I've been trying to find some sound advice about short stories, and figured I'd turn to the Fluorosphere for guidance, because you all just seem so swell.
There's a small stack of short stories that I've written that are more-or-less gathering dust on my desk (or harddrive). I keep promising myself I'll "send them out," but then I realize that I'm not even sure I know how to go about sending stories anywhere, where'd they go and so forth, and the whole thing gets daunting and then I just need to sit down.
So I've resolved to seek illumination, and so far the internet has mostly been confusing and untrustworthy.
In particular, I wanted to ask about simultaneous submissions. I get that it's mostly (if not universally) frowned upon with novel-length manuscripts, but I'm finding somewhat conflicting opinions when it comes to shorter forms. I've found a couple of people whose advice is "ignore sim sub guidelines," but my instinct (largely informed by Making Light) seems to say that simply ignoring guidelines is a bad, bad thing.
So I guess that's my question: should I be simultaneously submitting my short stories to a bunch of journals, or is that just going to be hurtful, in the long run?
And, I guess some additional questions: anyone have any advice on getting some short stories published? Places to look, at least? Journals/magazines that are simply screaming for submissions from a young, as-yet-unpublished writer?
(Also, to pack everything into one post, I'd be much obliged if you fine folk would take a look at a very (very) short story writing experiment I started with a friend called The Two Minutes Project. We'd appreciate any and all feedback.)
(And finally, congrats on your Dude, B. Durbin.)
You know, I bet it would be brilliant in the hands of, say, Gene Wolfe.
Pamela @ 47
Thanks much. That's the edition I keep coming across, but it's nice to have a first-hand (second-hand? Does the internet count as a hand?) recommendation.
Serge @ 11
No, I've already read their book, the memoirs from their Trapeze period, "For Good To Make Flying The Easy." I can't help but suspect it was, at best, a poor translation.
I was asking about the Dostoevsky.
(Oh. There really are Flying Karamazov Brothers. Well then.)
Never commented on Making Light before. Hope this works.
Can anyone recommend an English translation of The Brothers Karamazov? I figure it's about time I read it.
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