Jul 20, 2012 13:28
very distracted lately because of heavy amounts of "homework" from the day job. Been working 11-12 hour days this week, plus working last weekend and planning to do so again this weekend. Doesn't happen too often at my job, but when it does, it does with a vengence.
Also pretty frustrated -- I'll talk about novel writing frustrations another time, but what's forefront in my mind is dealing with a short story.
I've got a fantasy short story that's making the rounds. Came back from Asimov's earlier this week, went out to Clarkesworld, came back, and just went out yesterday to Lightspeed. And then back again...
Now I know that editors are only going to buy something that strikes them at that particular time and I'm cool with that. However, I also know that short stories are not my strong point, and so when I keep getting comments like "this just didn't quite work for me," I'm beginning to wonder if there's something wrong with the story.
I promised myself that I'd keep it out until it sold or I retired it, but I'm wondering now if I should pull it and then figure out what's wrong with it. I'd try OWW, but I don't write shorts often enough for that to seem worthwhile.
Ah well...