As Dakota Storm I have written three full length novels that range from 40,000 to 50,000 words. My publisher JMS has submissions on occassions for what they call a Hot Flash. A Hot Flash is a short story no more than 4,999 words. JMS puts hot flashes with the same cover for all M/M stories and the same for F/F stories, so it’s a universal cover depending its a Male or Female story. I wrote one and it was a little hard for me, I felt it was a great story and super sweet but it was hard to fit in everything I wanted in the story in less than 5,000 words.

I love the fact that the story flowed well for me when writing, I love writing dialogue so that worked for me too but some reviews said they wanted more, that they loved/enjoyed the story but wanted a epilogue or more story…LOL. After I wrote it I wanted to write more of the story. As a reader I wanted more! But it was a submission for a Hot Flash and I was quit happy when finished. Readers seemed to enjoy it as well, reading the reviews, I think I may even write another one ! I am curious on how many people read shorts or in this case Hot Flashes?? Some readers like them because they can read it at a appointment or while making dinner…What’s your opinion? I’m curious, how many people read shorts or Hot flashes ??

Here is the link to mine ! It’s only 99 cents!