Come with me, dear readers, into the WABAC machine. If you'll recall, last October, I undertook a tremendous effort. To submit something, somewhere, every day for the whole month. "Something" could be... well, anything involving words. And "somewhere" could include:
- Contests
- Literary agents
- Magazines
- Online publishers (for example, Readwave)
It did not include blogging or tweeting.
Well, October is just around the corner. And I plan to repeat this
Actually, I think this time around it will be easier. Specifically, because I've found three weekly flash fiction contests:
- Flash! Friday, hosted by Rebecca Postupak
- Indies Unlimited
- (one I just learned of) FINISH THAT THOUGHT, by Alissa Leonard.
So those three alone take care of 13 days. I've already got four existing short stories which I plan to submit to anthologies / contests I found on HorrorTree. I have two other stories in the works, one for another HorrorTree find, and one for MASH stories. So I'm up to 19 days.
** Since I know that I will have some days which might be crazy, I'm "allowed" to submit two "somethings" one day, and then skip the next. But I'll try not to.
To quote James Brown, I feel good.
Who's with me? Who's up for the challenge?
Well, not me, but GO YOU! :)
ReplyDeleteyou are obviously deranged, but in a very good way!
ReplyDeleteI resemble that remark! (end cliche)
DeleteI wondered if you were going to do this again!
ReplyDeleteI've aspired to it from afar, but alas, don't have the quantity (or quality, likely) to submit one a day for a full month.
Jennifer, full disclosure: I can be a very effective goader / nagger.
DeleteAdmittedly, I have a broad base to work from. I write poetry. I write flash. I write short stories, and have a bunch that were turned down by others, waiting to be submitted elsewhere. And I have two (or three) novels I'm submitting to agents. So I have a lot of "somethings."
The point is, if you have a lot of "somethings," go for it.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?
I do have a decent amount of "somethings", some of which almost certainly should not see the light of day as such. It's possible a number of those somethings could turn into Real Things and thus be submittable. I guess we'll see how it goes!
DeleteMicheal, sheer and wonderful madness.
ReplyDeleteCame over for Finding Peace, only to discover .... ???
Adore Finding Peace, BTW.