Monthly Archives: March 2013

Week 13! Here we are, three months into this experiment and I’m still on track. Amazingly.

So far, for the year, I’ve managed to write fourteen stories and send out twenty one submissions. Add to that two acceptances. So not only do I win the monster award for March, but I’m one third of the way through this experiment and looking forward to even more.

I’ve been surprised at just how many (odd) ideas are knocking around in my head and how many of them seem to fly off my fingers, seemingly from nowhere. That’s been the biggest reward so far. It’s like lifting a rock and discovering not squirming bugs, but many shiny, shiny things.

Writing:

• Pansy, Too (continuation/standalone addition to Out of the Blue), ~ 1,500 words. Yes, I suspect a time will come when I can’t call these standalone episodes or what have you, but for now, I am.

Rejections:

• None

Submissions:

• Rhymes with Orange

Acceptances:

• None

Week 12! That story I mentioned last week, the one I thought could have recurring characters? Well, they recurred. I wrote another little adventure for them that almost stands alone. Close enough, at least, that I’m counting it as my Write 1 for the week.

I did not do any revising. This is bad. I have plenty of stories, mind you, but not revised and edited stories to send out. That is on the to-do list this week. Unless a story ends up rejected. One can hope. See? Optimism in the face of rejection. A side benefit of Write 1/Sub 1.

Writing:

• Pansy (continuation/standalone addition to Out of the Blue), ~ 3,170 words
• Untitled something-or-other, ~ 2,000 or more words, in progress

Rejections:

• None

Submissions:

• The Patron Saint of Lost Things

Acceptances:

• None