Creative writing II, a summary

This class has been a great experience as a writer and a reader. I got to read a variety of stories from a huge range of genres and actually got a chance to have my opinions make an impact. Which to me is a huge deal.

Having people read my stories is kind of a new experience for me as I don't generally put my writing out there. So it was a big boost to hear people liked it at all. Did my stories have problems? Yes, and I was glad to get the criticism so I can improve. I now know I need to work on shorting my run-on sentences and  let the reader infer rather than described everything to death.

I do plan on writing more , as it's something I've always done. Its something I enjoy so even without being published, I'm happy if I can get anyone to read my writing. I will send out a query letter but not quite yet. I don't feel like I have enough written to justify sending anything out. However I feel like e-publishing  is the way I want to go, I don't care too much about making money off writing I just like doing it and if people want to read it that's fine with me.


I hope to post more stories soon. Maybe on here maybe somewhere else. I'll post it here when I know where.


It's been a fun ride.

Agents:

Kristin Nelson ; Nelson Literary agency

Kriston Nelson represents the Nelson Literary agency. Query letters are accepted via e-mail only and attachments will result in your query not being read. The want a one page query letter about the project, if they are interested they will reply asking for more. She is currently looking for fantasy and science fiction books, young adult novels, and romance.

Ethan Ellenberg :

Ethan represents the Ethan Ellenberg Literary agency. He is currently accepting query letters via e-mail and regular mail. He accepts Literary Fiction , Science Fiction, Crime , Mystery , Commercial Fiction , Fantasy , Women's Fiction , Romance , Family Saga , Historical Fiction , Young Adult , Thrillers/Suspense , Children's , Multi-Cultural , Adventure. If e-mailed you must only send the first sample chapter and a synopsis. If you send through regular mail you will need 50 pages, the query letter, an author bio and several other things listed on his site.

Matthew Bialer :

Matthew Bialer represents Sanford. J. Greenburger Associates .he specifically looks for thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries. E-mailed and snail mailed queries are being accepted at this time. The first three chapters must be submitted with any query.

Sword and Laser Anthology

 Sword and laser is an online book club and they are putting together an anthology, science fiction and fantasy only. They have a semi-large following and its a good place to get noticed, plus they will pay for the story. I've posted some quick details below as well as a link to the main page which has more information. submitting is free. (they give some suggestions for what kind of stories they want at the bottom.)







http://swordandlaser.com/anthology/

SUBMISSION PERIOD
Submissions will be accepted from March 1 – May 15, 2013. We expect to make our final selections by August 15, 2013.
PAYMENT
We pay $200 (US) upon acceptance.
LENGTH
We recommend a length of 1,500 – 7,500 words. We may choose to print shorter or longer stories in some cases, but this should be your target word count.