Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Story Sale to Liquid Imagination!

From the Speakers: BATMAN BEGINS SCORE by Hans Zimmer
Just Read: CITY OF ASHES by Cassandra Clare--Similar to the first book, the tone of the writing put me off in places, but overall it was a great plot. Not annoyed to stop reading her stuff so I guess she's doing something right!
Reading Now: CITY OF GLASS by Cassandra Clare

Week 9's story sold yesterday to Liquid Imagination! It's a flash fiction story about a man at the end of his life, and the strange things he remembers as his dying thoughts.

I work in a place where sick people sometimes come to die, and that can be a difficult thing to be around. Once in a while, I wonder how my coworkers, who don't have writing as a cathartic element, cope with being around so much death. I suppose you can become numb to anything. I'm not numb yet though, not even close, and most of me hopes never to be.

So what I do is write. And when my patient got to a point where there was little more we could do for him, I sat down with a pen and wrote this story in a flurry of ink and emotion. Twenty minutes later, I felt better; I had turned distress into something positive, something productive. That story meant something, you know? Not all do, but this one did.

And now, thanks to the fine people over at Liquid Imagination, you'll be able to read it soon! I'll post the link as soon as it's available.

Also, many thanks to my Write1Sub1 buddies like Milo James Fowler, who posted about this and other magazines that I previously didn't know existed. So far the 2012 count is 16 stories written, 10 rejections, 2 acceptances, many still out there waiting to hear back. I hope to keep the good news rolling in.

Fingers crossed, people, fingers crossed.

11 comments:

  1. Congratulations on the sale. I look forward to reading it.

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  2. Thanks! Can't wait to hear what you think. :)

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  3. Very cool to know the story behind your story. The best thing about Liquid Imagination for me has been having the incomparable Robert Eccles read my work for the audio portion. It's something special.

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  4. Awesome! I hope to hear my stuff as well, that would be crazy cool.

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  5. Congratulations on the sale, and on meeting your W1S1 goals.

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  6. Congrats on W1S1 and also for the sale!

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  7. Congrats on meeting your goals and selling a story, especially one that had such personal meaning. I hadn't heard about Liquid Imagination before either, but it looks really cool and I look forward to seeing your story there.

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  8. ...AND well done on reaching your April Write1Sub1 goals!

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  9. Congrats on meeting your April W1S1 goals and the story sale to Liquid Imagination.

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  10. Thanks everyone! I love the support from fellow W1S1 writers! Hope you all get a chance to read it when it comes out and let me know what you think.

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