Just Writing Fiction Tonight…
The City is Quiet…
My email is quiet, and I want to do some reading tonight of stories I am behind reading, and Kris’s new novel. But first I’m going to spend a few hours just writing my own fiction.
To be honest, that feels weird. I normally have so many things that must be done yesterday, so much so that I work in the fiction writing late at night. But tonight I am going back to my schedule of getting to the fiction by midnight and if I can do that regularly, I will be back up to my old speed.
So during this time of forgetting for most writers, I will be picking up speed.
11:50 pm… time to go… got to start this new/old habit back up.
6 Comments
Emilia
I did the math and with the villains collection I have 20 titles/themea for collections. Five of them have five or more stories written. I’ve been sending the stories out, but hadn’t noticed I had so many.
dwsmith
Yeah, great fun. Don’t do a collection with a story until you are done with the story making the rounds, of course. But fun to realize that, isn’t it?
Emilia
It’s great fun. Also if I run out of ideas I have a prompt for my creative voice. How long should I keep sending a story to markets?
dwsmith
Emilia,
My suggestion is to keep them out until you deplete all the 6 cent per word and up markets, or maybe two years, whichever comes first. If you are writing sf or fantasy, don’t forget Writers of the Future. Maybe the best-paying market in the field.
Emilia
Thank you. I’ve sent stories to Writer’s of the Future. I even got an honorary silver mention for a short story I wrote for a workshop. I’ll keep on learning, writing and sending the stories out.
dwsmith
Silver was close. Very close. Nicely done!