I started talking about Trust Issues quite a while ago, so it might be time for an update.
We are officially in the edit stage
It’s edit time, and I find it all terribly exciting to be on the other side of the desk. I’m getting to be the author responding to editor comments and working on my own manuscript! I’ve passed it back and forth once with my editors, and their reactions are favorable so far. What surprises me is which stories they like… little unassuming stories that have been hiding in the back. You’ll see. I’m going to be interested to find out which stories different people like for what reasons.
It works as a collection–and it’s surprisingly timely
What I find as I read these stories again is how they hang together as a collection. That surprises me, and it also surprises me how topical the stories are. That’s sad. I’ve been writing this stuff for a lot of years, and it means not much has changed.
As I began assembling a collection of short stories, I discovered a few things. One of those was that I had written quite a bit over the last decade or two. I had to prune away a bunch of fun little stories that may or may not ever find a home. But what was left is … a lot of strong women on their own. Hardheaded, I like to call them.
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