writing

Am hovering at 95 for those stories. Trying, trying to get to 100 before I leave. Have one week.

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I'm going to collaborate with another writer. Am hoping this works out; he's way talented and, quite honestly, has the information I need to flesh the work out. I'm very excited to be attempting this.

Two more works I'm possibly going to be collaborating on with two other writers as well. We'll see how this first one goes though.

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I have a story right now that I consider my "prize." Every now and then, I write a story that I hold above the rest that I'm working on. "The Preacher's Daughter" holds that current status. It got rejected from the first print magazine I sent it to, but wow what a rejection.

"I was so moved (so moved underlined) by 'The Preacher's Daughter'-- it angered me and broke my heart at the same time. . . " and then it goes on to suggest that I take the work from a flash to a full story because I have "rich material" to work with. And "try us again" and of course I will submit again and directly to that editor.

What I'm not going to do is make the story longer, although it would be fascinating to delve further into the lives of those characters. The reason why is the same reason it's a flash to begin with --I have so little time!