Monday, July 13, 2009

A Pair of Links - A Pair of Markets

I ran across these rules about the process of writing. They're called Heinlein's Rules and the author of the essay is Robert J. Sawyer. I loved rule number three which pretty much says, "stop tinkering with the damn thing and send it out". You'll find the rules here http://sfwriter.com/ow05.htm

And there's a lovely essay here http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/07/characters-and-direction.html about writing and allowing the characters to move your stories.

With a hat tip to Keith Rawson there's Fried Chicken and Coffee. A site that's looking for rural stories. There's no pay, but the owner is a professional editor, so expect to be edited. http://www.friedchickenandcoffee.com/

And this one was posted on the SMFS list. It's called QuarterFlash and they're looking for flash stories up to 1000 words but no poetry, sci-fi or fantasy. I'm guessing that mystery/crime stories might be a fit. Here's the url http://quarterflashfiction.blogspot.com/ This will be a quarterly pdf zine. No pay for this one either.

4 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

I understand that Good Housekeeping is running a short story contest this month with a $3000 prize. I think the story has to be about a woman. Must check it out.

sandra seamans said...

That sound great, Patti! I checked their website but couldn't find anything. Guess I'll have to spring for an issue.

I used to read Good Housekeeping all the time, until they dropped their fiction.

pattinase (abbott) said...

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/real/short-story-contest?click=main_sr

sandra seamans said...

thanks, Patti, I'll check it out.