Hi! I was just about to say that this soooo publishable (is that a word) but it looks like you’ve made the leap. I’m doing short stories this semester on my MA. I’d never been a big reader of the form but I’ve really got into them in the last few months. Honestly, this is up there with some of the ones I’ve read that were in our reading list. Absolutely brilliant. Love the quirky subject, the pacing, the imagery. All fantastic. Keep ‘em coming!!
Thanks for your kind words! I've always loved writing short stories, although I took a long break from the form, preferring to write poetry.
Last year, I spent 6 months writing my first novel, and I had this big plan to get it (self) published by my birthday in March. Little had I realized just how challenging the editing process would be, and it wasn't until late January when I finally accepted that I wasn't going to make my deadline.
Feeling deflated because I really wanted to meet that goal, I came up with the idea of releasing a collection of my short stories. I had so many. I might give one or two a polish. I might even write one or two new ones to round the book out. Hmmm, little did I know that I would go on a crazy writing tear, and that over the next 6 weeks, I would write 14 new stories, and complete some half-written ones that had been sitting around for 25 years.
Honestly, I was like a man possessed, and while the process was exhausting, it was also a lot of fun. The resulting book, The Shape of Silence, even came out a few days early. Well, the ebook version did... I gave myself grace to sit with it for a while, before doing final edits and getting the revised print version out.
Also, here's a link to a narrated version of one of the stories from the book. I decided to release the whole book, one story at a time, as I reach subscriber milestones here on Substack. By the time I get to 10,000 subscribers (here my thing big or go home mindset is showing), I'll have narrated the whole book and shared it on here.
Hi! I was just about to say that this soooo publishable (is that a word) but it looks like you’ve made the leap. I’m doing short stories this semester on my MA. I’d never been a big reader of the form but I’ve really got into them in the last few months. Honestly, this is up there with some of the ones I’ve read that were in our reading list. Absolutely brilliant. Love the quirky subject, the pacing, the imagery. All fantastic. Keep ‘em coming!!
Hi Kate,
Thanks for your kind words! I've always loved writing short stories, although I took a long break from the form, preferring to write poetry.
Last year, I spent 6 months writing my first novel, and I had this big plan to get it (self) published by my birthday in March. Little had I realized just how challenging the editing process would be, and it wasn't until late January when I finally accepted that I wasn't going to make my deadline.
Feeling deflated because I really wanted to meet that goal, I came up with the idea of releasing a collection of my short stories. I had so many. I might give one or two a polish. I might even write one or two new ones to round the book out. Hmmm, little did I know that I would go on a crazy writing tear, and that over the next 6 weeks, I would write 14 new stories, and complete some half-written ones that had been sitting around for 25 years.
Honestly, I was like a man possessed, and while the process was exhausting, it was also a lot of fun. The resulting book, The Shape of Silence, even came out a few days early. Well, the ebook version did... I gave myself grace to sit with it for a while, before doing final edits and getting the revised print version out.
Here's a link to the Kindle version - https://a.co/d/4II0JOf
Also, here's a link to a narrated version of one of the stories from the book. I decided to release the whole book, one story at a time, as I reach subscriber milestones here on Substack. By the time I get to 10,000 subscribers (here my thing big or go home mindset is showing), I'll have narrated the whole book and shared it on here.
https://www.brittleviews.com/p/lucky