The floor in the corridor was warped. The wood beneath the carpet lifted, jigged higher on the right, lower on the left, then dipped abruptly.
The trouble was, each time they passed, it never warped in quite the same way. If they stepped without thinking, without watching, they could find themselves Continue reading
“The Low Green Door” is the first of my weekly writing ‘blurts’. You can read why I decided to make this my 2016 New Year’s Resolution here.
The Low Green Door
That girl with the curly hair, she looks like a kid out of a storybook, the kind of kid that nips through a low green door half-hidden by brambles and roses and wisteria, the kind you go through and then can’t find again so you Continue reading
It’s always delicious to arrive home and find a new issue of a literary journal has arrived. Especially delicious when your own story is in it!
I’m delighted to have my story “Eye” appear in Stand Magazine (UK).
The magazine is irresistible – it fits just right in your hand with its great shape and size! And it has a gorgeous cover. I can’t wait to read all the stories and poems.
February! Still cold. More snow – a lot – coming down. It’s time for something special. No, I’m not talking about Valentine’s Day, nor even about International Book Giving Day.
My special something? A Reading Week.
Now is the perfect time to gather all those books you’ve been wanting to read. And read them. A terrific February treat to go with those Valentine’s chocolates and the Olympics!
On my list:
So there you have it: a first draft of your short story. What now? What’s the next step?
In a previous post I wrote about my struggle with how to continue with first drafts, especially those that had no clear ending, and how I learned to ‘dig deeper’.
Dig deeper. What does that mean? Continue reading
In December I print up a one month/one page calendar for the upcoming year. Any time I see a call for submission from a literary journal that I think might be an especially good fit for a story I’m working on, or one that is ‘resting’ in a file, I enter it in the calendar.
I’m a slow writer. It takes me months and sometimes even years to finish a story. I know I’m not going to make most of these deadlines, so why do I bother to keep a record? Continue reading
Susi Lovell 