Living the Fictional Dream

I got a couple or three rejections while out of town for the 4th of July. My answer to these rejections? Resubmit the story somewhere else! There is no shortage of markets out there, so there is no excuse not to resubmit!

Of course, it’s the stories that I like the best that I’m still waiting on responses. Isn’t that always the way?

I got lots of writing done over the holiday weekend. I worked on revising three (count ‘em, three) short stories while on my trip to South Texas. The rain down there kept us inside and kept me working instead of leaving my laptop in the suitcase.

I’ve nearly completed the second story in my urban fantasy universe (“Alpha,” my werecoyote story, takes place in this universe). This second story is a monster — over 8K (and that’s after significant cutting… originally it was over 10K). It will be hard to find a venue willing to consider a story of that length!

Well, that’s enough randomness from me today. I’m feeling quite brain dead after lack of sleep on the trip and a challenging Monday back in the office. It might be time to call it a night! Whew!