Editing rules the week this week, as it seems to have been ruling every week lately. But this week I’m working only on Wand of Ash. I have to get that one finished before I can get back to working on Symbiosis.
I have one submission out, the others have all come back home to roost for a while. That one out will be out for a long time as the market can sometimes take a full year to respond. Ordinarily I avoid markets with such long waits, but since I’m busy editing and won’t have time to rewrite or revise any of the short stories I have in my files I went ahead and submitted it so it could at least stand in line to be judged.
No guests lined up for Tuesday this week but I do have a pitch for Thursday. I can’t remember offhand who’s it is, though…and it’ll be whenever I can get home to look at my planning calendar before I can amend this line to say who it is. It’s either me or someone else, that’ much I know, haha. I am still taking pitch submissions but the line extends to mid-April right now. If you send yours in, I’ll let you know what date it is slotted and remind you the week of (usually right after I finish composing the Monday post).
The first round of postcard orders went well. They’re so pretty! When you get yours, I hope you like them as much as I do.
Weekly Goals
- Finish editing Wand of Ash
Annual Goals
- Finish polishing Symbiosis so I can send it on it’s way to the next phase of life
- Begin readings at a public venue for our local Friday Fictioneers
- learn to convert to ebook format
- Compile all the flash I’ve written so far into a collection for Kindle
I like your writerly goals, Madison. I need to get back to setting some goals myself, to get back my focus.
I think you’re brave to do public readings! That is not something I would willingly seek out to do–I’m totally mortified of public speaking of any kind.
All of my life I’ve been deathly afraid of doing that, too Jeannie. But a strange thing has happened over the course of the last year. I find I am *more* afraid of not seeing my life’s dream through, and public speaking or the ability to do it, will help me get there easier and perhaps faster. So the desire to proceed has superceded the fear of speaking. At least that’s how it feels right now. I might give myself a good kick in the butt when it’s all lined up and I am there in front of (hopefully) a crowd
It also helps that I’m recruiting fellow Fictioneers to suffer through it with me!
Thanks, Jan. I’m trying to keep them simple and realistic so I have a good chance of actually meeting them. That’s helped a lot to keep me from feeling discouraged and when I look back on my baby steps I can see I’ve come a good distance
Having someone along will help! More power to you!! xoxo
Oh, I see. YOU want to be the reader. Well good… Go for it! Just remember One Thing… They are all there, because they want to hear what YOU have to say. Then, remember another thing… They all are YOUR friends, even though none of them know you. Something else to remember… Practice makes Perfect, but don’t over do it so it loses spontaneity. Remember… What is on the cards is the Star of the Show. Gee, I said One Thing… Oh well, Last thing to remember… Have Fun. All those cards are Your Children in a way!
Now, quit screwing around and get busy on ‘Wands’!
Ha! Ted, I think it would be pretty cool to hear someone else reading my stories one day. But I think it’ll be good for me to get over the fear of doing it, too.
Thanks for those tips
your goals are excellent, Madison. Making them public likely helps you be accountable. hmmm.
MY POSTCARD’S HERE!!!
Love it… your son had the right idea! Tell him I said so… thanks ‘Madison’.
Ha! So your cards came in? I’ll tell him. Thanks, I’m glad I listened to him.