Continuing the passion for short stories...
When I started writing, I didn't have any knowhow of things that shouldn't be written - especially for your first manuscript if you are going to try and launch a career with it. I learnt about the same through a raised hand on 'how to pitch' and an embarrassing 'no one is looking to buy that' response amidst a room of 1000+ conference attendees in a writing conference. Alas, it was too late. I had already written my first manuscript - a collection of short stories - and was a
