sold: I'm Running

[realthog]

This is kind of oldish news, but I forgot to post anything about it until reminded by the recent sale of two book projects, one a reissue and one a newie (more on these later). David Fitzpatrick has been kind enough to buy for his anthology Salacious Tales my rude story "I'm Running".

A while back I decided it might be fun to see if I could do anything interesting with the fantasy/erotica intermingle. What resulted were four stories: one that I hated (it sold instantly), one that I thought was okay (it sold instantly for big bux), one that I loved and still love beyond belief ("Has Anyone Here Seen Kristy?", which sold instantly -- to the late lamented The Third Alternative, there was singing and dancing all over the house that day), and one that I loved quite a lot because it was funky and fun and a shaggy dog fantasy story that made me grin even at the same time that it was serving up a homage to the film noir genre wot I love. Then Cecelia Tan, doyenne of erotic fantasy, informed me that this wasn't a fun story at all, but

!!!!!!Horror!!!!!!

Her advice was good. Even so, this story that I loved, "I'm Running", didn't sell at all until David Fitzpatrick saw it; his acceptance was more or less immediate, which persuaded me that he was a wise and wonderful anthologist, had I not suspected as much already -- he was a fellow-contributor to Des Lewis's Cone Zero. I'm not sure when the antho will appear, but I'm proud to be a part of it.

Comments

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

Congrats! This sounds interesting.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

This sounds interesting.

The Newsom gig, you mean?

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

The difference between the intent when you started the story, what you thought it was and how it was perceived by another reader. That kind of stuff always fascinates me. Finishing the story is never the same as completing the story, if you see what I mean.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

The difference between the intent when you started the story, what you thought it was and how it was perceived by another reader.

To be honest, I still think I was right first time: it's a shaggy dog story (commercial traveler has extraordinary experience with shapeshifter), tongue firmly in cheek.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's fabulous news. Cheers and hugs,

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yay: congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[bondo-ba.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Alwys good to sell the final story in a successful batch!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!