Showing posts with label By The Way It's Friday the 13th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label By The Way It's Friday the 13th. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Busy Busy (Continued)

By Michael Seese

A ways back, I posted a blog which stated that I like to accomplish at least two writing "things" every day. So yesterday I:

- Proofread "...By The Way, It’s Friday The 13th" and "Cinéma Vérité."
- Submitted them to Pill Hill Press.
- Sent query letters to six agents.
- Wrote 530 words of a new short story I'm working on.
- And watched the Castle episode "After Hours." (So expect the write-up tomorrow.)

Something good has to come out of all that...

Right?

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Cross Your Fingers!

By Michael Seese

Well, I haven't had much of a chance to write about writing lately, because I've been...well...writing.

Back in February, I mentioned some upcoming open calls from Pill Hill Press. One of them is called "Psycho Cinema."

PSYCHO CINEMA!
We're looking for HORROR stories with a strong CINEMA theme... this can be interpreted by the author in any way that connects the short fiction to the movies, as long as there are strong elements of horror. Things like: horror at the movie theater, horror on a movie set, horror featuring a horror film actor (fiction only, please; let's not kill off real actors), horror at a drive-in theater, etc. As long as HORROR and HORROR MOVIES are present, the story will be considered.


In many cases, the calls have a submit-by date. This one was open. I started a story -- a humorous horror story -- then put it aside. But I started working on it and another piece a few weeks back. I have them nearly finished. They are titled "...By The Way, It’s Friday The 13th" and "Cinéma Vérité." The former is the funny one. The latter, I think, is chilling. I hope to submit them to Pill Hill this week. 

In the meantime, I have posted "Cinéma Vérité" to my In Progress Stuff page.

I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share your thoughts.