A Question for Fellow Writers About Book Publishing

Trollheart · 08-27-2022, 07:23 PM

Cool. I can send it when you want it. I have about forty pretty good short stories, mostly of the science fiction/fantasy/horror genre, though I do have one about an old woman waiting for death in the Blitz, which I think came out really well. I wouldn't want to swamp you so let me know how many you want me to send. Some are very short (100 words or less) and some are very long (maybe up to 50,000 or thereabouts).

Thanks a mill! Also let me know if you want me to send via PM or email them to you (in the latter case I would need your email address duh) and what the best format is for you (most if not all are in OpenOffice format). I did collect them in an e-book but nobody seems to be able to open it for some reason (is God trying to tell me something? Oh no wait: he doesn't exist)...

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 08-31-2022, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Cool. I can send it when you want it. I have about forty pretty good short stories, mostly of the science fiction/fantasy/horror genre, though I do have one about an old woman waiting for death in the Blitz, which I think came out really well. I wouldn't want to swamp you so let me know how many you want me to send. Some are very short (100 words or less) and some are very long (maybe up to 50,000 or thereabouts).

Thanks a mill! Also let me know if you want me to send via PM or email them to you (in the latter case I would need your email address duh) and what the best format is for you (most if not all are in OpenOffice format). I did collect them in an e-book but nobody seems to be able to open it for some reason (is God trying to tell me something? Oh no wait: he doesn't exist)...

Do you have my email? I'll send it through PM anyway? Send me 10 at a time to look through. Are you happy if I critique them?

Trollheart · 08-31-2022, 07:31 PM

Oh absolutely. I've had a little criticism on some of them already, but any new insight is always good. Just, you know, if the criticism is too harsh, be sure to check under your car every morning...

I'll go trawl through them and see which are best to send first. Thanks a mill!

Plankton · 09-01-2022, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Cool. I can send it when you want it. I have about forty pretty good short stories, mostly of the science fiction/fantasy/horror genre, though I do have one about an old woman waiting for death in the Blitz, which I think came out really well. I wouldn't want to swamp you so let me know how many you want me to send. Some are very short (100 words or less) and some are very long (maybe up to 50,000 or thereabouts).

Thanks a mill! Also let me know if you want me to send via PM or email them to you (in the latter case I would need your email address duh) and what the best format is for you (most if not all are in OpenOffice format). I did collect them in an e-book but nobody seems to be able to open it for some reason (is God trying to tell me something? Oh no wait: he doesn't exist)...

I was just going by this. Throw your best at me.

Trollheart · 09-01-2022, 01:19 PM

Well, yeah, it came out well, which was a bit of a triumph for me as it has no "genre" content at all - no sci-fi, spec fic, horror or fantasy - and I don't generally write those sort of stories, so I was pleased with what I did get. As for my best? Hard to say - they're all ****e really.

I'll scrape the gunk off one of the less terrible ones and send it your way. And maybe that one too, in case you're curious - I think it's about four pages or something. Quite short.

08-27-2022, 07:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Cool. I can send it when you want it. I have about forty pretty good short stories, mostly of the science fiction/fantasy/horror genre, though I do have one about an old woman waiting for death in the Blitz, which I think came out really well. I wouldn't want to swamp you so let me know how many you want me to send. Some are very short (100 words or less) and some are very long (maybe up to 50,000 or thereabouts). Thanks a mill! Also let me know if you want me to send via PM or email them to you (in the latter case I would need your email address duh) and what the best format is for you (most if not all are in OpenOffice format). I did collect them in an e-book but nobody seems to be able to open it for some reason (is God trying to tell me something? Oh no wait: he doesn't exist)... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

08-31-2022, 07:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Oh absolutely. I've had a little criticism on some of them already, but any new insight is always good. Just, you know, if the criticism is too harsh, be sure to check under your car every morning... I'll go trawl through them and see which are best to send first. Thanks a mill! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-01-2022, 01:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Well, yeah, it came out well, which was a bit of a triumph for me as it has no "genre" content at all - no sci-fi, spec fic, horror or fantasy - and I don't generally write those sort of stories, so I was pleased with what I did get. As for my best? Hard to say - they're all ***e really. I'll scrape the gunk off one of the less terrible ones and send it your way. And maybe that one too, in case you're curious - I think it's about four pages or something. Quite short. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*