So, after years of squeezing in writing here and there (mostly non-fiction writing and reviews) due to needing to spend most of my time on school stuff, I’m finding it hard to get into fiction writing mode. I think part of it is just wanting to rest for a bit. That’s understandable, I think, because of taking over five years to finish up school while working either full or part time, raising two kids, and trying to fit “all the things” into life. Now I have to do it while looking for a really good job and still trying to do “all the things” that pop up.
Right now on the writing front, I am working on two different short stories, as well as one novella that will possibly turn into a novel. One of the stories is my first attempt at writing something for the YA market. Yeah, I know there isn’t a huge short story market for the YA crowd, but I think it’s growing. The other short I plan to submit to my favorite hard SF magazine. The novella is undergoing structural changes to make the story flow better.
On the editing front, I’m working on Trace the Stars, the first LTUE benefit anthology (to be released in February 2019 through Hemelein Publications and LTUE Press). We have all the stories and are working through those that need editing work (mainly the four brand new, never-before-published stories). Most of the stories were previously published, so they only need a quick copyedit.
So, happy birthday to my dad as I boldly go where many have gone before, but where I have to make my own way despite all the potential roads already built there.
