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April 12, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote almost 11K, then yesterday I took a break to go through the manuscript from the beginning, to make sure I tied up all the lose ends. No, it’s not done, but I needed to remind myself what I’d done. Also, it’s part of a series but standalone, and I haven’t decided […]
April 5, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote a little over 8K new words but the whole manuscript is already at 14.6K, since I integrated a short story I wrote back in November into it. And like I mentioned to Tori in the comments, I’m having fun again writing a longer work. Publishing burnout is really a thing. I […]
March 29, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week after writing 4500words (for a yearly total of almost 72K) I decided I had enough of short stories and wanted to send a longer work to Mighty Editor by the end of April. So the short story I was writing was set aside and I decided what to write next. Again, I have […]
March 22, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote a whopping 11K and the longest story of this lot (still under 10K), which also gave me a couple of ideas for one of the longer projects I have in mind. Until the end of the month I’m writing a few more shorts, probably until Easter, then I’ll move on to […]
March 15, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote almost 8K, but ended up with just a 6500 words story. Yeah, lots of false starts on that one, but eventually I wrote it, LOL! This week I’m off Day Job and going through the edited work as well as writing the last story of the challenge. By next week I […]
March 7, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote a 5K story that was done by Thursday, and spent the rest of the week either drawing or pondering the next story. I should write a dystopia, but the current world events are so bleak, that it can only be something with a happy ending! 😉 Possibly something that helps me […]
February 28, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote around 5K, a very short story (almost a flash fiction around 1K), a short story and the start of a third, then the weekend hit and I had no time to go back to it. I won’t send more than 12 stories to my partner in crime/fellow challenge mate, but I […]
February 21, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote 7K, another story that turned out different than expected, but that’s the beauty of improvising from visual prompts! And since the elephant in the room these days is AI, here are a few opinions on how it can (or can’t) be applied in fiction. Chuck Wendig and Dean Wesley Smith both […]
February 14, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote a short story a little over 5K. The prompt I used turned out completely different, but that’s fine! This week I hope to be able to write something, since it’s the only respite from the life rolls that keep coming at me. Day Job is getting worse, I look forward to […]
February 7, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Roundup
Last week I wrote about 6K of new words, including a complete rewrite for a submission. And I already had one rejection to the first submission. We’ll see if they’re as fast for the second submission, LOL! These guys wanted .docx, which forces me to jump through hoops and using the office wordprocessor, but I […]
