The books I read these days have something like 350 words. I thought of the longer of my own 'tales,' which sometimes go for 2000 words, and I think to myself, it's no surprise that hardly anybody reads the damn things! Alexandra is a long story about a Queen in the distant future (on another planet), and her complicated relationship with her wife. Galactic Voyager is about a pioneer space-vessel, with several hundred colonists, aboard which a charismatic musician is also put in hibernation.
I'm not a very good author. I just can't plot my way out of a paper bag; I just keep writing the story, until it comes to an end by itself! That's not a good way to approach writing fiction. In both stories, there is hardly any sex, so be warned. (Just looking at my picture, you can probably tell: this is not a woman who has had very much sex!)
Kay
