"Lync," a werewolf story I wrote once upon a time--and rewrote recently--has been accepted for Werewolf Magazine from Sapphire Publications. It should be in issue #7 due out in midsummer.
It's one of those happy occasions where a rejection led to other things.
I sent a story I recently finished to Blood Moon Rising Magazine, which I discovered while browsing at Shocklines.
That story was too long, but the editor mentioned their werewolf publication which accepts stories up to 4,000 words.
I wrote "Lync" probably in the early '90s and it was just sitting in my files, so I plucked it out and started re-reading.
Several of my fellow bloggers including Kate and Charles have discussed issues related to likable characters and digging deeper with stories.
Well as I reread the first version of "Lync" I discovered, in hindsight, my protagonist was well... What a bitch.
I gave her a complete overhaul, a new motivation and massaged the plot just a little, distancing the tale from the original news story on which it was based.
In the process I hope the total effect is a better metaphor and a better myth. Time will tell. I'll post a reminder come July.
Congrats. I'll check it out. I've always liked werewolf stories better than vampire ones. Closer to the savage in my own veins perhaps.
ReplyDeleteOh, cool - congratulations! I like werewolf stories too. Looking forwared to it.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, I'm writing my first genuine werewolf story right now for an anthology. It's pretty Old School – very much in the vein of an old Universal or Hammer film... but ironically, that's what made it appealing to the editor: it was so completely different from the rest of the "modern werewolf" stories in the book!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate and Charles.
ReplyDeleteChris, I was a little worried this tale was not "modern" also but I guess it's a lesson for me in not letting things stay in the file drawer.
I so tried to comment my connection is so flimsy these days....well done....Love the title of this post....hihihi....
ReplyDeleteHave a great week:)