So I’ve had another story published! This is a great and awesome thing, and I’m incredibly proud of myself – and of everyone else involved, especially Lucy Felthouse, editor extraordinaire and a good mate whom I have yet to meet.
The short story is a piece of erotica, my second foray into this genre and (I think) a step up in quality from my first (which appeared in this anthology). It’s called ‘Beltane Fire’, an account of a Beltane ritual that might have taken place in the days before Christianity arrived in Britain, and it appears in La Felthouse’s second anthology, ‘Seducing the Myth’.
The rest of the anthology is made up of stories by a great selection of authors – new and established, male and female – and I had the privilege of reading it before publication in my professional capacity as proofreader. I’m proud to be associated with the book, and with all the authors – great work, y’all!
The book is available at a number of sites online and is gathering a fair bit of attention; I believe there’s also a paperback version due out soon. I’m still not convinced that erotica is my forte, but it seems to be the only place I’m getting published at the moment, so hey – I’ll take that and run with it, as far as I can… I do have some other things in the pipeline, as they say, but for now – ladies and gentlemen, I give you ‘Seducing the Myth’!
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Awesome news!! I’m so jealous of you writing. Where do you find time, how do you make it? I think I actually have time, to be honest, but I just can’t seem to get in the headspace to write. It’s so bizarre to me, since I do enjoy writing.
Anyway. Enough about me. This is exciting! Congratulations!!
Honestly? I don’t, not really. I do suffer from lack of time and headspace – writing is painfully slow, because whenever I sit down there’s always someone or something else demanding my time/attention/whatever. And I include the internet in that, and make no excuses for my pathetic inability to concentrate on anything when TweetDeck is running in the background.
Also, I take rejection badly and lose heart, being easily convinced that my work is, in fact, a bit crap. This is largely why my total published oeuvre amounts to two short stories. Not great, really – but better than nothing…
Indeed better than nothing! I too get dejected, and didn’t take my story not placing in the contest worse than I thought I would. i thought it would be okay and I was just proud I got something written. But I haven’t written since, mostly because I suddenly felt all my stuff is crap, too. And, I guess, I don’t feel like it, aside from being addicted to the internet too.