Publishing Announcement; List o’ Stuff

Several interesting items before we begin a gray, murky, misty Iowa writing day.

1. Story Acceptance: I'm pleased to announce that my ambiguous horror story Crystal Vision will be appearing in Swill issue 5, most likely this summer. One of the things I like to do as a writer is stretch, and this one is a bit of a stretch for me. I get to climb into the head of an alcoholic grandmother. Swill is a non-paying venue, but fills another part of my writer agenda, working with people I know. It sort of dovetails into the third part--placing yourself in areas where you think there will be buzz. Because the Swill guys really have a quasi-literary project.

I want to thank all of my great readers who made me work harder to shape the story. You guys really know how to make a woman revise!

Viable Paradise peeps might also like to know that this was one of the evil overlord vignettes I wrote.

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Getting Published

Some links that have crossed my path during Internet travels today.

Do I Really Want to Get Published? by Editorial Ass (for all of you on the Submission Train with me).

Firsts by Aprilynne Pike. (This one is about thinking through and setting your writing goals, which is worth doing. I'd best do this sometime.)

Some objects appear closer by fellow VP'er Brent Bowen, talking about the first steps being the ones you actually take.

Right. Back to the writing.

Catherine

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Basic Goal Setting and the Philosphies Therein

What do I want from my writing career? I linked to Aprilynne Pike's October article Firsts in my last entry.

I feel differently about setting my writing goals than she does. Now, I'll admit that I entered my pursuit of writing fairly naive. I didn't know about differentiation. I figured that agents were created equal, and now I know better. I figured that any exposure was good exposure, and now I know better. I also hear the echoes of many writers telling me to control the only thing I can control--to write the best story that I can, which I think is sound advice.

But what do I want from my writing career in the long run? What are my goals?

My goals are very simple, when I get down to it.

1. I want to write the stories I have inside of me to the best of my ability. I will try to publish them wisely. (Yes, I know I'll have to unpack that.)

2. I want to supplement my retirement income with advances and royalties.

That's it. Let's take a deeper look at those two things.

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