tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post3752901264201301251..comments2024-02-21T11:30:24.035-06:00Comments on Scribbling into the Abyss: Recommended Short Stories OnlineNayadMonroehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371487102170568713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post-76007533053904384072012-05-08T20:37:21.693-05:002012-05-08T20:37:21.693-05:00First, thank you! I rarely write about "writi...First, thank you! I rarely write about "writing" actually and when I do it's more of a "here's what I'm struggling with" thing and not a how to. I agree, there are many blogs out there discussing the same things over and over. I read your post on that too, I believe. <br /><br />I think it's a great "problem" to have when the stories are too big for stories. I always had the opposite problem. In the past few years I wrote four 25,000 WIPs that sort of died a natural death at that point. Even an outline couldn't push them to a good enough plot that merited anyone reading 80,000 words. I have written two full novels, but they're terrible. Just need a fiction break, I guess!<br /><br />Luckily there are genres and readers for all kinds of writers. <br /><br />So glad to be getting to you know you a bit more off of Twitter. This is the "stuff" that I love about blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post-5929184106920798952012-05-08T19:33:04.562-05:002012-05-08T19:33:04.562-05:00Hi Nina! The short story writing keeps leading me ...Hi Nina! The short story writing keeps leading me back to novel writing. I get an idea, work on figuring it out for a while, and whoops! It turns into something too long for a short story. So now I feel like I SHOULD write a post about that, but I'm on the other side of the fiction v. blogging decision, feeling like I need more time for fiction. <br /><br />I often feel like the writers online are all talking over the same writing-oriented material again and again, so I go through phases of tuning it out for a while until I can get enthusiastic about it again. Seems to help!<br /><br />I love reading your blog, btw. You come up with some really thoughtful posts, and I appreciate looking at things through your worldview.NayadMonroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371487102170568713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post-29399151743942443942012-05-08T13:56:37.389-05:002012-05-08T13:56:37.389-05:00I saw your tweet about my post today--thanks so mu...I saw your tweet about my post today--thanks so much. How's it going with the short story writing? Do you agree that the world sometimes seems so insular--like all of us wanting to publish there and the editors or anything involved in the lit journals are a tiny world sort of talking to ourselves? It's a negative take, but I can't help feeling that way.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just crabby today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post-17302531004181636182012-02-06T10:58:53.049-06:002012-02-06T10:58:53.049-06:00Hi, I've been listening to a lot of short stor...Hi, I've been listening to a lot of short stories via podcasts this year. Some of my favorites included "The Judge's Right Hand," by J.S. Bangs on Beneath Ceaseless skies; "The Cartogrpaher Wasps and the Anarchist Bees," by E. Lily Yu and "The Book of Pheonix Excerpted from The Great Book," By Nnedi Okorafor on Clarkesworld; "You Have Been Turned into a Zombie by a Friend," by Jeramiah Tolbert; "Her Husband's Hands," Adam Troycastro (SP?) by on Lightspeed; Lastly, "A Hunter's Ode to His Bait" by Carrie Vaughn on PodCastleRebecca Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106833968049845658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662198317776145657.post-20916291170387278742012-02-04T22:50:09.358-06:002012-02-04T22:50:09.358-06:00Hey there, I took the challenge and read them. Wo...Hey there, I took the challenge and read them. Wonderful selection.Jude-Marie Greenhttp://judemariegreen.wikispaces.comnoreply@blogger.com