*continues to beat head on keyboard*
So, I went poking through Ralan's in search of markets, because that's what I do when I'm, you know, not writing but should be. And I found a couple of contests I'd love to enter, both due in October.
Werewolves!
Post-apocalypse!
Both have word limits of 2,500, which you'd think I could bang out in a week or two. And I would.
IF I HAD PLOT.
I mean, I've written one werewolf story already, and that was just a blast. It's one of my favorites, in fact, so I'd love to do it again...if I had plot.
Which I don't.
And it's probably wrong that I'm intimidated by that one post-apocalypse story in the September 2007 issue of F&SF, John Langan's "Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers," but I am because it's so fabulous and I really could never achieve something like that...even if I had plot.
Which I don't.
*ssssssiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhh*
It's like my writing font has dried up and blown away, y'all...
So much for finishing a story a month. I was hoping to up that to a story every two weeks, but at this rate I'll be lucky if I write anything more THIS YEAR.
Bah. *goes hunting inspiration*
Werewolves!
Post-apocalypse!
Both have word limits of 2,500, which you'd think I could bang out in a week or two. And I would.
IF I HAD PLOT.
I mean, I've written one werewolf story already, and that was just a blast. It's one of my favorites, in fact, so I'd love to do it again...if I had plot.
Which I don't.
And it's probably wrong that I'm intimidated by that one post-apocalypse story in the September 2007 issue of F&SF, John Langan's "Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers," but I am because it's so fabulous and I really could never achieve something like that...even if I had plot.
Which I don't.
*ssssssiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhh*
It's like my writing font has dried up and blown away, y'all...
So much for finishing a story a month. I was hoping to up that to a story every two weeks, but at this rate I'll be lucky if I write anything more THIS YEAR.
Bah. *goes hunting inspiration*