Professional Writer & Editor
So, I thought I ended July with a bang, but August ended up being my best month for short story sales in 2022 so far. In total, I made 3 story sales to top magazines and anthologies in the month. I'm more daring and wild in these newer stories. And I love it.
Ending July with a bang and kicking off August with two more short story sales, novel query and submission news, and starting my August short story challenge.
I've been spending my time doing a lot of career planning and looking to the future. The question on my mind is: this time next year, where do I want to be? The answers I've been chewing on are the steps and moves I need to make to get to that dream writer-self by July 2023. I do this type of thinking/planning every year and whether or not I get the thing I want, I always end up in a better place than where I started with opportunities crawling out of the woodwork. But how do I build on that to make sure my career and craft are constantly growing?
Last month, I worked on a novelette set in a smart house. and this month I've been working on a short story whose main character is a house. The house of a killer who's kidnapped a new victim. The house and killer have an interesting relationship, you could call it a friendship. But what is a friendship when one of the parties lives and kills inside the other?
Curious about where you can find my writing and editing work from May 2022? Check the links below for my work from Strange Horizons, Lightspeed Magazine, and more.
All about what I've been working on over the past month, including my recent sales to the Washington Post, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and so much more.
Curious about where you can find my writing and editing work from March 2022? Check the links below for my work from Fireside Fiction, Lightspeed Magazine, Strange Horizons, and more.
Futurescapes, querying, subs, and more. A month in my writing life.
Curious about where you can find my writing and editing work from February 2022? Check the links below for my work from Fireside Fiction, Lightspeed Magazine, Writer's Digest, and more.
What I've been working on, learning, and publishing over the past couple of months.
Aigner Loren Wilson 