Happy News – submitted Newlyweds, a scifi short story, to Clarkesworld to begin the rounds for consideration. It’s been a while since I submitted a short story to a magazine, and it feels good to get back into the game. You’ll enjoy Jakob and Yasmine, jumbled up versions of people I’ve known who are ordinary, anything but perfect – but they happen to be in extraordinary cirumstances.
I’m excited to eventually share Newlyweds with you, and I think you’ll enjoy it for one simple reason. Stories of Martian life and liberty seem to skip over ideas like love and loneliness. I have to imagine that people will still fall in love on Mars, still get married. Togetherness is a miracle , it would be exciting to watch on a brand new planet. Of course, Mars being Mars, there has to be more to the story. How would you discuss your past? What if people knew things about you? These social issues come up in your average matrimonial event, imagine it happening 140 million miles from the nearest wedding planner!
Newlyweds is tracked on my updated short story production board – all my work is part of the larger effort to become a self-sufficient professional author who does nice things for people. This, along with #GSBCW starting next week, are steps in that journey. Looking forward to seeing you all next week. Write on!
