Is anyone here actually a writer...

Is anyone here actually a writer? I have a novel completed right now and my full manuscript is being reviewed by two literary agents and I've had a partial manuscript request from another.

So what are you all doing?

Am I a writer?

I dunno.

Do I like to write?

Yeah.

This.

>Am I writing short stories or a novel?
Yeah.

more than a dozen published short stories in both paper and digital formats, novel well on its way and I'm confident it'll be something worthwhile as I know what i'm doing.

how do i get a short story published

find magazines that are taking submissions and send it to them.
don't be surprised if they take up to 3 months just to say no.

Still banging my head against the final 1/3rd of my first novel's first draft.

Kinda sad that I have such a tin ear for normal romantic relationships. I think it's harder to write normal people because there's an expectation to fit a popular image- an image I'm badly out of touch with. I flew through the sections with the queers.

Research and find a magazine that prints similar stuff to your story. Or, read a magazine that you like, and write a story that tailors to their taste. Then send it to them, obviously.

Don't send stories out until you're 100% satisfied with them. If you're not, then don't send it out.

Seems a little odd that you'd have 3 active manuscripts circulating out there at one time.

whatever though...

First novel is a month away from completion and dear old dad spent 30 years as an executive in book distribution.

It's about my mental illness being misdiagnosed for ten years and the fallout there after. I've seen some shit.

Never been more excited