and draft done

[julesjones]

Finished the revised draft of the novelette late last night. It's now standing at 17598 words, having grown from the original version at 12k, and is definitely better for it. Or at least looks less like the script for a radio play. :-) Of course, I still need to find a decent title for it. I suck at titles. And then I need to go and make a list of places to submit it to.

Contemporary m/m erotic romance, and vanilla, all of which affect the list of potential markets. It's not long enough for Loose Id, and I'm not convinced that another revision pass would take it up to 20k. I do have another market in mind, with a minimum word count of 15k, so I'll try there first. But I'm taking a pragmatic view of its chances there, which is "give the editor a chance to reject it, don't reject yourself by not even submitting". Time to trawl the market listings at ERWA and Absolute Write, so as to be ready to move on to the next in the list.

I need to let it sit for a couple of hours, and then go through for one last check for inconsistencies caused by adding a couple of scenes in the other character's POV. And maybe I'll get a bright idea for those last couple of paragraphs that still look like a radio script. But it will probably be heading in the direction of the beta readers today.

Comments

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Less than Three is fine with shorter pieces and vanilla stories. Their contracts are about like anybody else's and they seem to do their business correctly (though checks can be a wee bit late, they aren't seasons late).

[julesjones]

Thanks, that's worth knowing. Although given my current location, I hope they do direct deposit and not just literal paper cheques. :-) (I've actually had a situation once where the paper cheques were posted across the Atlantic to me, and then posted back to my US bank.)

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I don't know! I prefer direct deposit also but I didn't think to ask.

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

Um, we take shorts, too. :)

[julesjones]

You're on the list. :-) But it's vanilla and low conflict, so there are a couple of other markets that I think it's probably a better fit for.

[sarahf.livejournal.com]

Well, we publish inspirationals (well, just one so far!), and do low conflict vanilla as well as...the opposite. :) But...whatever works for you! Also congrats on finishing!

[carl-allery.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on wordage. Yes, I feel your pain with titles. :)

[julesjones]

Title has happened, thanks to a "I need a title! Help!" phone call to Watervole shortly after writing the post. The Great RASFC Public Whinge trick has triumphed once again! :-)