Reprints

So yesterday I started an effort to get "Stains" reprinted. It went off in the mail this morning, on its way to Canada to "Dreams and Visions". I figured after 18 months it was time for that story to get back out and try to earn its keep (especially since it seems that neither of the dogs is inclined to do so). And yes, I've read the contract, and I have all rights on it now.

I also tried a podcasting venue "PodCastle". Go a no back in under 2 hours...which is impressive in its own way (actually beats Lone Star Stories' amazing turn-around time). The story was "a bit too sentimental", but I got the "There's some nice writing here" and "Please feel free to send other stories" disclaimers....so I'm OK with it.

Still working on IOF, and organizing/cleaning everything for the house/dogsitters. Still haven't decided what to read at BU reading. 5 minutes? Hmmm....busy busy bee

Done, for now...

OK, so the first draft of Inheritance of Fire is done...I promise. It is actually done this time, and came in at 12K, almost on the nose. I went ahead and included every scene that I'd laid out in my head, and all the dialog and exposition....I think. Now I'm just going to let it settle for a few days.

Oddly, after allowing myself to go over 10K, I now think it will end up below that after I cut all the fluff. Hmm.

For the next little while, I'll be working on Faces of War and The Dragon's Intended--BTW, I'm aware that title is terrible. Should I get these up and running, that means I will have completed the 10 stories for the year. That doesn't mean sold.
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January-- 
February--Stupid flash story (trunked after not selling to a specific market)
March--Whatever Else (at Clockwork Phoenix)
April 1--Shared Dreams (haven't decided what to do with this...not quite happy with it just now...need to think about it)
April 2--A Mention of Death (sitting on Trunk)
May--Afterimage (at Baen's)
June--The Dragon's Child (at IGMS)
October--IOF--first draft done
November--FOW--started, no FD yet
December--TDI--started, no FD yet 

It also seems as if all the running around only produced a lot of angst that I'm not happy about, trying to accomplish goals rather than just writing.  I think I'm going to come out of this year having accomplished those goals, but not all that...satisfied.  Note that one of the stories has already been trunked, one is sitting on the trunk, and four of the ten are still being massaged.  I think I'll end up with eight good stories out of this effort, one passable one that won't sell, but that I need for continuity, and some that are part of a series.

SD and AMOD are both stories that involve Shironne Anjir.  TDC, IOF, and TDI are the series, in which I'd like to have at least 5 stories.  (4 is in the planning stages, not sure about 5 yet).



So, goals for next year?  Don't rightly know yet.  Not 10 shorts.  I think I'd like to go back to a more organic aproach to shorts.  More novel writing time....definitely.  Need to get DitD written.  I've been so busy with the short stories that I've given the novel the short shrift.  While at this point in my career that might be a proper move, I agree with some others who have recently noted that they shoud get back into the novel business.