3 Things Needed to Finish Your Short Story

I have been working on a short story anthology with a bunch of people from Sirens Conference. This anthology is completely grassroots where all time is donated and all proceeds go to Sirens Conference itself–because we all love the conference that much.

Creating this anthology is challenging. One reason? The timeline is so tight–we want this thing out and ready by this years conference. And when I sat down to make up the timeline, I did my best to work around the editor’s schedule who donated her services as well as formatting timelines, etc.

I did not consider that my life was going to be absolutely insane in May and June. Work exploded with events. My wife and I announced our impending baby. The Crash and Burn Comic is a finalist for the Prix Aurora Awards (voting is open now, for all your Canadians out there! So many great things to read and vote on).

Given all that awesome stuff happened, I want to take some time to point out the three things I needed to finish my short story on time–hopefully they will help you finish your short story too