Titles of my stories
Another reject for my story In the Service of Others from Destination:Future. However, this time, they said I was in the top 10% of entries! Thanks for sending “In the Service of Others” for Desitination: Future. It is well written, and it made it into the small batch of stories that we selected from (less…
Current word count in my new novel – 71,600 words. John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” was a lot darker than I remember it from high school. I remember Lennie quite well, but George wasn’t as sympathetic as I remembered him from way back then. The interesting thing about Steinbeck is his introduction to sections…
Okay, it’s been a while since I have posted any information about my new novel here. I just finished 66,667 words (exactly,) so I am officially 2/3 of the way though my first draft. Actually, I am past page 300, so that would indicate that I am about 3/4 of the way through. However, I…
– Brennan Harvey My story, “The Grieftakers” received an Honorable Mention in the 2nd Quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest. – Brennan Harvey
My story, “In the Service of Others” has been held for the final round of consideration for Destination: Future. Decision for those stories will be made after July or August.
Not much going on this month. Last month was a busy one. Literary Orange, Nebula Awards, UCLA Book Fair, and such. I’m looking forward to settling down a little bit. My critique group is going through my novel EVE320. So far, the response is pretty positive. It seems I may have pulled off the feminine…
I just completed my weekly goal of 4,220 words and my novel is sitting at 12,459 words. I’m probably not done for the day or the week, but I have the Nebula Weekend on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I’m sure I’m not going to get a whole lot written during that time, so I needed to get…
So, I’m sitting in Starbucks Coffee yesterday. I was feeling quite motivated after finishing and submitting my latest story to the Writers of the Future Contest. The two women who were sitting next to me left after about an hour and another young woman came and sat next to me shortly thereafter. I didn’t take…
There is something uniquely satisfying about hitting the enter key twice and centering the words, “THE END” at the end of a manuscript. I finished the first draft of my Writers of the Future Contest entry. Now comes the fun part–polishing it up, handing it over to my critique group, making it good, and sending…
I cannot believe it has been almost three months since I last updated this site. I wish I could say it is because I have been frantically editing EVE320, writing the Great American Novel, or the like. The truth is, I’ve been working at a new job. Commuting almost 80 miles a day–in the Los…