News: Rejection and Fighting off Writer's Block

1/27/14

• Dreamspinner Press did not accept Third Time's The Charm for their Juicy Bits anthology.  :'(   Rejection's never fun, but since it's always a learning experience I can never complain about it.  Magnified was rejected by LT3 and look at what it's since grown in to!  Now I have to decide what to do with Third Time's.  It's too short to resubmit elsewhere.  Do I try to write a part two to make it long enough?  Or, should I release it as a free story?  Would LT3 take it as a freebee, or do I need to delve into the intricacies of cover art and formatting?  Should I try self publishing?  There are too many options!!!  Does anyone have any suggestions? 
  
  
• On the writing front I am currently fighting off the bite of writer's block.  It's not that I'm stuck, it's that I need the next bit of important plot in all of my stories.  I need to build up to an action sequence in Magnified, but since I don't actually know what action is about to happen how can I?  In The Oracle's Golem I'm trying to decide if the plot would function better from two different perspectives.  Ge-Mi needs a touch more oomph to carry it to the next big romance scene and If A Butterfly Don't Fly won't be flying anywhere without a ton more research.  In desperation, I've dusted off The Red Apple Witch, a fairytale I've been working on for ages and haven't had the motivation to write the last 5k that's been sitting untouched in my head for months.  Finishing it and thereby getting it off my to-do list might galvanize my brain into breaking free of its funk!  It's worth a try, at least. 
  
  
• Rocking Hard Volume 2 is available for pre-order.  Don't miss your chance to get a 15% discount today.  My story, My Truest Love, is in there.