Cogent and Thoughtful

Basically, that's what I'd like to come across as, but that's going to be a bit of a challenge.

Not for any one particular reason, mind you. Rather, I have a variety of things buzzing around in my head that could or could not be interesting to anyone who might browse through.

For example, first time writers scared to death that someone is going to steal their precious short story. So, they put copyright symbols in the title or all over the manuscript. That's almost always a brilliant red-flag for a piece that's going to suck rocks.

So, like I mentioned yesterday, I finished two shorts that are now homeless since neither one met the needs of an anthology I was aiming for. At times like this, you get a "And now what?" sort of pause. Do I go right back to the novel I was working on? Do I edit the shorts and send them somewhere in the vain hope of selling them to an ever-shrinking short story market? Do I just delete the files from my jump drive and let them disappear into the ether?

Oh, decisions, decisions.

Add to that the pending disaster that will be my real-life housing relocation and my attendance of two cons this month and you can see that focus will be a running issue for a while.

So, if my posts aren't exactly cogent and thoughtful, please be patient.