A short post today. Last week was so exceptional that I suppose it was no surprise that this one had to be miserable.
Mostly, I’ve just been busy but not with anything interesting. I did finish the last of my editing books and I’ve started reading Old Man Goriot by Balzac. I got another rejection slip, this time from Strange Horizons, but the story only barely flt their oeuvre anyway. It wasn’t really a surprise and I’ve already sent the story back out to www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com.
I’ve got a 10500 word short story draft done. I expect it come in around 7500 words after editing, maybe a bit longer. I’ve been dabbling with an omniscient narrator which is a little new for me. I normally avoid it. The voice does not normally come naturally to me and it starts to feel a bit contrived when I’m showing everyone inside out. I think I’ve managed to work it in this one fairly well and I’ve keep the all-knowing voice to a minimum.
No other news. Long week over and a long week coming. I went hiking today which was absolutely gorgeous. I keep hoping that if I can get this writing business going for real, maybe I’ll be able to hike a little more. Here’s to the dream! Adieu.
It’s been a busy week for work and a slow week for everything else.
It is obvious that when running a business that the amount of operate involved is significantly more when compared with one would count on working as a worker.