So Excited

And I just can’t hide it!

Look, I’ve done this before. I should be over it by now.

I gotta check my email again.

Nope. Still nothing.

So for the last few years I’ve almost exclusively focused on self-publishing. That means that, for the most part, I get to move at my own speed. I don’t have to wait for someone else to get back to me. I know what I write will be published.

Last week, though, I saw some calls for stories that made me go, “Hm.”

It’s never a safe thing when a writer goes, “Hm.”

So I’ve sent a few more short stories out. I have no idea if they’ll be purchased. I have no idea what the market for short stories even really looks like anymore, as it’s not been my focus.

But when I focused on short stories lo, those many years ago, I jumped anytime my phone informed me I had an email. Was it one of the markets? Were they getting back to me? Did they accept the story?

Now, going back to it for a few stories, after having a literal bookshelf of my own novels on my wall, I thought that I could send these out and be done with it. Just let those percolate in the background while I got to work on the next novel.

Yeah. That didn’t work.

So, if you’re wondering if writers still get excited about sending out stories even after having published over a dozen novels?

Yeah. Apparently we do.