Writing Tip Of The Week

[talithakalago]

UPDATES:

So far this year my own New Year’s Resolutions are going well. Weight is being lost, money is being saved and novels are being written. This year I want to get a car and I should have enough saved to buy a brand new Suzuki Alto on the 20th of April.

I plan on fully finishing/editing two novels this year: Lifesphere: Case file 2 and The

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[sayyouknewme]

Yay for keeping New Year's Resolutions! Good for you! Mine are kind of iffy at the moment, but I think things are picking up. They're mostly writing, cleaning, and exercising related. I only have two days to get with one, though. I want to submit at least one piece of writing each month. I don't know why I don't just sit down and start sending things off. But I'm going to do it, no matter how I resist!

[talithakalago]

So how are you going with the submitting? And the exercising and cleaning for that matter? Being OCD I have no issue with cleaning, but I'm trying to get 3 hours of exercise done a week. There are some hit and miss weeks.

[sayyouknewme]

I got some out right before January ended, so I've stuck with it so far! I sent one of my shorts to three magazines, and I plan to send it to a fourth as soon as they open for submissions again. I just realized the story is right up their alley, so fingers crossed. I don't have high hopes for the other places, but that's okay. The point was to start submitting, and you never know what might happen. They all accept pieces that are the length mine is, but when I browsed their sites, all of the sample stories were at least twice as long, so whatever. This particular short is going to be hard to place, given the genre (or lack thereof) and length. I won't be crushed if it doesn't happen, is all I'm saying

[talithakalago]

Congrats on sending out the shorts! My fingers are crossed for you, you’ve been uber motivated.

I assume you have this link?
http://www.duotrope.com/

If not, you’re welcome. Grin. If I already gave it to you eight times.... you’re welcome.

I used to be a bit of a hoarder-so I have stacks of crap like that in the garage and closets as well. Most of it I should just ditch-but I have this idea that I could sell it on e-bay? Yeah, probably not going to happen, but I can’t quite bring myself to throw it away. At least it’s TIDY crap.

Exercises... well, a little every day counts, right? Even if it’s VERY little? People keep commenting on how much weight I’ve lost, so I must be doing something right.

The rest of the year has been... exhausting. It better calm down soon, because uni starts in a few weeks.

How about you?