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Meme from Tiffany Trent
Oct. 30th, 2007 01:50 amI got this over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tltrent's and realized she probably didn't want it completed in her comments section.
1. Unpublished completed works:
Novels:
Safari Scarab - This is the first novel I ever wrote (finished in high school), and I think I'd like to do a full rewrite, giving it an entirely different setting, but leaving the plot and character motivations largely the same.
Short Stories:
I've given up counting the number of times my short stories have been rejected. Note: I've submitted them all to Glimmer Train, but none have been accepted there. The ones currently making the rounds are:
"Autumn Leaves" -- a story about identity, family, and the power of myth, sort of
"Moving Back to Europe" -- a story about conflict avoidance and learning how to actually face problems instead of turning away
"Rocks" -- a true fable about a boy, a rock, a shaman, and a journey
"Nomi's Wish" -- my very favorite of my pieces, about two sisters traveling on the Isle of Man, trying to get close to the storyteller they both loved as children
"The Valley" -- a near-horror story, out with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
t_e_o_p right now, so I can hope it'll change categories soon!
"Leaving Moscow" -- I need to scan this in, since the electronic copy is gone; it's based on a Chekov play, The Three Sisters, which may be such an obscure reference that it never really comes through
2. Unpublished Incomplete Works
Novel: Children of Gods - Tentative title, as it's not done, and I don't actually want to *write* the synopsis, though apparently I can tell the whole story in person, which I did this weekend. I'm not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign.
3. Solicited Unfinished Works
Nonfiction-
A solicited but not yet begun interview with a local environmentalist for CTGreenScene, where I hope to become a regular contributor; reviews of Ilona Andrew's Magic Bites, Patricia McKillip's Solstice Wood, Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely, and assorted books on mythology for School Library Journal.
4. Published Works:
Novels: Into the Reach and Departure for White Silver. Regaining Home is somewhere in the ether between unpublished and published.
Comics: Cowboys and Aliens 2 for Platinum. Worlds at War, which is now its own seperate comic, is on its way. Maybe December or January.
RPG stuff: Gallia, Steampunk Musha RPG, and various contributions to other books
So, I changed the meme around a bit to sort of encompass what it is I'm actually working on. But the easiest thing to notice here is that while I've been published through solicitation, the stuff I've actually had to shop around has been hard to place with the right home. Which should be encouraging to folks who are shopping stuff around--I think that's really the hardest part of the whole process.
tltrent's and realized she probably didn't want it completed in her comments section.1. Unpublished completed works:
Novels:
Safari Scarab - This is the first novel I ever wrote (finished in high school), and I think I'd like to do a full rewrite, giving it an entirely different setting, but leaving the plot and character motivations largely the same.
Short Stories:
I've given up counting the number of times my short stories have been rejected. Note: I've submitted them all to Glimmer Train, but none have been accepted there. The ones currently making the rounds are:
"Autumn Leaves" -- a story about identity, family, and the power of myth, sort of
"Moving Back to Europe" -- a story about conflict avoidance and learning how to actually face problems instead of turning away
"Rocks" -- a true fable about a boy, a rock, a shaman, and a journey
"Nomi's Wish" -- my very favorite of my pieces, about two sisters traveling on the Isle of Man, trying to get close to the storyteller they both loved as children
"The Valley" -- a near-horror story, out with
t_e_o_p right now, so I can hope it'll change categories soon!"Leaving Moscow" -- I need to scan this in, since the electronic copy is gone; it's based on a Chekov play, The Three Sisters, which may be such an obscure reference that it never really comes through
2. Unpublished Incomplete Works
Novel: Children of Gods - Tentative title, as it's not done, and I don't actually want to *write* the synopsis, though apparently I can tell the whole story in person, which I did this weekend. I'm not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign.
3. Solicited Unfinished Works
Nonfiction-
A solicited but not yet begun interview with a local environmentalist for CTGreenScene, where I hope to become a regular contributor; reviews of Ilona Andrew's Magic Bites, Patricia McKillip's Solstice Wood, Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely, and assorted books on mythology for School Library Journal.
4. Published Works:
Novels: Into the Reach and Departure for White Silver. Regaining Home is somewhere in the ether between unpublished and published.
Comics: Cowboys and Aliens 2 for Platinum. Worlds at War, which is now its own seperate comic, is on its way. Maybe December or January.
RPG stuff: Gallia, Steampunk Musha RPG, and various contributions to other books
So, I changed the meme around a bit to sort of encompass what it is I'm actually working on. But the easiest thing to notice here is that while I've been published through solicitation, the stuff I've actually had to shop around has been hard to place with the right home. Which should be encouraging to folks who are shopping stuff around--I think that's really the hardest part of the whole process.
