Bryant R. Statehamさんのイラストまとめ

At what point in a lit agent's career does their ability to actually see something new and different in writing styles burns out and they just go along with the same ole' same ole'? By the end of the first week? Or the second week?

As a writer, do you ever get the impressions readers and publishers think you should pore out the words for free, and for your compensation, enjoy the fact someone is actually reading your efforts.

So, I write two more Smitty short stories and I'll have 30 total. Package 10 stories up, add a novella to each one, and I'll have three collections of stories to offer. Already sent the first one off. We'll see what happens.

The old cliche is still very true, "Hope for the best. Plan for the worst."

Trying to finish up a sci-fi novella. But it keeps going on, and on, and on. Now the hope is to pinch it off at around 25.000 words. Yeah, right.

What? Me believe Jeff Sessions comment about separating children from their families is biblical? What a maroon!

Don't tell me I'm going to Hell to burn in eternal damnation. I'm already here, buddy. This is Kansas. It's 103 outside and climbing. I got a blast furnace for a wind blowing and the tires on my car just melted. Hell would be a welcomed relief. A vacation.

So I started collecting all the Smitty short stories for this new project of mine. Oh boy! I'm up to 25 short stories and still counting. Maybe I'll do a two-parter. With each collection ending in a novella of about 20,000 words.

Newest concept I'm working on. All the Smitty short stories, and a brand new Smitty novella, found in one collection. Could call it 'The Evidence against Smitty.' Or maybe not.

So, which novel should I work on today? The one featuring the deputy sheriff in West Texas? The one about two city cops trying to find an assassin? Or the one about a spaceman marooned on a planet? Hmm. Decisions, decisions, decisions.