2013 Writing Progress – Week 9
I’m a little late in updating for this week, but that’s ok. I don’t hear any complaints. 🙂 Simply put, I crushed it. Observe: 11,212 words, almost 50% above my 7,500 word goal for the week. It helped that I …
Category: Short Stories
Goal Progress Update
It’s been several weeks since I did an update on here. Got some good excuses, which aren’t really excuses but reasons. I’ll discuss them as we go. Ready? Ok. Week 6 I only got 2,248 words that week. I was …
Changing the Covers
I use GIMP to do covers. At least I do when I don’t hire out for them. It’s pretty powerful, and the price was right – FREE! Over the last year and a half I’ve learned a lot about how …
#NaNoWriMo Update – or – Why It’s Not Bad To Come Up Short
Well, it’s 22:19 on the 28th. I’m just about to hit 30,000 words for the month. Not bad. But…not good enough for NaNoWriMo. Of course, I’ve got some more writing in me tonight, so I’ll probably get to 31,000 or …
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Story #17
I just pushed “publish” on The Blob On The Rock, making it the 17th story I’ve epubbed so far. It got an HM from Writers Of the Future, but didn’t get picked up by pro magazine markets (I heard back …
Finally…Another One
I finished another short story tonight. First one since the move, and since my bicycle injury. It came in at 3,100 words and took 2.42 hours to write. That comes out to 1284 words/hour. Which is slower than normal for …
Go West, You Old Bastard
I’m writing this from the Residents Inn in Topeka, Kansas. Last Friday (11 May 2012) evening, I departed my old (temporary) abode in Ballston Spa, NY in favor of my new home in San Diego. Yeah, I know. Poor me, …
Still Honorable
I got the email from Writers of the Future today. The Blob On The Rock, my entry for the 1st Quarter of their 29th issue…won! Yeah….just kidding. Actually, it got an Honorable Mention. That makes two HMs and two flat …
Another One Down
Just felt the need to crow. I finished another story today: another mystery/crime tale, called Bag Man. I started it back in March, but only got about 1,000 words down before I left for the Workshop. I originally called it The Watery Tart, …
A Paperback Jar
As I mentioned before, I’ve been working on a Trade Paperback version of my short story collection, A Jar Of Mixed Treats. I got the initial proof last week, and naturally found a couple typos that I’d missed before. And, …