Thursday, June 19, 2008

on word counts


I have a story of 653 words. It does not need any more or any less words. It is too long by 53 words for a short short magazine and 97 words too short to be considered a "short short" for Narrative Magazine's first-person contest, which costs too much money anyway. I am a social outcast. Also, what a bunch of bean counters.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

you should let me edit it.

potato said...

Could you make it businesslike so I could make money on it?

Anonymous said...

oh for suresies. you'll be able to pitch businessweek when i'm done with it.

Kathryn said...

for suresies

Megan said...

does businessweek like things about fish with boobs? i just wrote something about fish with boobs. really, really gross boobs.

Anonymous said...

they do. you should pitch them. but you should let me edit it first.

potato said...

I will read about anything with boobs. I assume I share this in common with every reader and editor in the world.