I'm sorry if this is egregiously off topic... I'm not familiar with the other areas of the forum and none of the other boards seemed appropriate either. I apologize to the moderators in advance.
I'm ready to send out another batch of short stories to the pro markets, one of them going to an anthology to be published in 2004. To be honest, none of them probably have a snowball's chance in hell to be accepted in a pro market, but I'm naive/confident enough to think they could sell in a semi-pro market. Also, some of these will probably be part of my portfolio that I'll submit to gain entry to Clarion/Odyssey next year (think of it as the Ivy League school for fantasy/science fiction writers).
Anyway, I have few dedicated readers and I'm looking for new readers to give me serious, critical input. If you'd like to tear my writing up, drop me an e-mail:
jswartzfeger@cox.net
Or if you simply want to read my stuff I can pass it along too. Lemme know your preferred format -- text, PDF, word, html, etc (word and PDF are the easiest for me so far). I currently have 6 short stories ready for critique, along with part of a novella and another short story opening that could use a critical eye.
Just so you know, most of short story work so far seems to be in the magic realist/Jonathan Carroll/James Morrow vein. I do have one Donaldson-like piece that recently won 1st place in a short story contest (I hate it out of all my stuff, btw). All my serious Donaldson influences are being saved for that first epic fantasy series that's still fermenting in my brain.
Thanks for listening, sorry for the OT post, back to your TC programming...
