Razor's potential Fourth Assignment?

[H Dean]

I love the minefield of mutually exclusive writing advice.

Well, Mad and Lews are exclusive. They cheat on each other all the time, though. I, on the other hand, never cheat and never get exclusive...I just do things the correct way.

[Mad Lews]

Razor,
Best give us something to dissect or we may just keep sniping for your entertainment, Are you in need of an assignment?

Set your browser to
http://www.erotica-readers.com/ERA/G...ubmissions.htm
Take your time and browse through either the print or the e-market.
Many of the anthologies are looking for something in the one to three thousand word range.
Pick one that intrigues you, check the deadline and get cracking. We'll be happy to review it before you submit it, almost all of them pay a modest fee for accepted stories though some of the print ones limit payment to copies of the book.
Post your choice in a new thread. Best of luck we'll call it your next project.

Mad Lews

[Razor7826]

I'll have to mull these over; nearly all of these seem to be looking for either vanilla stories or supernaturalish, neither of which I am consistently interested in.

There might be something there for me, but like I said, I'll mull them over.

EDIT:

I do have some other projects of mine that could use some work.

1) A 1-chapter fantasy story. Almost done with it, just undergoing editing.

2) A multi-chapter story that I plan on finishing and posting all at once. Not anywhere near complete, the first chapter is.

Who knows how many other nearly finished stories I have sitting around this harddrive...

EDIT II: Hmmm, the first is definitely not my best work. Balancing 'Show, don't tell' in a short story without the length getting out of hand is remarkably difficult.

Oh, and I submitted Institute Play to the library a few days ago. It should be coming in the next update.

EDIT III: Okay, I don't hate this story nearly as much as I thought I did, though it is still too dark and rough for any of the contests, and still has the continuing problem of not focusing on the sex nearly enough for an erotica anthology. Any interest in my posting that as another assignment, or shall I dig into that publication list and wander outside my zone of interest? Or both?

[Mad Lews]

I think you might have some luck mulling and you might be able to use a revision of one of those not yet ready for prime time stories sitting there on your hard drive.


Erotic Fantasies http://www.hotspotbooks.co.uk/?hot=Your%20Fantasies
has open submissions (no deadline pressure) and is looking for a broad spectrum of fantasies. Its an English publication and they tend to be sticklers for grammar and formatting. Still it's a good experience to try. Check there site out and see what type of stuff they've accepted.

For the others sites, just remain aware of submission dates. E-publishers have a quicker turn around but there is something truely satisfying about being published on paper (or so I've heard )

I suspect you're up to this Razor giive it a shot.
Mad

[Nikita]

I hope I'm not too late to the party Razor. I know men who would love to meet vicious Gertrude.

Your story had my attention the whole way through, good pacing, characters that are at the opposite side of the spectrum, and a dilemma. Unfortunately, the dilemma that screamed to be resolved did not.

Ask yourself these questions

• What would I want to do to Gertrude?
• Should I let Gertrude to continue to humiliate the male character?
• What would happen if the students gave Gertrude a taste of her own medicine? You get the idea?
• Finally, the most important question, do YOU think the ending is good?