Short Story Success

"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs." Christopher Hampton

Well, here it is, time for another post. It’s also good news time. I’ve received notification that one on my short story submittals has been accepted for publication. (The first ever!!) The publisher is Long Story Short located at http://www.longstoryshort.net/. The story will be out in April and I will advise as to the date. Here is a copy of the press release.

M E D I A R E L E A S E

For immediate release

Contact: Gene Alvin

E-mail: aelfwin@tds.net

March 12, 2006

Long Story Short Writing site Honors local award winning Author’s Short Story.

Collinwood, TN. --The board of editors at Long Story Short has accepted Gene Alvin’s short story, “Savannah” for publication.

Savannah was conceived when the author created a fictional account based on the sentence, “ The airplane sputtered and sank low into the jungle.” The story started as a writing exercise and quickly evolved into an excursion into the jungles of the Brazilian Amazon.

Edited by Denise Cassino, Linda Barnett-Johnson and Susan Scott, Long Story Short features fine writing from fiction and poetry to essays and, unlike many journals, also offers critiques from their submission committee. Their goal is to promote and advance the work of writers worldwide.

The URL to this story is http://www.longstoryshort.us/

Gene Alvin is a resident of Collinwood Tennessee and is an up and coming author of fantasy and Science Fiction short stories and novels. He has had poetry published in local newspapers in Los Angeles and won second prize in the Authors Unlimited December 2005 contest in Australia. He is a moderator for the Nick Daws Writers Circle and a member of My Writing Friend Forum. He is also editor of his own writers blog: http://www.aelfwin.co.uk/aelf which is aimed at helping other new writers with tips and advice on the art of writing. March 12, 2006

(Needless to say if I can do it so can you!!)

Sites to see, places to go and groups to join:

My Writing Friend: writingfriend@yahoo.com. This is a great place to hone your writing skills.


Nick Daws Writers Circle: Click link on this page. I'm a moderator on this site, It's awesome.


Online Writing Workshop: http://sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/. Want feedback for your work?


Newbie Writers:http://www.newbiewriters.com/. Great place to meet other newbies.


The Writers Toolbox: http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=61811.

I’ll be adding to the above list as I find more newbie friendly sites