The Way Up Don't worry, it's not déjà vu, this is the same picture I used a while back.
Last November I told you about my story Uplift, which got a 'highly commended' in Writers' Forum magazine's August flash fiction competition. I also told you that I took the editor's advice, rewrote the ending (Carl thought it was a trice laboured) and resubmitted the story almost immediately.
Well, guess what?
That's right, the story's been picked up by Australia's That's Life! magazine and will be published next week, renamed The Way Up - Uplift always did sound like I was trying to be a bit of a clever dick.
Which just goes to show how important it is to review and re-edit your work and put it out there again when, or if, it comes back as a dreaded rejection.
Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
Last November I told you about my story Uplift, which got a 'highly commended' in Writers' Forum magazine's August flash fiction competition. I also told you that I took the editor's advice, rewrote the ending (Carl thought it was a trice laboured) and resubmitted the story almost immediately.
Well, guess what?
That's right, the story's been picked up by Australia's That's Life! magazine and will be published next week, renamed The Way Up - Uplift always did sound like I was trying to be a bit of a clever dick.
Which just goes to show how important it is to review and re-edit your work and put it out there again when, or if, it comes back as a dreaded rejection.
Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
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