This morning I wrote the first two sentences of a short story. A title popped into my head: NOW AND THEN. An old man, of course, a title full of multiple meanings. We'll see if I finish it. I've been thinking of returning to the short form where I began. More manageable. In practical terms, they are best to launch a career ... agents were writing me for a novel after my short stories began to appear and win awards in the late 60s, early 70s, but by then I had fled to playwriting.
I have another beginning I like, written right after H's heart attack. Two stories that are "new" to me and short enough to manage. Maybe I'll givem them a dance.
Old age is something new, that's for sure ... well, not in the universe but to the individual. The lost purse experience was scary. H found it before she totally lost it, thank the gods.
I worry about it. She also is beginning to lose her balance. She is older than I am and it shows.
Baking bread, then buttermilk rolls. Something positive done today!
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For kicks, looked up PRISM INTERNATIONAL. When I began writing short fiction, I wanted to publish here and in THE LITERARY REVIEW because these two had international audiences and content and were highly respected. I made both.
Well, I discovered the archives there have just been digitized! I added a link to my 3 stories there in another post. They have become very high tech ... prefer online submissions, for example. In my day, they paid $5 a printed page ... now it's $20. If I finish a story, I may send it there.
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I have another beginning I like, written right after H's heart attack. Two stories that are "new" to me and short enough to manage. Maybe I'll givem them a dance.
Old age is something new, that's for sure ... well, not in the universe but to the individual. The lost purse experience was scary. H found it before she totally lost it, thank the gods.
I worry about it. She also is beginning to lose her balance. She is older than I am and it shows.
Baking bread, then buttermilk rolls. Something positive done today!
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For kicks, looked up PRISM INTERNATIONAL. When I began writing short fiction, I wanted to publish here and in THE LITERARY REVIEW because these two had international audiences and content and were highly respected. I made both.
Well, I discovered the archives there have just been digitized! I added a link to my 3 stories there in another post. They have become very high tech ... prefer online submissions, for example. In my day, they paid $5 a printed page ... now it's $20. If I finish a story, I may send it there.
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