The Writerly Update: Snowpocalypse Edition
Feb. 9th, 2010 12:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
babarnettNormally, I hate snow unless I'm on skis. And since I haven't been skiing in years, that means I haven't liked snow in years.
Yet I have to give a small amount of thanks to this past weekend's Snowpocalypse. I didn't enjoy the shoveling and the resulting achy back, and I'll be cranky until this stuff melts, but because I was snowed out of the weekend's scheduled activities, a beautiful thing occurred: I sat there with my computer on my lap for several hours and put in some quality writing time. Saturday I finished a requested short story rewrite and shipped it off. Sunday I got in some work on the novel, and as a result:
Chapter 8 is almost done and will be much shorter than its original bloated self. I haven't had that much writing time on my hands in a while, and it was great.
On the Submission Land front, you know what's getting really frustrating? Having fantasy stories rejected by some markets for being too traditional while others reject them for not being traditional enough. Too little sword in my sorcery here, too much sword in my sorcery there. Do I really drive down the middle of the road that consistently with my fantasy? Because that's depressing.
Yet I have to give a small amount of thanks to this past weekend's Snowpocalypse. I didn't enjoy the shoveling and the resulting achy back, and I'll be cranky until this stuff melts, but because I was snowed out of the weekend's scheduled activities, a beautiful thing occurred: I sat there with my computer on my lap for several hours and put in some quality writing time. Saturday I finished a requested short story rewrite and shipped it off. Sunday I got in some work on the novel, and as a result:
31200 / 118000
(26.44%)
(26.44%)
Chapter 8 is almost done and will be much shorter than its original bloated self. I haven't had that much writing time on my hands in a while, and it was great.
On the Submission Land front, you know what's getting really frustrating? Having fantasy stories rejected by some markets for being too traditional while others reject them for not being traditional enough. Too little sword in my sorcery here, too much sword in my sorcery there. Do I really drive down the middle of the road that consistently with my fantasy? Because that's depressing.
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Date: 2010-02-09 02:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-02-09 02:09 pm (UTC)It's one of those things. What one editor loves, another hates. I suspect someone could make good money by charging a modest reading fee to match up stories to just the right editor....(Not me, though)
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Date: 2010-02-09 03:33 pm (UTC)I suspect someone could make good money by charging a modest reading fee to match up stories to just the right editor
I want that to be my super power. I could use it for myself and charge others. Mwa ha ha!
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Date: 2010-02-09 09:21 pm (UTC)Makes me smile ;o)
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