Thursday, January 15, 2009

"The Longing"

"The Longing"
This is the name of the vampire erotica story that I've been working on for the best part of January. I am pleased to have written a short story over my winter break and I'm pleased with the story itself. Last night at 2am I sent it off to the editor after working on revisions for a few hours.

I did take a somewhat different path with this story than is traditional within the trope and near the end of writing the story a theme snuck out and surprised me, this required me to seed the manuscript last night to foreshadow that part a bit more. I am less certain that the story is actually erotica. There is certainly a small amount of sex in it and there is quite a bit more erotic tension but the story centers more on the evolution of a character and a bit on plot. The editor will let me know if it is suitable and if not, I know a couple more editors who've been bugging me for a new story that is dark fantasy (like this)

I received 7 crits prior to polish which is a goodly number. Nearly all of them were similar which was encouraging since it reflected a similar reading experience allowing me to work on the bits that were the least clear.

My goal this year is to write one new story a month and submit at least 3 stories a month. You might be wondering how this math works but I have a lot of stories on my old computer that I haven't been sending out because my access to them became complicated. I'm moving them at the moment so that excuse should evaporate. Last year I only submitted 6 stories and one poem. The poem sold, two of the stories sold, one of the stories made it past the slush and is now on the editor's desk, the other three stories I've not yet heard back on. Well, there was one more story that made 2nd place in a contest but that doesn't count :) I also had 2 stories win scholarships - so my year was busier than it looks on the surface.

This semester I should be in 2 writing classes which I hope will be both fun and helpful in terms of keeping my writing moving. I may also be an editor for the Berkeley Review (will know soon)

Such is the life :)
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2 comments:

  1. J.K. CoiJanuary 15, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    Sounds like you're going to be super busy! Good luck. With all those heavy expectations, try to remember not to be too hard on yourself.

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  2. MalloryJanuary 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Thank you :)

    I am rather busy but I am also hypergraphic so I tend write fast and furious. The difficult thing is that during the semester I have trouble staying focused. So many shinys :)

    This semester I have two social psychology classes which I know, in advance, are study heavy - this is why I opted to take the writing courses too, they are more like goof off time for me.

    Next semester I have to backtrack and take a survey class (in English) that didn't translate from my JC to Berkeley - that is a bit daunting.

    Oh, all of my classes are either English or Psychology so you will hear me blather on about both.

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