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Well, I just finished a first draft of one of my best short stories ever, and my first really good short story in about six months.
Unfortunately, it's wrist-slittingly depressing, so the chance of getting published in that Air Canada magazine (first prize for the CBC Quebec Short Story contest) is next to nil.
Plus, I discovered that they've further cut the word count. For the Quebec Short Story Contest, it's 1200 words maximum. That isn't even a grocery list. That's a haiku.
I'll try submiting it to the CBC national Short Story Contest, where the maximum is 2500 words. Apparently CBC thinks that English-speaking Canadians outside Quebec have longer attention spans.
Yeah, I know -- it's probably a difference of resources, but it's still frustrating.
Also, I have been almost two-thirds of the way through Roughing it in the Bush for 5 days. Susanna Moodie is officially more boring than than a golf game being commentated on by economists. I'm rereading Prisoner of Azkaban to clear my mental palette.
Unfortunately, it's wrist-slittingly depressing, so the chance of getting published in that Air Canada magazine (first prize for the CBC Quebec Short Story contest) is next to nil.
Plus, I discovered that they've further cut the word count. For the Quebec Short Story Contest, it's 1200 words maximum. That isn't even a grocery list. That's a haiku.
I'll try submiting it to the CBC national Short Story Contest, where the maximum is 2500 words. Apparently CBC thinks that English-speaking Canadians outside Quebec have longer attention spans.
Yeah, I know -- it's probably a difference of resources, but it's still frustrating.
Also, I have been almost two-thirds of the way through Roughing it in the Bush for 5 days. Susanna Moodie is officially more boring than than a golf game being commentated on by economists. I'm rereading Prisoner of Azkaban to clear my mental palette.
