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I just finished round one of edits for Position Secured, my short story at Samhain Publishing. It was fairly painless, but what do you expect from a short? I made a \u00c2\u00a0few silly errors, so I’m glad that my editor Linda caught them before I embarrassed myself. \u00c2\u00a0Also, I found out that Amanda Kelsey does cover work for Samhain, and I did a little happy dance. I’ll be requesting her handiwork on Position Secured, so cross your fingers that they’ll let me have her.<\/p>\n
In other news, I’m about half-way through another short story, still untitled. Short stories are easier in some ways – if I concentrate, I could have one done in a few days – but it’s extremely hard to make a sensible plot and developed characters in 20k words. Someone once told me that a short story is just one long scene. I think that’s a pretty good way to look at it. I might throw a few flashbacks in there, or two semi-long scenes instead of one…who knows. This is new to me. I’ll never stop writing longer novels though; I really like getting into these character’s heads. As a reader I like to feel<\/em> along with the heroine. Heartache, loss, love, fear…whatever she’s got going on. I like personal involvement. The trick is to write stories that do the same for my readers.<\/p>\n Okay, I’d better get back to work. 2009 was great for me, I hope 2010 is even better. Happy New Year everyone!<\/p>\n\n