I’m checking out story contests as a way to jumpstart the writing. NYCMidnight.com has contests coming out the wazoo. I want the comradery of story swapping without having to tell whiny publishers that the story has appeared elsewhere. So I can’t promise how long the story(s) will stay up. I already have serial novel ideas from this story and one of my beta readers has compared it to Philip K. Dick’s “Do androids dream of electric sheep.” That and getting first place in the first round is damn satisfying.
G. L. Morrison 
You should look on duotrope.com and New Pages – they list a ton of short story contests and literary magazines that you may be interested in.
There’s no better way to practice the art of writing than to write a few poems and short stories. Have you ever tried your hand at them? It’s surprising the number of writers that have never done this. Instead they jump straight in with their first novel. –
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