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Written a Short Story? Can’t get it Published? Like to See it Published? – Well Now You Can!
We are looking for twelve short stories to be made up into a compilation book. The stories must be original and your own work and may contain up to a maximum of 5,000 words.
This book, provisionally entitled Modern Fiction will be aimed at family audiences, so erotic and broad-minded work would not be suitable here, and neither will we accept racist or overly violent work of any kind.
Interested?
The book will be published when all the space is taken and will have an ISBN, full colour cover, and be available through Amazon, Ebay, Ebid.net, Barnes and Noble, WH Smith, Borders, Tesco Online, Waterstones online, Alibris, Abe, and many other sellers.
Each writer will have a brief biography prior to their story, including details of experience and any writing successes to date (if any) and each writer’s name will be featured prominently on the front cover.
One copy of the finished work will be delivered to each contributor and additional copies will be available to purchase at 25% below the retail price. Writers could give these away as presents, sell them, or show them to families and friends.
To offset the cost each contributor would need to pay 25.00 pounds sterling or 40.00 US Dollars, but this is an excellent way to get your name in print, to see your name on a book for sale at all the main online stores, and to add to your CV when trying to sell your future work.
No payments would be made to the writers for the stories at any point.
The finished book will be the copyright of TrackerDog Media. The individual stories shall still remain the copyright of each individual author, who would remain free to do whatever they wished with their stories.
Still interested? We hope so. You won’t need to send any money now, just wap an email to supalife@aol.com stating that you are interested in contributing toward the first copy of Modern Fiction. We will email you back with time schedules and further information on how to submit your stories.
If you have always wanted to see your name in print and have struggled to find a publisher, or complete a book, then here is an ideal way forward for you. We hope you will join us.
Which Comes First - Short Story Or Novel?
By David Silva |
A writer writes.
Bet you've heard that one before.
Or maybe this one: if you want to be a writer, first you write one word, then you write the next.
Both of these old clichés are true, of course. That's how they turned into clichés. But there's another dilemma a beginning creative writer often finds himself facing: do I write short stories or novels?
Writing novels is almost always the end goal. You'll find exceptions---such as Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison, who primary built their careers writing short stories---but the vast majority of successful storytellers are novelists.
The real question then is this: do I jump into novel writing with both feet or do I test the waters first by writing short stories?
Generally, beginning writers don't understand that these are two very different forms. They see writing a short story as easier, less intimidating. At a cursory glance, it's hard to argue with that. But if you ask a writer successful in both forms, he'll almost always tell you that short stories pose a much more difficult task.
Why?
Because you're working on a small canvas.
The novel is a wall mural. It's expansive. You have time to fully develop your characters. There's room for movement, for growth and change, for surprises and insights, for looking back as well as looking forward.
The short story is an 8x10 landscape. It's a moment in time when your character faces a critical point in his or her existence, a moment that changes everything. In a glimpse, readers must believe in your characters, in the crisis they face, in the choices they make. It's a tiny, one-dimensional surface that must appear three-dimensional.
With that understanding, starting out writing short stories can still be a good proving ground for a writer. You learn quickly what works and what doesn't. You learn to write tight, to pack as much meat into as few words as possible. You learn to capture the core make up of your characters.
All very valuable lessons for both the short story writer and the novelist.
David B. Silva
The Successful Writer
http://thesuccessfulwriter.com
Copyright 2005
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