An exciting morning: I had a major breakthrough on Falling Short!
Backtrack: Falling Short is a complete rewrite of a project from last May. I hit it with Karen Weisner's First Draft in 30 Days and titled it Best Stressed Woman for NaNo in November. After finishing NaNo, I began the process of filling the holes in the plot - little things that came up as I wrote that needed to be filled in earlier. Then I set the story aside, unable to put my finger on what the story needed. More tinkering prompted a title change. Still more tinkering resulted in a few characters being omitted. And today...
I GOT IT! I figured out what the story needed!
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An Echelon Press LLC Short story
Writer of contemporary fiction, both short stories and novel length. Currently at work on two novels. One is an urban romantic comedy/mystery; the other is mainstream fiction. My published short stories can be purchased at EchelonPress.com, Fictionwise.com, and Amazon.com.
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Words, and the intriguing way they arrange themselves to form a story, have always intrigued me. I love to escape into a story and see life through the eyes of the characters on the page. In pursuit of this passion, I've not only filled my home with books of every genre, but I've penned tales both long and short. In 2007, I decided to dive into the short story market just to see if I could find any success there as a writer. Two of my short stories were published with Echelon Press; another received finalist status with Lunch Hour Stories. My dream, however, is to write a novel.
I live near the Emerald City in the Pacific Northwest with my husband, our two children, and a dog we rescued and named Frederick. Most of the time I'm busy with the family: remodeling our 1960's rambler, homeschooling, and doing what I can to help my husband with his tool business. But when I get a chance to sneak away to my own pursuits, I spend that time writing and critiquing and striving to grow and improve as a writer.
I live near the Emerald City in the Pacific Northwest with my husband, our two children, and a dog we rescued and named Frederick. Most of the time I'm busy with the family: remodeling our 1960's rambler, homeschooling, and doing what I can to help my husband with his tool business. But when I get a chance to sneak away to my own pursuits, I spend that time writing and critiquing and striving to grow and improve as a writer.
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An Echelon Press LLC Short story
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2 comments:
Oh, "What will the title be?" My favorite game....unfortunately, I'm bad enough at figuring out my own titles; I'd have a really hard time coming up with one for a story that I don't know that much about... "Jane's Story, a piece of literary wonder.."
woohooo - she figured out what she needed - what a great accomplishment - I'm thinking of submitting my story once I get it revised - somewhere - lol - Echelon is taking submissions for quite a bit right now but not sure I'll go with her - but hey - you never know - E :)
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