General Writing Post
I am working on two short stories currently--'Cowgirls in Space' (which so far does not involve any space...or explosions, though there are cowgirls) and 'Two is Not a Pattern' (which does not involve vampires).
I have two short stories in the mail.
I've been thinking about novel writing and will (I hope) have some posts on that coming up.
Here's a brief excerpt from 'Cowgirls in Space':
Patti was not the reason that the drill team was called the Junkyard Girls or why they practiced their routines at the junkyard on the old highway south of Harrison, but, damn, did she love junk. She'd gotten her daddy to give her his old 1975 F150 pickup truck that had been rusting out behind the barn for the better part of the last twenty years and she was rebuilding it piece by loving piece. The junkyard was pretty much like heaven for Big Patti and she was always dragging back old bumpers or brake cables or, once, a cylinder from a Duesenberg engine from the 1930s that Patti claimed could top out at 140 miles per hour.
"No one cares!" Martha'd told her once. "No one ever cares! Why do you keep showing us this stuff?" But Jennie had stood up and said, "Of course we care." At the same time Callie had said, "Why are you so mean, Martha? My god, can't you just be nice for one single second!" And Pen had jumped up and suggested that they call it a day, "Don't want to wear the horses out." Patti pretty much ignored them all, continued to dig through the junkyard and bring the girls her 'finds,' which they routinely ignored.
So, no one paid much attention when Patti said she'd found something interesting in the junkyard.
Also, my stories seem to have more swearing. I blame Chance for this....
Comments
Hi Deborah,
We saw your story Chainsaw on Hand in Asimov's magazine. We would like to talk to you about writing some short stories for us. Can you please contact me at Sduvall@360ep.com with your contact information?
Thanks,
Sarah
Posted by: Sarah | February 16, 2007 09:12 AM