Acceptance at Gloom Cupboard
My work of very brief fiction "Working Class Zero" has finally found a home after being accepted (and published) this morning (actually last Friday, but I've been offline the last few days) in the latest issue of Gloom Cupboard.
July 12, 2010 3:44 PM
Congrats, Erik! That's great news.
How's the novel coming?
July 12, 2010 4:35 PM
Thank you sir. The novel is coming along nicely, It's my primary focus right now, I added 8k words last week. I've been playing with a subplot, the middle was feeling weak to me like it was lacking something. At this point, I just want to be able to call the draft done so I can move on to rewriting (which is where the 'real' writing takes place).
I haven't touched a new short story in months, all my submissions that are currently out were written in '09 or earlier (some are tweaked versions from my thesis).
July 13, 2010 7:17 PM
Good one Erik. The last line was killer.
Maybe we can trade novel drafts for feedback if we get done around the same time. Writing the first draft would be a lot more fun if not for the hefty task of rewriting looming in the distance . . .
July 14, 2010 8:50 AM
V, I'd rather be rewriting I think, the writing (for me at least) is all about getting the story down (even if it's nasty ugly) with a coherent plot.