It's all about me!

I wrote about 1500 words today. Not a particularly good total, but it's the first day I've written in some time. I've been wrestling with my demons and losing of late. But I got back into the saddle today...and promptly discovered that the story I was trying to write is simply too long for the relatively short (2700-3700 words) limit for the market I was aiming at. That's not too big a surprise, the idea originally came to me as the basis for a novelette or novella, so being too big for a short short story isn't a shock.

It does mean I either need to rethink the story, or write it at the longer length, or write something else entirely for the short story market I'm aiming at (one that gave me a personal rejection and indicated an interest in seeing more from me).

I still haven't decided what to do for my next novel. I'm toying with several possible ideas, and bouncing from one to another. I could write an urban fantasy (mages in a contemporary world), a pulp novel (Lost World adventures in the modern day), a superhero novel (I still want to write about Iron Maiden or the Black Knight, and others), or an erotic romance like those I've done for Cobblestone--but longer. A novella or short novel.

What I'll probably end up doing is just picking one when the time comes to start writing, and then sticking with it until it's done.

I got another rejection on my first novel the other day, did I mention that? Now it's out at only two publishers, so I need to get three more copies out into circulation. Still no word on the second novel (and none is expected for a while yet).

Stories in Circulation: 12
Rejections: 46
Stories Accepted: SEVEN
Stories to Resubmit: 0

Novel Queries: 2 Novels in circulation, 7 queries out
Novel Rejections: 8