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Things have been busy. Really really busy.
In fact this is the first weekend where I have not been actively working on something since... Christmas I think (not counting the weekend in Cork). I have crits to do, and my ever present two WIPs but nothing screaming at me "write me NOW!"
Since I decided to shift tactics a little, my imagination has gone ballistic. New stories are popping up every flippin day. This is a good thing (lots of new ideas, lots of new things to do) and a bad thing (I have got to the point where I jot down the basics and promise to come back later). And every so often there is a story that just insists on being written. The shortest was 6k. I subbed it yesterday. It could easily have been longer but then I would have had to find a different market!
I am thrilled that I have made this decision on my writing. Some things I will still publish as R.F. Long, some will be under other names as the styles and content are quite different. For example, vampires. I wrote a kick ass vampire story (the 6k one above). R.F. Long swore never to write a vampire story as they had been done to death. But then I came up with a relatively novel (as in new rather than length) idea and hey presto. Vampires! Go figure! Never say never.
4 new subs btw - 2 novellas and 2 short stories - in 1 month. (One was a rewrite request, one was an older story). See what I mean? I don't do that sort of thing!
All this means I am flitting all over the place. I'm rarely in some of my old haunts (so if you need to poke me, email me or make a comment here). I am adrift. It's all very exciting. I'll keep you posted on what happens next...
In fact this is the first weekend where I have not been actively working on something since... Christmas I think (not counting the weekend in Cork). I have crits to do, and my ever present two WIPs but nothing screaming at me "write me NOW!"
Since I decided to shift tactics a little, my imagination has gone ballistic. New stories are popping up every flippin day. This is a good thing (lots of new ideas, lots of new things to do) and a bad thing (I have got to the point where I jot down the basics and promise to come back later). And every so often there is a story that just insists on being written. The shortest was 6k. I subbed it yesterday. It could easily have been longer but then I would have had to find a different market!
I am thrilled that I have made this decision on my writing. Some things I will still publish as R.F. Long, some will be under other names as the styles and content are quite different. For example, vampires. I wrote a kick ass vampire story (the 6k one above). R.F. Long swore never to write a vampire story as they had been done to death. But then I came up with a relatively novel (as in new rather than length) idea and hey presto. Vampires! Go figure! Never say never.
4 new subs btw - 2 novellas and 2 short stories - in 1 month. (One was a rewrite request, one was an older story). See what I mean? I don't do that sort of thing!
All this means I am flitting all over the place. I'm rarely in some of my old haunts (so if you need to poke me, email me or make a comment here). I am adrift. It's all very exciting. I'll keep you posted on what happens next...
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