Another one sent!

The story for this week is ready to go! it has been reviewed by my editor (my girlfriend) and its cleared for take off! Here is where i am sending it too, http://www.asimovs.com/ they said it takes 5 weeks to turn it around based on their submission guidelines... so sometime in January i will know one way or another.

This will be my 5th submission, not too bad, 2 contests and 3 magazines. My goal has been one a week till the end of the year, then go to twice a month. So hopefully with that output something gets published... i know in this business quality is more important than quantity, but i actually like each story so not sure that i am really rushing it.

I have a thought on a possible novel idea... started creating an outline for it, getting the general plot together... maybe start writing it in January, after the holidays and life slows down a little.

Well, off goes #5... may it not end up in someones trash!

Running out of places to submit...

I have been searching for magazines to submit to and i am really surprised by how few there really are! Most read like scams, like submit so they can make a book and sell it to you for 30 dollars. no thanks. Others are backed up to sometime next year and are not excepting submissions.

I'm not looking for any money, would just like to see if i could actually write something, anything, that someone might enjoy reading...

Imagine if we didn't have Google? how would i find anything to submit too! Well, i will be done with this weeks entry in a few days and then off to submit it. Its a little sci fi, set in the future, some comedy worked in...

hopefully i can find a place to send to, i don't want send it to an online website that will just publish it on the web. Much rather an actual print place, but hey, i guess anything is something, right?

My submissions so far

So far, i have submitted to the following places:

Last Cast - I submitted this short short story (less then 1000 words) to a contest writers digest was running. This was really a general literature piece. Wouldn't fit any genre

The Remedy - I submitted to the magazine Cemetery Dance. Definitely a horror piece. First one i ever wrote, who know! This was a regular short story around 3500 words i think

Self Fulfilling Prophecy - I submitted to a writing contest i got from the o'henry award website, i don't have the exact link for it, but if i can find it i will update this. This was also a short short story.

Weight Issues - I just sent this off this week, it was a sci - fi short story. Its fun writing in that genre, can do whatever you want. I sent this to sci fi and fantasy magazine

Well, that's where i am so far. Really writing in a lot of different tones and genres, trying to get a feel for it and see what i like, dislike. I don't expect a response from anything for a while, so in the meantime, i will keep on writing and submitting.

Can I be a writer?

I have never considered myself being a writer, in fact, i never considered myself having anything other then an average ability to do anything. One of those people who are good at everything, but not great. Recently, I thought I might enjoy being a writer. Heck, I have read some really bad books, how hard could it be?

Basically, my goal is to get published within one year. Impossible you say? Well, what i didn't mention is that its anything published. Meaning, short story, short short story, poem, novella, you get my point. Eventually, the goal would be a novel, but, baby steps, right?

This month has been the first month I have ever written a story in my life, so i created an aggressive goal for myself. I will submit one story every week, for the rest of 2007. After that, i will change to twice a month. If i can keep up that out put, something has to take, right? I mean can i possibly write that much garbage? Well, probably, but i hope not.

I have some ideas in my mind for a possible novel, but just on the starts of it. Writing an outline, creating characters, its a long way off i think, but who knows. i tend to jump write into these things.

Well, here's to the challenge! I have submitted four stories so far, two to contests and two to magazines. I don't have them on me, but my next post will provide where they are sent in case you care! Most require a turn around time of at least 2 months, so wont hear anything anytime soon, but figured might as well get the ball rolling.