Garar's Secret

Timinator · Sep 8, 2010

Wow. A productive day for a short story. I had a phrase stuck in my head. "I remember the days when there used to be water everywhere." Next thing I knew, I had a 625 word short story. I even submitted it today. Conceived, written, and submitted in the same day.

Submitted to Daily Science Fiction. Hoping for the best.

Manuel Royal · Sep 8, 2010

Timinator said:
Wow. A productive day for a short story. I had a phrase stuck in my head. "I remember the days when there used to be water everywhere." Next thing I knew, I had a 625 word short story. I even submitted it today. Conceived, written, and submitted in the same day.

Submitted to Daily Science Fiction. Hoping for the best.

Good luck! (They've rejected me twice, and then printed stories I didn't think were as good. I guess we've all been there.)

KyraDune · Sep 8, 2010

Congrats and good luck.

Timinator · Sep 15, 2010

Well, it got rejected by Daily Science Fiction. So, I decided to go ahead and post it on my site. A free read for my friends.

Feel free to comment and critique.

Gray Rose · Sep 15, 2010

One rejection is meaningless.

Timinator · Sep 15, 2010

Gray Rose said:
One rejection is meaningless.

I know. Didn't really bother me. I just thought I would post to my site and share something. I have plenty of other ideas that I'll be submitting. (Thanks to Duotrope!)

Stijn Hommes · Sep 16, 2010

I couldn't avoid cringing when you said you submitted it (presumably without editing).
Nevertheless, I wish you the best of luck.

Jamesaritchie · Sep 16, 2010

Stijn Hommes said:
I couldn't avoid cringing when you said you submitted it (presumably without editing).
Nevertheless, I wish you the best of luck.

Eh, I've made several of my biggest sales with stories conceived, written, and submitted in the same day.

Polenth · Sep 16, 2010

Stijn Hommes said:
I couldn't avoid cringing when you said you submitted it (presumably without editing).
Nevertheless, I wish you the best of luck.

I've written and edited flash fiction in a day, and I'm not exactly the speediest writer.

NicoleMD · Sep 16, 2010

It is a gift when a story comes fully formed like that. I wouldn't give up after one market though.

Nicole

alexshvartsman · Sep 16, 2010

I always put a finished story away for a day or two, then revisit it to see what needs to be changed/fixed.

Alex Shvartsman

Henri Bauholz · Sep 18, 2010

My first short story sale was under a thousand words, took a couple of hours to write and needed only a little editing. Unfortunately, subsequent sales have been much more difficult.

MY Blog

jaksen · Sep 19, 2010

I wrote a story for EQMM in two days during an ice storm. They bought it.

It tended to be a bit 'weird' and my personal editor threw it across the room, but what the hey, whatever works.

Timinator · Sep 21, 2010

I didn't give up. I still have other stories that I continue to submit. I just figured I would post Garar's Secret for those who want to visit my site and see a short sample of my writing. I figure it's an investment.

Garar's Secret

Timinator

New kid, be gentle!

Manuel Royal

KyraDune

Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

Timinator

New kid, be gentle!

Gray Rose

Beware of the Thorns!

Timinator

New kid, be gentle!

Stijn Hommes

Know what you write...

Jamesaritchie

Polenth

Mushroom

NicoleMD

Onomatopotamus

alexshvartsman

Henri Bauholz

jaksen

Caped Codder

Timinator

New kid, be gentle!