Two Completed Stories
The title gives away the big secret of this post. But what the hell. You guys hate secrets, right? 🙂 First, I finished the Writers of the Future story. I still have not figured out a title yet. I finished …
Category: Writers of the Future
Progress Update
The last week has been very enlightening, writing-wise. Since I’ve begun tracking my writing I’ve been amazed at my output. Well maybe not amazed. Pleased and impressed, maybe. I’ve been working on my Writers of the Future story still. At …
Adios, September
Well, another month’s done, so it’s time to examine how it went. I’d say September was pretty good. I had a birthday, which is always fun. I got Masters published finally, which is great! Just a short while ago, I …
No HM For Me
So as you guys know, one of my writing goals is to submit to the Writers of the Future contest each quarter until I either 1) Win or 2) Have too many professional publishing credits to qualify. No danger of …
Call me anal, but…
So I went by my mailbox this afternoon and found an envelope from Writers of the Future. It was my Honorable Mention certificate! Cool! Now, I have no idea what percentage of entrants get Honorable Mentions, Silver Honorables, and the …
Honorable
Hey wicked cool. I just got the email from Writers of the Future. Passing in the Night, my submission for last quarter, got an Honorable Mention! Guess that means I don’t suck completely. Now to submit Passing to a publisher. …
Deadline – Met!
Right. Well, today’s 30 June, the last day of the quarter for Writers of the Future. Submissions have to be in by midnight tonight. A week ago, I was starting to sweat the deadline, because I’d barely started a story …
Cover – Done!
Well, the cover journey is now complete. Last night, I told Jeroen that we’re good to go and paypal’d (Not sure that’s a word; oh well, I made it up) him his money. So now we’re all set on the …
Time Crunch
So I went ahead and gave myself a deadline for the follow-on to Passing in the Night, and a word count target: end of August, and 80,000 words. That works out to a bit less than 1,000 words a day. Totally …
Writers of the Future submission – or – How to Build a Starship
I pressed submit on Passing in the Night for Writers of the Future late last night. I’ve got mixed feelings about the story and its prospects, though. I had a few people read it this week, and got a variety …
Writers of the Future submission – or – How to Build a Starship Read more »