Took my chance
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cornerofmadnessI 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.
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.
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