Watermarks

Trying to find my focus. I have been very distracted since the Oregon workshop, working on getting some of my short fiction available electronically. This process is unfortunately a lot of work. I’ve managed to get 11 stories available on Smashwords and Amazon. And I admit, it’s been a pleasant distraction from writing which isn’t going well. Just can’t seem to write anything that’s any good. Stories I really thought would do well have gotten the exact opposite reaction that I’d expected. Don’t know why my fiction still sucks after all these years and why everyone else seems to get better and I don’t. Maybe I should just keep writing stories, but stop sending them out? Maybe after writing a couple hundred more stories I will have moved a little bit forward. I love writing the stories; the rejections and continued failure are just really getting me down.

Sorry, downer post. This horrid dry spell is my worst on record and I just can’t seem to break it. Three years of no sales is a terribly long time. And it’s really getting to me.

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