For the last couple months I’ve been writing a pair of short stories, and today I finally submitted one of them. It’s a single-market submission (if the place I submitted it doesn’t want it, then nobody else will), but that’s okay. It still feels good to have something out in the ether again.
The submission software said that it will be about 11 weeks for them to get back to me (which is pretty quickly, tragically, compared to what I’m used to), but that’s plenty of time for me to switch tracks to the novel and the short movie I want to shoot. Gosh, so much to do!
I also want to point out that the submission word count maximum was 5,000 words, and I hit 4,995. I am very pleased with myself over that! The original draft was over 6,000 words, so it was a lot of painful cutting, but I think the final story is really quite good.
But it’s done and submitted now, so time to work on the next thing!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!