Ok, so... is this LSW? And if so, Now What?

Hi dclary,

Nice to have you in this "room."

Well, looks like this may be discussed in the thread shwebb started below: Essay, or short memoir episodes? I confess I haven't read that one closely, but it might merit a look.

I'd consider this personal essay, part of the broader category of "creative nonfiction"--which also includes memoir. I don't know if "memoir" has to be book length or not. I don't know that the label matters, really.

Looks like the kind of thing that is published a lot in newspapers--readers sending in personal experiences. I love reading this kind of thing.

If you post in "Share Your Work" the only category would be "Nonfiction" it appears.

Susan

Or humor. I really enjoyed this, though the last paragraph took on a serious/reflective tone that I was unprepared for. You could consider ending with "I miss that car."

There's several people in the humor section of SYW that write these sort of essays, and I think most of them seek publication in newspapers, though I've read these type of things in magazines too.

Sometime soon, we'll have a new category in SYW. I think Mac or ChunkyC is working on doing that.

There certainly is a market for this sort of work, Dave. Check out "Front Porch Syndicate"'s website--here are their submission guidelines.

http://www.porchsyndicate.com/contributors.htm

And look at this, lifted from that page:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"OH, THAT CAR: evocative true stories about a first car. Length: 500-800 words."


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