Living the Fictional Dream

I have two write-ins today — only three more write-in double-headers before Thanksgiving — and I’m going to kick this novel back into high gear. I have one short scene to write in the current chapter, and then I will start the next chapter in the next exciting phase of plot and move on from there. I have a plan, dagnabbit!

I was scrolling through my submission list the other day, and I realized how few stories I have out right now. I’ve received responses on quite a few in the last couple of months, both acceptances and rejections, but I haven’t been getting new ones out there. Too much NaNo and NaNo prep, I suppose, taking me away from the short fiction.

That will have to be my short-term December goal — write some short fiction and send it out! It will be perfect while I let my novel breathe for a few weeks. Then I can be refreshed and get back to revising it (assuming that I actually finish — that the 20Ks don’t chew up the novel and spit it out a mangled mess!).

I know everyone says that short fiction isn’t where it’s at, and it’s true that you can’t make a living from it. But I still like writing short fiction, dang it. And I think it has it’s uses. I know every time I have a story up on EDF or certain other markets that post links, my blog readership spikes. That’s gotta count for something. Plus, I mean… it’s having something published. I don’t care what or where, that is always awesome!