The Great Challenge And Other Updates

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I’ve not updated y’all in a while, and I’ve got a fair decent amount of news to share.

First, The Great Challenge with Dean.

Still going strong. 46 for 46. 6 more to go, and I get the Big Reward. Totally gonna make it at this point.

Here are the stories from The Great Challenge so far:

  1. Red Orchid – Romance – 3,800 words
  2. Debts And Obligations – Sword and Sorcery – 14,200 words
  3. Naughty And Nice – Modern Fantasy – 4,800 words
  4. Popper’s – Mystery – 4,100 words
  5. The Case Of The Missing Rocker – SciFi/Mystery – 7,200 words
  6. Fences And Neighbors – Post-Apocalyptic – 4,800 words
  7. Give A Dog A Bone – Doggy Mystery – 3,200 words
  8. Untitled – Romance – 5,300 words
  9. Lost On Cordant Station – Science Fiction – 8,560 words
  10. Kicking The Anthill – Urban Fantasy/Adventure – 3,863 words
  11. VIP Treatment – Modern Fantasy – 6,012 words
  12. A Man Of Faith – Religious/Supernatural Thriller Maybe? – 9,013 words
  13. Abe’s Liquors – Romantic Suspense – 2,951 words
  14. Cave Diving For Dummies – Sea Story/Suspense – 3,491 words
  15. Work Release – Science Fiction – 4,910 words
  16. Miss Melody And The Elf Spa – Fantasy – 4,175 words
  17. Joyride To The Moon – YA Science Fiction – 5,444 words
  18. Moonstruck – Fantasy/Horror – 4,683 words
  19. Wire Runs – Science Fiction – 2,119 words
  20. Miss Melody And The Knight Gallant – Fantasy – 5,573 words
  21. Lost Credit – Fantasy/Sword And Sorcery – 4,407 words
  22. Hunting For Game – Mystery/Crime – 2,474 words
  23. Caledonia – Science Fiction/Horror – 4,870 words
  24. Love In The Apocalypse – Science Fiction/Horror – 3,389 words
  25. Playing For Scraps – Science Fiction – 5,307 words
  26. Terran New Year – Scifi/Romance – 3,103 words
  27. Santa Fe Station – Mystery/Crime – 5,486 words
  28. Finding Bobby Jenkins – Science Fiction – 7,552 words
  29. Warden’s Trial – Sword and Sorcery – 3,790 words
  30. On The Road To Hopefell – Post-Apocalyptic – 4,041 words
  31. Wolves On Cornell Street – Fantasy – 5,032 words
  32. Terra Infirma – Science Fiction – 6,316 words
  33. The Eternal Ride Of Brom Bones – Fantasy – 4,101 words
  34. Liquor Coolers – Fantasy – 3,517 words
  35. Sacred Vows – Spiritual/Romance – 6,547 words
  36. Shell Shock – Contemporary/War – 2,190 words
  37. The Greenhorn Tree – Fantasy – 4,425 words
  38. A Cabin In The Woods – Contemporary – 2,308 words
  39. Revelator – Fantasy – 4,253 words
  40. Cupid’s Arrow – Fantasy/Romance – 4,407 words
  41. Heaven’s Gate – Science Fiction/Mystery – 5,548 words
  42. Drilling For Gold – Science Fiction/Crime – 3,271 words
  43. Drops In The Storm – Crime – 1,990 words
  44. Miss Melody And The Spruce Trail – Fantasy – 3,776 words
  45. The Briefcase – Crime/Thriller – 3,720 words
  46. Legacy – Fantasy/Sword and Sorcery – 4,394 words

Next, the Anthology Workshop I attended in Vegas a week ago.

It went well. Learned a lot, had a lot of fun, and got to catch up with some good friends I haven’t seen in a while. Plus, I sold a short story to a new market!

Yep, Loren Coleman (of Catalyst Game Labs fame) was there reading for the soon-to-launch Fantasy Quarterly magazine. And he liked one of my stories enough to buy it…after I make a couple changes he requested. No idea about the release schedule for it. I’ll share when I do.

So that’s pretty darn cool.

The next thing to talk about is Kickstarter.

I’ve backed many a campaign on that platform, and now I’m getting ready to run one of my own!

I’d thought for a while that I should try it, because it really irks me that the Glimmer Vale Chronicles are sitting there, audiobook incomplete, and have been for a while. But dang, you know how expensive making an audiobook can be.

Or maybe you don’t. Hence the purpose of the Kickstarter.

The campaign is just about ready to go. I’m starting with a small goal, the better to more likely fund. But I’m also setting up stretch goals so that, if I meet them, I can fully realize my vision for the project.

This is just a warning order, to let you, gentle reader, know it’s coming. For now all that exists is a preview page for the campaign. I’m going to spend the next several days spreading the word so as many people as possible know I’m doing it before actually launching, because the faster it funds, the more likely Kickstarter is to boost it on their site, so it can really start earning some bucks!

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I’ll be sure to spread the word once it’s live, probably within the week.

Finally, The Infinite Bard.

I’m sharing a story for it this week. It’ll be live here on the site tomorrow night.

Come. Read. Enjoy.

Then go over to The Infinite Bard’s site and show some love to the other writers who are participating.

That’s all I’ve got for this one. Talk to you again tomorrow.

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