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 …
Tag: science fiction
Facepalm
Yeah, I’m an idiot. I’m a bit over 27,000 words into the Scifi thriller (and I STILL don’t have a title for it….sonofabitch), and like I said the other day, I’ve been totally bogged down lately. Part of the reason …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
Sample Sunday
After I got musically inspired, I thought about my new story idea and realized I need to do a LOT of research if I want to do the story right. So I’m getting started on that. But in the meantime, …
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 …
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