Whenever I’ve read advice or interviews from published authors, they’ve often begun writing short stories; which they have submitted to magazines. A part of my mind still thinks “that’s what you need to get into writing”. As publishing credits, this …
Milestones
On Wednesday night I passed the 100,000 word mark for Planes Shifter. For a fantasy novel, that’s still a little short. However, it’s the longest I’ve ever managed to get one story to be, and I’m not quite half-way through …
The Second Rejection
On Monday night I received my second novel-related rejection. When I received my first one back in March, it was a generic email titled “submission update” and the first sentence began with “Thank you very much for providing us with …
May: The Process So Far
It’s May 7th. I began the process of regular submission in earnest on 17th March. Thus, in the last 50 days I’ve submitted: To Competitions: 7 pieces of flash fiction, 1 short story and 2 novel excerpts To Publications: 3 …
Fighting Discouragement
This morning I had another rejection email. I’ve been submitting flash fiction pieces here and there while I work on my novels. I don’t get too attached to these short pieces, and I don’t expect anything to come of the …
Creating Deadlines
If you had a look at my old writing resume, you’ll have noticed that in the last two months I’ve been focusing on submissions. And this week, I attended a local writing group. I used to be part of a creative …