NaNoWriMo :: NaNoWriMo Blog

It’s Tavia. If you were lucky/unlucky enough (that’s for you to decide, and for me to never find out) to listen to my first attempt at WrimoRadio, you might remember my Big Fun Scary Adventure to submit work to 20 magazines and contests by the end of 2007. Well, I am a bit behind, but I am ready to start submitting. My plan is to wallpaper my entire bathroom with rejection letters by the end of the year, so I figure I better start sending my work out pronto.

The first place I plan on submitting to is called SmokeLong Quarterly. It is a flash-fiction magazine, meaning nothing over 1000 words will be accepted, which makes me giddy! Flash fiction is a great way to get you writing again, and it is not as easy as you think it might be---the challenge being to tell an entire story in about 500 words, instead of 50,000 words. I find it just as challenging as NaNoWriMo, but without the hand cramps.

I encourage all of you to submit too!

I will post pictures of my bathroom as the wallpaper goes up.

Warm regards,
Tavia Stewart
Managing Editor