WIP Wednesday. I Slack.

Before I start, check out "Everything in its Place" at 10Flash--a new online magazine of flash fiction. (It will soften the blow when I reveal the pathetic nature of my WIP...)

Okay, I'm joining the WIP Wednesday club.

My WIP? Um...

I did put together a site dedicated to all the freebies I've posted. Free is something I can really support. Free is the new cheap. Check out Dark Flotsam for audio, video, and free fiction. I've posted a new story, "Empty", that had originally appeared in Candlelight, #1 last year.

But that isn't a WIP, is it?

I wrote a synopsis for Rock Gods and Scary Monsters last night. I've been avoiding certain markets/agents because of the synopsis requirement, but alas...it would eventually come to this.

But that isn't a WIP, is it?

I resurrected a short story (an early, lame attempt at horror). It is now flash-length (500 words), not scary at all, and off to some literary-type markets in submission land.

But...well, you get the picture.

So my WIP? Tentatively titled The Neither, it stands at 300 words. I'm shooting for 80K. Guess I have some work to do, huh?

(Oh...and Cate won the guessing game. It was a bit from the cover art for Fifty-Two Stitches. I promise to post more later.)

Sorry, Fred's Busy

Remember Fred? I introduced him in this post (in which I recommend the best book on writing short fiction, Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight). By the way, "Admiral Atlantic's Guerrilla Marketing" is now in the Land of Dead Stories. I guess it didn't find a home. (RIP, Admiral)

But Fred can't come to the blog right now. He's busy.

I'm working on two short stories (both about half done) and a flash piece that I want to finish before Fred comes running up from the basement and takes over my life. My self-imposed deadline is Friday.

What's Fred doing, you ask? He's working. He's doing that thing that he does--putting together stories. Fred is busy plotting my next novel.

Don't bother him.