficult one for me.  The new story is complete, you’ve worked hard on it, trying to build into it what you’ve learned from previous rejections as well as new experiences you’ve added to your writing.  You revise the story more carefully, you gather feedback [...]

Found my voice

I haven’t started the new story yet, or for that matter, done any writing at all since sending the latest one off on Monday.  There have been lots of distractions:  Zach has an ear infection (his first).  We have contractors at the house repairing a closet that was damaged by a leaky shower.  It’s been [...]

Writers’ distractions

I didn’t write this morning.  That’s okay, because Kelly has a girls’ night tonight and I figured once I put Zachary down (assuming he cooperated) I’d have an hour or so to make more progress on the third draft of the February story.  As it turns out, Zachary did cooperate and at 7:15, I found [...]

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