Working Out the Kinks That Were Pointed Out In My Story
| 29 September 2011
I did too much and now am paying for it. Knees, hips and back all interconnected and I am proving it!! However, I did manage to brain storm some of the problems in Independent Trader and think I am coming up with some answers. I will have the main character go to the International Trade Center in Geneva to ask for help in starting a trading business (instead of the UN). The snag then comes that she is not from a developing country but rather claims to be a whole developing country all by herself and thus gets laughed at and thrown out (like a bouncer does in a bar). She goes to get a drink (back to the bar) and is followed by someone of like mind (the lawyer in international law). This was a great sticking point. I think I will keep the action going with the phone call to the dead partner's brother after the lawyer leaves then I introduce "the ship" that is both her country and her AI Scotty.
My meeting at the library also produced fruit. A fellow participant who has a great interest in the SciFi conventions suggested I not go for the smaller magazine but shoot directly for the top, Asimov, who has an editor she knows about. Unfortunately, I didn't read the whole submission guidelines of Alien Q and it is has word limit much below my story. So, I will continue on Independent Trader and also think of a shorter one for Alien Q.
Oh well, the journey continues.
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