I can't just fling my work at just anyone, you know. Is it a good home for my story? Will it reflect well on me to have it posted there? Will she eat right? Will she wear clean underwear? Will she make friends with the other stories?
And the big one...do I want to read the other stories there? Cause I'm pretty sure now I'll have to in order to have any hope of submitting, and that gives me pause.
I'm somewhat picky these days about what I read. In order to do marketing for my work, I have to know whether or not my story fits with the other stories they publish, which means I have to read the stories.
And what if they're utter crapola? What if I end up writing utter crapola from having been exposed to it?
Believe it or not, I anguish over first-world stuff like this.
And I think I've found a solution.
If I start it, and it's poo, I don't have to finish it. Unless they throw poo at me at the end, which is unfortunate, but sometimes happens.
I can find another story...or another magazine, in fact. And then I can wallow in good short stories for awhile until I recover, and then try again.
Freedom! (And just as freedom does, it comes right along hand in hand with a lot of extra work and personal responsibility - sigh)
But it's a good guideline to start with, at least.
My first stab in the dark seems to be with AntipodeanSF, who seems willing to overlook the fact that I don't live in Australia, and has sample stories available. Just what I need. :-)
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