Tag Archives: short stories

Different Strokes

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Lida Bushloper

I saw a call for submissions from one of the newer short mystery fiction magazines. I had recently bought an issue and wanted to read it to determine if I had anything in inventory that might be suitable for them. … Continue reading →

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Re-Read Any Good Books Lately?

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Lida Bushloper

I was talking with an acquaintance yesterday. I’m not sure how this topic came up, but he mentioned that there were two books that he re-read at least once a year. One was Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. The … Continue reading →

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My Newest Hero

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Lida Bushloper

I hope you have time to read this long, but brilliant and lively interview with Connie Willis printed in Lightspeed Magazine. She has so much to say about writing, getting and developing ideas, researching, rejections, despair, hope, the unexpected aspects … Continue reading →

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Turnaround

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Lida Bushloper

I got another story back a few days ago. No surprise. I had sent it to a top market where there’s a ton of competition from big name authors. Nevertheless it’s always worth a try. (Well, almost always.) Within days of the rejection, … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Lida Bushloper

I got a story turned down a few days ago. Instead of feeling the normal sting of rejection, I felt a profound relief. Truth is, it wasn’t a story I was proud of. I was, and am, very proud of the … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Always That Hard

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Lida Bushloper

A few weeks ago, I described a 30 year journey of one story from creation to publication in The 30 Year Story. Not long after that, Sarah M. Chen wrote a related guest post about perseverance and resubmitting one’s work on the Do … Continue reading →

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Why This Story?

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Lida Bushloper

In my last post, I told of the 30 year journey to publication of a short story. In that post, I posed the question: why did I hang on to and keep trying to place this story, when I had … Continue reading →

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The 30-Year Story

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Lida Bushloper

The 30-Year Story A looong time ago, I wrote a 4500-word light romance. Back then, there were a number of print magazines that published that sort of thing. I worked on it till it was polished, then sent it off. … Continue reading →