I must be doing something right. My flash suspense story, All That Glitters, will appear at Every Day Fiction (EDF) on a date still to be determined. This will be my second appearance at EDF. My silly micro-fiction tale The Journey was published there in November 2007. This marks my third acceptance overall.
I feel very good about this sale. This was just me. I didn’t get a critique from friends or family on this one. I pounded out the first draft of this story in one sitting. I was trying hard to write an omniscient point of view story and I failed miserably. I tried for hours and hours to get it to work correctly. I let it sit for a few days before I decided to switch it to a first person point of view story. The most minor character in the original ended up being the only logical candidate to narrate/tell the story. I almost didn’t do the rewrite, but convinced myself it would be good practice, if nothing else. As soon as I started, the entire thing fell into place. It was amazing. After I finished that draft, I let it sit a few more days, then did some minor edits and sent it off.
It sold. How cool is that!?
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Congrats!
Hey, Deven. Congrats on making it into EDF. Sounds like you’ve had some other writing success of late, too. Keepup the good work.
Thanks to both of you!
Yes, I have had some successes so far this year, Ty. I haven’t bragged over at SFReader yet, but we will be sharing the TOC in “Infinity Swords” (along with SC). I am holding off on bragging until I have final approval of the title change the editors requested… I really enjoyed your recent contribution to EDF. The title had me recalling a fellow member of my high school track team who always confronted bad weather with the phrase “run between the raindrops, and you won’t get wet.”
Your new title is fine … brag away!
And congrats on the EDF sale.
Thanks!
“All That Glitters” will be at Every Day Fiction on 30 May 2008. I’ll put up a post closer to that date.