A new short – Not the One – has been finished and submitted for publication elsewhere.
Not the One is about a terrible date. He’s talking endlessly about real ale, football and household appliances. Just when you think you’re over it, he reminds you why you’re there. But then something happens that changes everything.
Not the One is a 1780 word comic literary short about love, dating and difficult decisions. It’s what happens when the Rom Com goes wrong.
There’s not a lot else in the way of updates except to say I’ve not worked on the novel as much as I should have done this week. Still making progress, but these shorts are addictive. I’m aiming to write one a week – this week I’ve written three. Me and Mam at the End of the World, RE: Our Last Year and now this one. And in fact, Boudoir was last Saturday, so count that too if you want.
The hope is that by writing enough shorts, there will come a time when there’s a constant roll of rejections and acceptances. That way, in theory, there’s never a gap where stories aren’t moving. One of my problems in the past has been emphasizing individual stories, and burning out on the wait. This is a way to get over this and, if the last week is anything to go by, so far so good. I’ve looked at the Prose page more than once and been surprised by something there!