Storm Chaser interview and short story anthology progress

Mar. 5th, 2011 at 6:07 AM

I'm told that on Sunday, March 6, the Kendallville News-Sun newspaper will print an interview they did with me about Storm Chaser ...

Meanwhile, I put the Storm Chaser short stories all together into one document for the first time, after writing the first drafts of two more stories yesterday. I have ten stories, with about 14,500 words total. Now I need to see how the stories flow and whether they might need to be switched around, and I might put some new material in between the individual tales. Plus polishing, of course -- and settling on titles.

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keith5by5

Mar. 5th, 2011 12:53 pm (UTC)

I might be mis-understanding your use of the word 'flow', but if they're each an individual story, surely they don't need to flow from one to another?

Anyhow good luck.

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ozma914

Mar. 5th, 2011 11:07 pm (UTC)

They're individual stories, but all set within the same universe: Most show various characters as their lives move toward the events of "Storm Chaser", while a few show some of the aftereffects of the book. I'm thinking of doing a little bit of tying in -- nothing major, just something that will give a sense of it all coming together, over time. It's like a series with individual episodes, but an overall arc.

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keith5by5

Mar. 6th, 2011 09:24 am (UTC)

Oh I knew they were within Storm Chaser universe, I just didn't get what you meant by 'flow'.

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ozma914

Mar. 6th, 2011 11:11 am (UTC)

It's difficult piecing them together because the type mood and even genre of the stories varies: humor, drama, even an action story. Maybe a better term for what I was looking for is framing device, something that hooks them all together. I'm thinking of a little piece at the beginning of each, maybe a news or weather report, or a wikipedia type entry.

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keith5by5

Mar. 6th, 2011 12:34 pm (UTC)

Or maybe a fact about storms? Destructivity etc.?

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ozma914

Mar. 7th, 2011 03:35 am (UTC)

Hm, could be ... I'll keep that one in mind.

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cornerofmadness

Mar. 5th, 2011 02:42 pm (UTC)

very cool about the interview

good luck with the stories

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ozma914

Mar. 5th, 2011 11:07 pm (UTC)

Thanks -- everything seems to be coming together!

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cornerofmadness

Mar. 10th, 2011 02:18 am (UTC)

that is very cool

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cbtreks

Mar. 5th, 2011 06:53 pm (UTC)

That's so cool about the anthology. I have to admit, I'm pretty impressed that you did 1st drafts of two stories in one day! (Says the world's slowest writer.)

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ozma914

Mar. 5th, 2011 11:08 pm (UTC)

Well, they're fairly short stories! One's about 1,000 words, and the other around 1,500. I'm used to writing my 1,000 word column on a deadline, so that probably helped.

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(Anonymous)

Mar. 6th, 2011 02:56 pm (UTC)

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Mark, it might take some work, but well worth it to get your short stories out there.

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ozma914

Mar. 7th, 2011 03:36 am (UTC)

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Absolutely, the work is totally worth it.

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