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I suppose I'll indulge it for a moment.
Then kick the crap out of myself when it fails.
My wife has been saying lately that I should try to publish. She's marked some short stories in my binder for possibility:
I'm wondering if there is anything appealing about those stories, or any other, that may warrant them serious consideration for submission.
I know that it's likely they all need work before they can be sent and may need further work before publication, but ... help? I'm guessing I'll need to proof, edit, fine-tune, and submit, and again, where to?
Then kick the crap out of myself when it fails.
My wife has been saying lately that I should try to publish. She's marked some short stories in my binder for possibility:
- The Planet
- Complicated Affection - Part I/Complicated Affection - Part II
- Journal of the Last Person on Earth
- Paradox
- Sea Stars
I'm wondering if there is anything appealing about those stories, or any other, that may warrant them serious consideration for submission.
I know that it's likely they all need work before they can be sent and may need further work before publication, but ... help? I'm guessing I'll need to proof, edit, fine-tune, and submit, and again, where to?
Expanding Isn't Comfortable.
It's been a little while since I've posted a journal. I hope everyone is well. Me? I work, I do chores, and I try to do a little bit of goofing off. I've been a little, well, I don't want to say inspired, but maybe that's a good word for it? I wrote out Bargaining an Oath, which I shared here, I have another story written out but not yet typed, and I'm in the middle of working on another that I haven't titled yet but is a character development piece. While doing that I decided to move into writing stuff that I haven't written before and as usual I am wondering if people can tell that I wasn't comfortable writing during the bits that I wasn't comfortable writing. Go figure. I Bargaining an Oath was written from a reddit writing prompt. I'm sure that the person who set the prompt intended the resulting stories to be just a few short paragraphs. Somehow, my idea took off. And in the process, I decided that I would write something that I was uncomfortable writing: one of the
Seriously, Guys?
I've been posting the chapters of a -gasp- completed story recently, called "Bargaining an Oath." A guy makes a deal with the Fey and wants out of it, challenges ensue. It's a blood oath (he signed it in blood), and it's already been stated twice in the story that people aren't released from oaths lightly, never from such a one as his. Chapter 6 is the latest installment and after barely 4 days has 24K views, a dozen times more than the second-most read of my pieces, and that isn't even the beginning of the other series that I started. I'd be a little :happybounce: but so far I'm not seeing a lot of actual interest. Still no comments, either.:shifty: It's also the second chapter in a row that I tagged with "seduction" and "seductivefemale" Please don't tell me that's the only reason that people are reading this. And the seduction in that chapter is noticeably milder than the one in the previous chapter, which I marked as mature. :grump: I dunno. Should I bother sharing
Critmas 2021
Tagging @BATTLEFAIRIES so she can tell me if I messed up. Also because I have 117 stray points laying around that I'll be happy to donate as a prize, please tell me what to do to accomplish that. (wait a minute... :-o ) Anyway. I am opening the following galleries fully for critique: https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/43469869/sketch - Disclaimer: This is old stuff. OLD I tell ya. I haven't sketched in years. But on the off chance you find something interesting, yay me I guess. TBH this commenting on this gallery is me asking "Hey, how'd I do?" https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/43469289/photos - Disclaimer: See above disclaimer. I have much newer equipment now and I haven't shared anything from it yet. Most of the stuff there was taken on an economy model point-and-shoot; I currently have a DSLR and am doing some light astrophotography. https://www.deviantart.com/steve-c2/gallery/45935141/shorts-dm-related - Disclaimer: It is not necessary to know
I could use some help
There are a couple of things on which I want to touch base.
1. I posted partial pieces of a longer story, Oskar's Automata. I need to complete the fine-tuning. I would like to publish it, and I'm running into some issues. Nobody seems to be interested in reviewing the whole thing with an eye to publication, and if there is anyone who would be willing quite frankly I have nothing to pay except to say thank you and make a mention. Secondly I wouldn't even know where to start - should I even bother with Amazon Kindle Direct, or Create Space, or something similar? Once again, money is an issue. I'm trying to make some coin and I know the
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I believe that I can compare your work to Star Wars (the old good ones) when you concern yourself with science fiction. Star Wars wasn't about the light sabers and the ships or any of that techno/sciencey stuff. It was about the characters and relationships. Your stories will make it easier for ANY people to pick up since they won't fear it being like Star Trek...which gives some people a headache. So...stick with sci-fi and write it your way. ^_^ Heck, I'd suggest putting all of your short-stories in different volumes and having them for different themes...but they're your books. >w> Do whatcha like with 'em.