Purge - Final Edit Stage Update III

This post should be the last that is relevant to this stage of the edit - the stage between getting the work started and getting it published and sent out to the world.

Yesterday, I went through it all the way to the end. I even added another chapter, because I felt that there was a slight lack of continuity. There are over 5,000 words contained in the version of the story that exists at this moment, and depending on the circumstances between now and it's actual finish, it might have approximately 5,500 words.

I am considering the home of some of H.P Lovecraft's short stories to publish; Weird Tales. Failing that, there are some others I can consider. I will not publish to anyone who will try and take ownership of the original story. Besides, publishers like that should be ashamed of themselves for trying to one-over the artists that have made their ascents possible in the first place.

Anyway, in a short-lived bout of distraction, I posted a comment on the latest blog posting which belongs to Shiloh, the girlfriend or whatever of the Youtube user Onision. She's also known as Draculoh. She's a fellow Canadian and is a recording artist. It was on a specific debacle going on between them but that's for neither here or there. This story is 95% done I think, and I am guessing that I'll have it done by the end of next week.

As some British jackass on the aforementioned website likes to close his videos with, Ta-ta.

Purge - Final Edit Stage Update II

The story once known as "Forget, Regret; Power, Devourer", renamed as 'Purge', is nearing completion.

I made a few more edits today. In the first few chapters, I added a few paragraphs in total to flesh out the story of each. I've also added a space between paragraphs, so as to avoid the "wall of text" effect. Some more corrections had to be made, obviously because Word can't detect every literary mistake. One has to be very intuitive in the editing process.

Feels like I am critiquing my own work, to be frank. And I hold mixed feelings for the realm of critique.

As for publishing it, I am considering Clarke's World Magazine, which is actually what is known as an "e-zine." However, I want to get a full-on copyright before publishing it to them, because I don't want them to own the hard copy version. I'll contact them before hand and inquire about this, but I'll take the safe route anyway because it requires quite a bit of effort to write a story.

Also, they pay ten cents per word (up to 4,000 words), and five cents per word after that. As such, they would prefer a 4,000 word limit. This is definitely encouraging. I could use a monetary boost for sure.