Things done quickly

Well, I worked up one of my short-shorts and sent it off to Every Day Fiction. It took them all of about five hours to send it back, with comments. Let's just say ... not favorable. I have this thing about cliches ... I like them - I guess I like to try to find new angles at them, but the problem with that is that if you miss, you have nothing new at all, just the cliche itself. Note to self. Things done quickly have the dependable tendency to fail. Oh well. It was interesting to get comments back, and with the reviewers' names on them, no less. Always worth knowing who says what - helps to know who's worth listening to. Editing's a hard job, and sending the comments is extra work, so I'm impressed that they do it.

Every Day Fiction

For those of you that haven't heard, there is a great new project going on over at Every Day Fiction. In the same self-explanatory vein as "One Story", Every Day Fiction is one flash fiction story, every day, in your email box. It's free, and so far, the three stories in the series have been fantastic. Today's, "Lolita's Lynch Mob" by Sarah Hilary, is my favorite so far. It's a really brilliant little tale, which reminds me of "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale", one of my favorite Gaiman shorts. It has that same feeling of playing with something you don't understand, and realizing too late that it wasn't such a great idea. Any more and I'd ruin it. Anyway, I was considering submitting to EDF already, especially after frequent blog reader Camille encouraged me to do so. But, now, after this story, I am definitely going to concentrate on getting into this club. Go there and subscribe. You won't regret it.