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Sunday blah.
I do hope that I don't turn into a Preachy Person when and if I ever get better known as a writer. I love reading other writer's blogs, but I'd like to see them being more real and screwing up rather than teaching us "wanabees" Lessons. I shall be screwing up all my life, I would imagine, and will always be sharing the disasters I get myself into, as well as the joys. You needn't look here for inspirational advice!
Yesterday I was definitely below par. Don't know what it was, wasn't "ill" so to speak, just bleurgh. Couldn't concentrate, couldn't write, that's for sure. All I had to do is add a sex scene to my latest short story and I couldn't do it. I think I wrote about 54 words.
Trouble was I spent 3 hours trying to find a market for my Gay Boys In Space story that (I have to assume) has been rejected by Greg Herren for Distant Horizons, as I've heard of a lot of people being accepted, and some being rejected and I've heard nothing. So I spent ages trying to find a new market for it, and ended up sending it somewhere I know won't accept it, as they say "no space opera" and really, my story is. It's very Heinlein-esque (in the pace, not at all in the quality!!!) I just don't know the SF markets. If I need to find a gay market, I can just do so!![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rwday says that a lot of markets are accepting of gay protagonists, so that's reassuring. There's no sex in it, not even any kissage, the fact that they are gay just happens to be a fact, it's not over-emphasised any more than if a husband and wife were running a ship. Mr & Mrs Stone aren't shagging every five minutes in Space Family Stone, after all!!
I've also got a sequel of sorts, although it's a completely different story, with the same two protagonists. Perhaps I should wait till I have 10 stories and attempt to put them in an anthology, although that will probably be completely unsaleable.
However, perhaps I'd better just stick to what I do best. I get too stressed trying to find markets. The Sci-fi stemmed from a direct call, and I liked the characters so much that I did a sequel, but I'd only ever able to write Space Opera, being raised on Heinlein, I'll never be able to write about Barsoomian Worlds. So back to the historical gay romance.
Talking of that, I discovered a historical gay writer yesterday. Michael Jensen, who has written a couple of gay historical books that I might check out, so if anyone's read them I'd be appreciative of a recommendation.
Talking of that, I'm planning to do some reviews on my website too, of purely historical gay fiction, to attempt to raise the profile. Some classics, obviously (although they hardly need my ignorant five pence) but also things like Emily Veinglory's "The Highwayman" which I've just finished, and other contemporaries, if I can find some.
So rec me some, if you know of it?
Yesterday I was definitely below par. Don't know what it was, wasn't "ill" so to speak, just bleurgh. Couldn't concentrate, couldn't write, that's for sure. All I had to do is add a sex scene to my latest short story and I couldn't do it. I think I wrote about 54 words.
Trouble was I spent 3 hours trying to find a market for my Gay Boys In Space story that (I have to assume) has been rejected by Greg Herren for Distant Horizons, as I've heard of a lot of people being accepted, and some being rejected and I've heard nothing. So I spent ages trying to find a new market for it, and ended up sending it somewhere I know won't accept it, as they say "no space opera" and really, my story is. It's very Heinlein-esque (in the pace, not at all in the quality!!!) I just don't know the SF markets. If I need to find a gay market, I can just do so!
rwday says that a lot of markets are accepting of gay protagonists, so that's reassuring. There's no sex in it, not even any kissage, the fact that they are gay just happens to be a fact, it's not over-emphasised any more than if a husband and wife were running a ship. Mr & Mrs Stone aren't shagging every five minutes in Space Family Stone, after all!!I've also got a sequel of sorts, although it's a completely different story, with the same two protagonists. Perhaps I should wait till I have 10 stories and attempt to put them in an anthology, although that will probably be completely unsaleable.
However, perhaps I'd better just stick to what I do best. I get too stressed trying to find markets. The Sci-fi stemmed from a direct call, and I liked the characters so much that I did a sequel, but I'd only ever able to write Space Opera, being raised on Heinlein, I'll never be able to write about Barsoomian Worlds. So back to the historical gay romance.
Talking of that, I discovered a historical gay writer yesterday. Michael Jensen, who has written a couple of gay historical books that I might check out, so if anyone's read them I'd be appreciative of a recommendation.
Talking of that, I'm planning to do some reviews on my website too, of purely historical gay fiction, to attempt to raise the profile. Some classics, obviously (although they hardly need my ignorant five pence) but also things like Emily Veinglory's "The Highwayman" which I've just finished, and other contemporaries, if I can find some.
So rec me some, if you know of it?
of help, perhaps?
I've been madly adding pro publishing possibilities to mydelicious. Go here, http://del.icio.us/stormheller click on either "publishing" or "prowriting" and a whole bunch of links come up. After you've waded through them, you also can follow the interactive links to thousands of other people's links under "publishing". I'm going to try and find somewhere else to submit my rejected story as well, so maybe we can check in with each other.
Also, thanks for the link to Romantic Times. I voted and posted.
~ Stormy
Re: of help, perhaps?
And thanks for voting, several "regulars" were a bit miffed that people were "taking over" but what did they expect? Slashers aren't going to go and chat about bootees and favourite het scenes and mushie films and inspriational clap-trap like a lot of those threads were about.
Once we get (and we will, I'm sure of it) accepted, hopefully they will give us our own forum to play in!!!
Re: of help, perhaps?
May I crosspost your link on my lj, and also over on the IBDoF forums?
I'd like to share, as you have a lot of really great resources there, and some folks who'd like to go pro check in on it now and then.
Thanks!
Re: of help, perhaps?
My link is just an ongoing link of links (and an undesirable meshing of my RL & fannish lives ::g::) however if you think it will be of help to anyone, please be my guest.
~ S.