I do have a new idea for a story, and I've already written a few words. It's not exactly flowing, although new details come to me each day. But I'll continue to wrestle with it and see what comes out. You just never know!
Well, after my big disappointment of yesterday, I found myself wallowing a bit to-day in a distinct lack of enthusiasm for my writing. I knew I needed to break out of that and get motivated again, so I started researching the market for speculative fiction short stories. The websites that I found were either defunct or way out of my league. But just on a whim, I submitted my story "Viruskiller" to Daily Science Fiction. I wrote "Viruskiller" in May and June, and it just flowed from my fingertips. I don't really think it has a chance of being accepted, but I submitted it anyway, just for fun. Just for the experience. And, mostly, to get myself out of my writing slump.
I do have a new idea for a story, and I've already written a few words. It's not exactly flowing, although new details come to me each day. But I'll continue to wrestle with it and see what comes out. You just never know!
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I've written two full stories now, and have just barely started a third. I've been looking forward to submitting both of them at Mindflights when they opened for submissions at the beginning of September. Since it's getting close to that time now, I clicked on their page in happy anticipation -- only to discover that they've changed the date and they won't be accepting submissions until the first of January! Argh!
As I often say to my husband, "If I wanted patience, I'd be a hospital!" |
Melanie Goldmund
I've written fanfic under the name Zelofheda, and some original fic under my real name. Archives
September 2019
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