La Vie Boheme

After a lot of consideration,

After a lot of consideration, I trunked "The Weird Sisters". I hate doing that, especially when it's a story I really like and am proud of, but there was just too much similarity between it and the opening of Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters for me to be comfortable about submitting it. It bugs me a little that I only have two stories out circulating at the moment, but I just don't think in terms of short stories so much. Conventional wisdom says that short stories are the only way to get your foot in the door, but are they really? Is there no other path? Looks like I may find out, unless my unconscious spits a few more ideas my way.

Research for False Light is going swimmingly. My notebook and notecards are filling up with ideas, and the picture is starting to form in my head. I'm working by instinct a lot lately, instead of by a sense of obligation. There's a little voice in the back of my head that tells me I should be focusing a lot more on rewriting Exile's Daughter, but for now I'm trusting wherever my brain wants to focus. This makes me feel a little bit undisciplined and guilty, but I'm trying to ignore that. I'm not sure which approach is better: to rein my mind in and try to make it follow a specific track, or let it roam where it wants, as long as something is getting accomplished. I dunno, but for now, I'm letting it roam.