For the first time in what seems like forever the temperature has moved to the happy side of zero. It's 3 degrees Celsius right now and the forecast promises to hover around the freezing point for the next week or so. You know it has been a long, cold winter when dancing around the freezing point is something to look forward to.
I gave Root of Evil a day to stew and have been going through it looking for typos and opportunities to make the flow and cadence run a little more naturally. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the result. A little more clean-up and I'll send it out into the world.
I've now written two scary stories in the last little while and I have been looking toward the British markets. Not only does the UK seem to grasp horror stories more readily but they tend to pay more. Short horror stories in North America tend to get a price from anywhere from about 1/2 cent per word up to as high a 8 or 10 cents a word. The UK pays about the same per word but here's the thing - their pennies are worth twice as much. I haven't decided where I'll be sending Root of Evil but Britain certainly has its advantages.
Next up is rxpanding Patriot to novel length- to start, anyway. I'll try alternating between The Witch and Patriot but I'm dubious how successful that will be. We'll see.
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