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Postby Haibane Shadsie » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:44 pm

Hello. No, I'm not posting a story here today...

I'm asking for a little help.

I've decided that, maybe, just mabye, I might try to submit some of my short stories to publications. I was looking in the back of my 2003 Writer's Club (yeah, I know as of now it's slightly outdated, but I can't afford to get a 2004 guide right now)... and looking at Science Fiction and Fantasy publishers, not the book publishers but the short story publications...

I saw one that might be promising... a Christian sci-fi/fantasy publication... My current short stories, though... aren't always specifically Christian... they have heavy elements, but are things I consider secular/to be welcomed in a secular market. There are those magazines, too...

Anyway, what has kept me from submitting short stories to places for years is... Not thinking that my stories are good enough and wanting to build a base of several short stories so that if a magazine rejects one, I can send another right away, or for if I run into any place that wants one to submit several stories...

Now... I am thinking that I'm possibly good enough in my writing for this... (and I did have a story published in a small, unpaid zine once)... However, I still have the problem of worrying if any of my stories are good enough.

I would like... if anyone is willing... for people to go to the "Short Stories" section of my main website http://rhlem.net and read the stories, or, if you have read the stories there - I would like to know what are the best stories, which one(s) are your favorites, which one(s) would be most promising to submit somewhere.

I am sorry if this is advertising... this is just a favor I'm asking of those here who follow my writing - help in a serious writerly undertaking.
"We will never give up and despair, for we are on a mission from God." __ Hellsing, Vol. 2.
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Postby MillyFan » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:52 pm

I'll be doing that today :)
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Postby true_noir_chloe » Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:23 pm

Right off the bat, I'd try and sell "Dry" to Arizona Highways. I really like that one. ^_^ However, I'll try and look through your stuff throughout the next week when I have more time. I hope you the best on this endeavor, Shadsie. :thumb:

[size=84][color=seagreen]YOU SEE


You see into the deepest part of me ---

beyond the fog I hide behind.

You cast your light upon the shadows

that stretch like cobwebs in my mind.

You ease the pain when I am hurting,

and morbid visions from my past

pierce into the realm of Reason

as though I danced on blades of glass.

You grant me strength when I have fallen

and, once again, I've lost my way.

You take my hand in Yours and lead me

into the promise of a brand new day.

You bring order to all my chaos,

yet set my well-laid plans awry.

You place me on a firm foundation ---

then give me wings so I can fly.

You sand away my roughened edges

and polish all the dullest parts

until I stand before Your presence...

a newly-sculpted work of art.

You see into the heart within me,

right through my motives and selfish will.

And yet, in spite of all You see

You say You love me even still.


~by D.M.~

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Postby MillyFan » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:59 pm

I TOTALLY agree with Valerie about "Dry." That is. . .absolutely great. In fact. . .I honestly think it could make National Geographic or Reader's Digest as well as Arizona Highways. :)

Reading more now. :)
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