Blew the cobwebs off a story for that anthology project I mentioned last week, made some tweaks, adjustments, and updates, and sent it out.
I had my doubts about the wisdom of this. It’s an older piece, and I found myself cringing at much in the opening pages. It struck me as horribly amateurish. I certainly wouldn’t write it today the way I did then. But the ending still pays off in an unexpected way, so I figured it might be salvageable. I went through it and tried to tidy up the first half without completely rewriting the thing, all the while telling myself that just because I write differently now doesn’t mean I should scrap the whole shebang.
Or is that another famous Rotundo Rationalization? You decide.
Anyway, its out again, so I suppose I’ll know soon enough.
And while I was fiddling with that story, part of my brain was pondering the impending rewrite of From Earth I Have Arisen. I think I’ve hit upon a key piece of character motivation that might be what I need to put this story over the top. So that’s next on the agenda.
Well, that, and taxes. No, I still haven’t gotten my expenses in order. Sigh.
Write Club update: One week to a bounce from F & SF.
Right. Where are those receipts again . . . ?
