Loose Change

Goals for March NaNo

Rather than just work on a novel, I am using the March NoWriMo for the purpose of learning to write longer pieces.  I am pretty good at stories up to 2000 words, but I have a lot of trouble breaking that barrier, and lots of my stories are under 1000 words.

With that goal in mind, I am picking anthologies to write for, and going for three different 5000+ word stories.  In addition, I am working on my missionary noir story (which is at a miraculous-for-me 7500 words), and trying to add 20000 words to see if I can make it a full novel.  (No, 27500 is not a full novel, but it is enough that I can decide if I am realistic about the prospect.  I would be aiming for 60000+ as a full novel.)

Right now, the three anthologies I am looking at are: "Music for Another World" (Sci-Fi and/or Fantasy), "The Way of the Wizard" (Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy) and either "FOETUS FATALE: FUBAR’D NOIR" (H.P.Lovecraftian Noir--OMG Weird!) or "Anywhere But Earth Anthology" (Sci-Fi) or possibly "Zombiality: A Queer Bent On The Undead" (need I say more?).  I will also be polishing up my Zombidays story, but since that is mostly rewriting, I won't count it for this.

Phew!  I better go write some more.  Happy March NoWriMo!


Current status: 62 items in 73 submissions. Three new markets attempted, Tarpaulin Sky Literary Journal, Welter and Electric Literature.