Not me. So the results for the contest were published on the website and I didn’t make the top four. I did not receive any communication from the magazine so I don’t know how the story did or didn’t do. If you want to see the winners check out : https://www.teleportmagazine.com/2018/10/31/teleport-2018-science-fiction-contest-winners/
Category: Writing
I feel that the title of this post could confuse some of the people who find it. They might be searching for something different. That being said, I just wanted to say that I’ve submitted a short story to a magazine contest. This is my first time submitting a story anywhere. I don’t truly expect to win, though I feel its a good story, as the contest is a bit open ended but just submitting a story for the first time is a big step for me. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Well I’m back, though I don’t have time for writing at the moment but I am hoping that in a week or two sometime will clear up. I’ll be posting if something relevant comes up.
There’s a Chinese expression: without coincidence there is no story. At the same time, in creative writing class, we are told to not put too many coincidences in our story. This is ironic because real life, what our stories are trying to imitate, is nothing but a series of coincidences.
Well another week is here and August has truly started. Last Friday had a typhoon warning so all the the kids stayed home. It was greatly exaggerated but still gave me a three-day weekend which felt like an extension of my holiday.
This last week has been quite hectic but not without its good side. France did move get into the World Cup quarterfinals after all.
Well time to write has been short this last week. I’m about halfway through a new scene for chapter two. I’m writing this new scene in response to alpha feedback.
Well, the rewriting process has started. This has led me to reflect on the age old question of methodology.
Not a lot to say this week other than I am about to start rewriting. I need to finish editing the short story I am currently working on and then it will be full steam ahead on the novel.
So I forgot my laptop’s power cord this morning. Looks like I won’t be able to get much done today once I get through the real life work I need to do.