All of which, for some reason, has me replaying in my head the last scene of Death Becomes Her, in which Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are using hardware products to fix their faces, and applying layers of industrial strength paint with spray cans.
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I don't know if this is interesting to you, but my brother sent me a link to fablecroft call for submissions.
http://fablecroft.com.au/books/apocalypse-hope/call-for-submissions-apocalypse-hope
What an excellent brother! I've already received the Fablecroft link a couple of times, but thank you very much for mentioning it. I appreciate it. I'd love to get a story accepted by Fablecroft (I've tried before without success) and I've already got one lined up for this anthology. Cross fingers.
What about you? Are you planning to submit something too? If so, good luck.
No, I haven't been writing fantasy or sf, even though I'm a reader of these genres. So I'm the other side of the coin for you - the reading public!
I do write regularly, and I've sent stories to general literary magazines - no luck, partly because I don't have the dedication you do. I tried the competitions for ages, until I decided it's too long to wait, and I'm only going now for magazines that allow simultaneous submissions.
At the risk of sounding over-the-top, I have to say your blog is an inspiration to me. You work so professionally, which is the only way to success.
By the way, I filled in a survey for The Wheeler Centre, and one of the questions they asked was what blogs I read, so I filled in yours, since yours is about the only writers' blog I enjoy.
Science fiction and fantasy readers - love 'em. Need 'em. Wish there were more of 'em :)
As long as you're writing regularly, you'll eventually find out what works for you and what doesn't. The time thing, however, is part and parcel of the Great Writing Experience, I'm afraid. Everything takes soooo long. It used to drive me crazy. I've got multiple diaries to keep track of stuff because sometimes stories are out for up to 10 months (or longer) before I get a rejection. Or otherwise. The trick, which it took me ages to discover, is to build up a big stable of stories that you can keep circulating, and to always be working on the next story so you don't obsess too much about the stories you've already submitted.
I'm flattered that you think my blog worth reading and recommending. Thank you. I am, however, just a tiny fish in a vast pond of far faster and far more productive writers. But I do my best. My present doggedness is the result of finally admitting that, for better or worse, writing has always been the one thing that I've consistently loved, so I might as well give it my best shot. That way, when I'm old and toothless, I won't have any regrets and wonder what might have happened if only...
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