Over the last 10-12 months, I've been lucky to have some minor successes, and I wanted to share them. Not sure if it will come across as bragging, but that's not how it's meant. I'm just happy that my writing work seems to be trending upward.
So here goes: 1) had a creative nonfic piece published in online mag Human Parts (https://humanparts.medium.com/second-line-3a2d9b65e666); 2) began querying more seriously; 3) finished the first draft of a novel i'd previously abandoned; 4) sold a short story for the first time in quite a while (you can read it here: https://t.co/tzr4ZK52ps?amp=1); 5) sold another short story, which will be published within the next month or so; 6) made my first international sale; 7) wrote 8 new short stories; 8) performed at a virtual "Noir at the Bar" event with a well-regarded novelist, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a couple of Edgar winners.
That's a pretty good writing year for a time when the world has basically been on fire. I keep thinking about quitting, thinking that I'm not having a whole hell of a lot of success. But then when I started really looking at what I've done over the past several months, it seems like I'm gathering some good momentum. I may not have a book deal (yet), or have a bestseller if/when I do. I don't have a Netflix series. But what I *have* accomplished still feels good.
So here goes: 1) had a creative nonfic piece published in online mag Human Parts (https://humanparts.medium.com/second-line-3a2d9b65e666); 2) began querying more seriously; 3) finished the first draft of a novel i'd previously abandoned; 4) sold a short story for the first time in quite a while (you can read it here: https://t.co/tzr4ZK52ps?amp=1); 5) sold another short story, which will be published within the next month or so; 6) made my first international sale; 7) wrote 8 new short stories; 8) performed at a virtual "Noir at the Bar" event with a well-regarded novelist, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a couple of Edgar winners.
That's a pretty good writing year for a time when the world has basically been on fire. I keep thinking about quitting, thinking that I'm not having a whole hell of a lot of success. But then when I started really looking at what I've done over the past several months, it seems like I'm gathering some good momentum. I may not have a book deal (yet), or have a bestseller if/when I do. I don't have a Netflix series. But what I *have* accomplished still feels good.