30,000 Word Challenge Wrap-up
Ok, the challenge period is over. Yesterday, I got back from work at about 5:30 and managed to write until 9:45, when the wife and kids got home from Maine. It was not continuous writing: I did pause a few …
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30,000 Word Challenge – Days 8 and 9
Didn’t post last night because I was totally wiped. And a bit embarrassed. I didn’t get back from work until almost 7 pm last night. Then I had to make up some lazagna and bring it to my colleague, who …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 7
Man, I’m like the Red Sox when they play the Yankees this year: I’m just sweeping out the victories! ;P I got home from work a little bit later this evening. Rather than jump immediately into writing, I had a …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 6
Flawless Victory this evening. 3,461 words, bringing my total for the challenge so far to 18,004 in six days. Sweet. This evening was all SciFi Thriller. I really should come up with a title for it, considering I’m got over …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 5
I’m up a lot later than I thought I would be tonight. And a lot later than I want to be, since I have to be at work in the morning. But I made a commitment to myself to make …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 4
Here’s my Day 4 stats: 3,991 for the day, bringing my total for the challenge to 11,480. Not too shabby. Now, I should be at 12,000 to be completely on track for 30,000 by the end of next Friday. So …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 3
Didn’t do as well today…or, well, I suppose yesterday at this point. I only got about 1600 words down. But I’ve got an excuse. The power went out when a huge thundershower passed through at around 5 pm, and didn’t …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 2
Tonight, I only worked on the Scifi thriller. And that’s ok, because I primarily meant the 30,000 word challenge to go toward that book when I came up with the idea. That said, I think I’m going to crank out …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day One
Flawless Victory today. I completed 648 words toward my scifi thriller, and 2885 words toward a short story. Total: 3533 words. Sweet! The short story is entitled In Your Sleep. I wrote it for the second volume of the Machine …
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 …