Dunce that I am, I forgot my story Strange Tooth was up at Every Day Fiction today. I logged into twitter and saw the link and followed it and oh boy, I knew there was a reason I should stay away from the net today. 1.5/5 stars and no comments. I shall assume it be bad, bad, dreadful.
In more important news, someone in Morocco googled 'Aaron Polson Fan Club' and found my blog... Hopefully they found Mr. Polson's too.
Showing posts with label Strange Tooth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strange Tooth. Show all posts
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
No Thermometer Required
I received my 3rd short story rejection of 2009 today (but who's counting) and I'm glad. No, I haven't got a temperature. It was one of those personal rejections that inspires you to have another look at the story and to do some editing. I am very happy with the results, the story is stronger and I've added it to my list of favourites*. I've also cheated. My plan was to write a story to sub to Necrotic Tissue this week. I've completed the first draft of something that has a lot of "but why does that happen?" questions that I don't know all the answers to yet, so I sent my revised story to them instead just in case the 'something' ends up in the recycle bin. I also changed the name of it from the hideous 'Dwelling' (what possessed me) to 'The Scratch of an Old Record'.
*Being on the list of favourites is not a good thing - they never sell. In my opinion the best stories I wrote last year were Frog & the Mail Order Bride, Treading the Regolith, Manipulating Paper Birds, Chasing Alice out of Wonderland and Strange Tooth, and they're all stuck in submission land. While some I was a little unsure of sold right away. Moral of the day: Don't trust you're own judgement.
*Being on the list of favourites is not a good thing - they never sell. In my opinion the best stories I wrote last year were Frog & the Mail Order Bride, Treading the Regolith, Manipulating Paper Birds, Chasing Alice out of Wonderland and Strange Tooth, and they're all stuck in submission land. While some I was a little unsure of sold right away. Moral of the day: Don't trust you're own judgement.
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
And that was September...
This has to be my most unproductive 'What I did last month' post of the year. Boo me!
Okay, let the shame begin.
1. I wrote three flash length stories.
Strange Tooth - written for and sent to Flash Fiction Online, because they pay a ridiculous amount of money for flash fiction.
Rosalind Red Stands in the Snow - sent to Allegory. I know what I wanted to achieve, but I am not certain I pulled it off.
Leviathan's Moving Theatre - another try at Cinema Spec before it closes. The story I had on hold was rejected on Black Friday.
2. One measly short story.
The Hollow Framework of the Cotton Man - not telling you where I sent that one, but somebody knows (I think).
3. Started the second draft and finally came up with a title for my MG novel: Strange Bones - currently 4740 words in.
4. Not certain this one counts. Signed up for NaNoWriMo (thanks to the guys at Graveside Tales), and within 24 hours had formulated an idea and a bunch of titles. Very excited. Very, very excited. Now I just need 50,000 words worth of plot.
Have a spook-filled, idea busting, October.
Okay, let the shame begin.
1. I wrote three flash length stories.
Strange Tooth - written for and sent to Flash Fiction Online, because they pay a ridiculous amount of money for flash fiction.
Rosalind Red Stands in the Snow - sent to Allegory. I know what I wanted to achieve, but I am not certain I pulled it off.
Leviathan's Moving Theatre - another try at Cinema Spec before it closes. The story I had on hold was rejected on Black Friday.
2. One measly short story.
The Hollow Framework of the Cotton Man - not telling you where I sent that one, but somebody knows (I think).
3. Started the second draft and finally came up with a title for my MG novel: Strange Bones - currently 4740 words in.
4. Not certain this one counts. Signed up for NaNoWriMo (thanks to the guys at Graveside Tales), and within 24 hours had formulated an idea and a bunch of titles. Very excited. Very, very excited. Now I just need 50,000 words worth of plot.
Have a spook-filled, idea busting, October.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Heading towards The End
WOW! I just had a writing spurt. I mean steam coming off my fingers and everything.
After spending the last two days writing and rewriting the first page of The Poisoned Apple II (the title is starting to sound like a Bad Hollywood Sequel), I've moved onto page two (which is now part-way down page 4 in the new draft) and found a whole paragraph of 66 words that I didn't need to change one word of. I typed and I typed, oh and what a joyous feeling. I tell you, I'm in obsession mode.
In other news - I've written two new shorts (Strange Tooth and Rosalind Red Stands in the Snow) which are out in submission land*. And I'm working on another story (untitled as yet) for a semi-secret project.
Off to cram a fresh cream meringue in my mouth so that I can't blab.
*A fearful place.
After spending the last two days writing and rewriting the first page of The Poisoned Apple II (the title is starting to sound like a Bad Hollywood Sequel), I've moved onto page two (which is now part-way down page 4 in the new draft) and found a whole paragraph of 66 words that I didn't need to change one word of. I typed and I typed, oh and what a joyous feeling. I tell you, I'm in obsession mode.
In other news - I've written two new shorts (Strange Tooth and Rosalind Red Stands in the Snow) which are out in submission land*. And I'm working on another story (untitled as yet) for a semi-secret project.
Off to cram a fresh cream meringue in my mouth so that I can't blab.
*A fearful place.
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