I got the copyedits for my story that will be appearing in Shimmer later this year, “The Emperor’s Gift”. Yet another side effect of the publishing timeline is that a story you wrote over a year ago may not appear for some time. I was a different writer when I wrote it – this was pre-Clarion, just as I was starting to get into the swing with Altered Fluid, before a lot of writing lessons had sunk in. It’s difficult to get back into a story like this without wanting to rip out all the guts and completely rewire it. It’s a challenge to get back into that headspace.
But I’m going to try…