Loved the story, and more importantly I think, your storytelling. Not to mention you comment on the story and the topic at the end. It is easy to see the influences you mention in your writing. I look forward to catching up on reading your other stories.
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Cool. Thanks for reading. Happy you enjoyed it.
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The stories come to me. Sometimes its horror, sometimes its not. It’s similar to music. The melody may come at any moment, attacking your mind. It’s up to you as the writer to put it down on paper. The trick is learning to avoid waiting for that inspiration to come. Don’t be passive with it. Cultivate your creative mind. Grow it like a muscle.
Fiction writers are at a certain disadvantage when publishing on Steemit. We don’t meme or tackle gossip. We put up art, without a guarantee of payment. We rely on readers to reward us. It’s arguable how many readers are left in today’s world, let alone on the internet, or on Steemit.
Our work is immediately available, for free, to the wider public, permanently imbued in the blockchain. In some ways, that’s an honor. On the other hand, the first rule of a writer should be, after developing their craft, to get paid for their work. Harlan Ellison has much to say about this.
For this reason, efforts like those of @Curie are commendable. Rewarding writers and artists for their labor is what will keep Steemit afloat on an ocean of spam. There’s a growing, lively community of fiction writers and contests on the platform. We do what we can for each other.
Despite the few drawbacks, I’ll continue to post short fiction on Steemit. I hope further updates to the platform will fix some of the issues the wider community are quite vocal about. In any case, it’s nice to find the occasional reader and connect.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07375V8PV
I self-published a small collection of short stories on Amazon if anyone is interested, inspired by my favorite writers like Ligotti and Borges.
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