Took my chance

[cornerofmadness]

I sent Riding with Strangers to Samhain publishing for their Sexy Shifters anthology. Now Samhain is a topnotch online publisher so I'm not expecting to get in, not really. I've known a lot of people who've tried and failed. I won't be hurt (much) if I fail. I'm pretty happy with this story and if I can't find a home for it here, I'm sure I could puff it back up just a little word count wise and send it out to other places.

this is the first nano fic I have ever tried to publish. I'm getting much closer to finishing two of my previous nano YA novels, which makes me grin like you can't believe.

I even found the sequel to Machiavelli Moon. Last time I played with it was in 2000 and there isn't much to it. But I think I wanted the one character that escaped at the end of MM to be the lead villan here, kidnapping werewolf children. That means a) I should actually mention in MM that Wicahpi has a daughter he's really never seen b) actually establish that villian BETTER in MM.

Also it was going to be setin New Orleans. Even when I started this in the mid 90's that was getting to be old hat. Now it's totally cliche. What vampire/werewolf thing isn't set there? Rice's, Brite's, even Harris' Sookie Stackhouse is from LA. However, that I think I can easily fix using Hurricane Katherina. The two werewolves in this (that aren't from SD) can have been displaced to Orlando that way I can retain some Cajun culture but use a slightly less overdone setting (and the funny part is the two characters I stole these from were my own werewolves who DID live in Florida...)

Mardi Gras....more on that tonight. better go make dinner.

Comments

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

Wow. If you had to estimate, how many novels do you think you've written in a lifetime?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no clue but gotten 'this' close to completion about 8

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

That's still alot. Good luck.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[mjules.livejournal.com]

If Samhain doesn't take it, fluff it out and send it to Loose Id and Dreamspinner. If I know you, you won't have any trouble at all adding a few ten thousand words to it. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort, no probably not

thanks

[married-n-mich.livejournal.com]

Good luck and keep me posted!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you, will do

[anything-really.livejournal.com]

Kinda random but I find I had to comment on my absolute adoration of how your Music is NCIS.
Also Keep hope optimism is always a good thing to have =)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha NCIS is often my 'music'

and yes I will thank you

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Happy Fat Tuesday and good luck with your submission!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with your submission - I'll be rootin for ya!

(P.S. if you get a chance, email me the story in full so I can have the missing pages and I'll print it up at work: violetcrumbles at gmail.com)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hm i already emailed it there once at least a week ago.

and thanks

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well I haven't seen it yet - Lemme check the spam folder and all that, make sure it wasn't mis-routed.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

if it's not there let me know

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the publishing! I am in awe that you've completed so much, I struggle to complete a short story.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you very much. fiction comes easily to me.

editing said fiction does not

[sita-137.livejournal.com]

That's awesome news about getting original fiction done; it's good that you're focused again!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

very good thank you

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks