Another day, another completed submission! I'm surprised I finished this one nearly a month ahead of the deadline, but great things happen when the Muse lets me write 1,500+ words a day!
The only hiccup was that my streak of getting under the word cap for the shorts has ended. My final story was almost 9,000 and this submission had a cut off of 7,500. EEK. The past three days have been trimming and rewriting. I'm still happy with it, but kept the longer draft just in case. Can't hurt to be prepared for a rejection and moving forward.
I'm nearly done with my docket of short stories for the time being. And by that I mean, I have one more I'm thinking of writing and two more to edit and ship out. I really do what to get back to fixing up the novels. Someone should make the Muse and the Internet aware of my thoughts. No?
In other news, edits for "The Knocking Below" have been sent in. That should be out any day now! I plan on doing something really special when that finally happens. I've also started sending follow up emails to publishers when I don't hear back on submissions. I was passive and waited for months before, but I think it's time to be proactive.
Here is hoping more good news comes along.
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