Quick check-in today. Got another short story written this week, and now I’m tired. (But not because I wrote a short story; possibly, though, the laundry is making me tired.)
So I’m calling it a night and a very short check-in. More next week.
Category Archives: Write 1/Sub 1
Weekly writing check-in: five for August
That’s right. I wrote five short stories this August, including two this past week (one flash fiction, the other a short story).
I don’t know if I’ll go all out–so much depends on what happens with my schedule. But I am participating in A Story A Day in September. I even got today’s written, although it’s more of a series of vignettes than an actual story (see above about whether or not I’m going all out).
In other words, my aim is to get some words, not necessarily a story, every single day.
So, tune in next week to see if I really did get those words (it’s like a cliffhanger). And if you’re a writer, consider signing up.
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one with the mad scientist
A little less writing this week since I’m still doing class work for the Adobe InDesign classes I’m taking. Still, I’m not complaining about +5,000 words.
This is also the reason I haven’t sent any submissions back out. But it’s spring break this week and I hope to get a few more things submitted, a few more words written, and my classwork completed.
We’ll see if I can make this happen.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~5,833 words
Submissions:
- None this week
Rejections:
- Abandonment Issues
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- The Short Sweet Life of My Invisible Prom Date in Mad Scientist Journal available via Amazon and Smashwords, with other e-book retailers coming soon. Learn more about the journal and the issue at the Mad Scientist Journal website.
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one with lots of words
A few rejections (one of which I sent right back out again), lots of writing, and that was about it for this week. And yet, I feel as if so much has happened. Things have, but those things have been in the world of the story, not real life.
So … yeah. I can’t exactly tell you about my fictional people and the myriad of fictional problems they have. Also, I should probably admit that what I have on my hands is definitely a novel, since I’m sitting at 47,000 words total so far, and the end? Not quite in sight.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~8,637 words
Submissions:
- The Life Expectancy of Fireflies
Rejections:
- The Life Expectancy of Fireflies
- Doreen’s Muse
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one with even more audio
So, despite writing only 800 words on Monday (thank you, Daylight Saving Time), I managed 8,000 words for the week. I’m not really sure how that happened, but I’m happy that it did.
And for the second week in a row, I’ve sold audio rights for one of my stories, and it’s also another story that first appeared in Kazka Press. I’m thrilled that The Girl with the Piccolo will be a podcast from Cast of Wonders.
As you can see below, I flung five more submissions out the door this week as well. When you combine that with the audio sale and the cover reveal, it adds up to a pretty good week.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~8,018 words
Submissions:
- What Little Remains
- Incriminating Evidence
- The Life Expectancy of Fireflies
- Five to Freedom
- Abandonment Issues
Rejections:
- Where Were You when the War Started
- Abandonment Issues
Acceptances:
- The Girl with the Piccolo to Cast of Wonders
Publications:
- None, but be sure to check out yesterday’s cover reveal for Sucker Literary Magazine Volume 3.
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one where I fling about some roses
While I didn’t plan to match my submissions to my rejections this week, it worked out that way. Four back in, four back out, and I still have a few more to send out somewhere else, not to mention stories I need to get out the door for the first time.
(Wow. That was a really long sentence. Take a breath.)
Lots of writing on the story that is clearly not a short story. We know this because I just reached the 30,000-word mark in the manuscript. I think what I have here is yet another accidental novel. But I’m not complaining.
My fun news for the week is I sold audio rights to Toasted Cake Podcast for The Burden of So Many Roses, which appeared last year in the February issue of Kazka Press. Just because you’ve sold a story doesn’t mean you can’t sell it again.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~7,770 words
Submissions:
- The Patron Saint of Lost Things
- The Perfect Canvas
- Ghost in the Coffee Machine (audio market)
- Abandonment Issues
Rejections:
- Five to Freedom
- What Little Remains
- The Life Expectancy of Fireflies
- Abandonment Issues
Acceptances:
- The Burden of So Many Roses at Toasted Cake Podcast.
Publications:
- While Straying from the Path was published last week at Flash Fiction Online, you now have other options if you prefer to read stories on your e-reader instead.
You can pick up a copy of this month’s issue (along with some back issues) at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, and Weightless Books.
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one where I stray from the path
So, I blew it this month, with Write 1/Sub 1. I did end up submitting a total of three stories for the month. That’s the good news. I wrote a total of 22,500 words. That’s also good news. However, those words were not in any short stories.
Not so good.
As I said over on the Write 1/Sub 1 website, sometimes I need to write a novel. The short stories will be there when I’m done.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~ 5,300 words
Submissions:
- Five to Freedom
- Doreen’s Muse
- Like Bread Loves Salt
Rejections:
- Inside Out
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- Straying from the Path at Flash Fiction Online! The issue went live yesterday.
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one with a vortex of writing and rejections
More writing on the story that is not a short story. Actually, quite a bit of writing. I didn’t realize how much until I looked up and discovered I’d passed the 5,000 word count mark for the week and then kept on going.
Also this week, there was a blizzard of rejections. Four within a twenty-four hour period. I used to post this sort of thing on Facebook, except my friends would tell me to keep my chin up. They mean well, but my chin is fine. I post this sort of thing because I think it’s funny. And four rejections within twenty four hours is funny. At least, I think so.
Next week I have plans for some of those stories. They’ll go out the door again. In the meantime, I’ll work on the story that is not very short.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~ 6,800 words
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- Five to Freedom
- The Perfect Canvas
- Incriminating Evidence
- Like Bread Loves Salt
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one with a nice surprise
It was a quiet week on the writing front, with work on the thing that is clearly not a short story, since I’m up to +10,000 words on it so far. This is a story that’s been flitting about in the back of my mind for at least four years and watching it all come out is really kind of fun.
I didn’t submit anything this week. Nothing came back to me, so there’s that as well.
But I did get a nice surprise from Kazka Press. Editor Michael Haynes named The Burden of So Many Roses as one of his favorite stories from last year. I am enormously pleased he thought so highly of it. You can click through to read (or reread) it. I recommend it for those who had a lousy Valentine’s Day.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~ 5,338 words
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- None
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
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Write 1/Sub 1 check in: the one some Girl Scout cookies
So … the back of my car? Filled–filled I tell you–with Girl Scout cookies. I don’t suppose anyone would like to buy a box or ten. My weather widget says it’s zero degrees right now. Once it gets “warm” enough, we’re going to layer up and hit the streets.
I started something new this week, something that is (clearly) not a short story, since it already has 5,000 words. I suspect it will go long, and I’m looking to write a flash sometime this month so I can have an official “write 1” for February. Ah, but the month is still young (of course, it’s short, so I don’t want to put it off for too long).
I’m beginning to think that if last year was the year I wrote short, this is the one where I go long. I guess we’ll see.
Writing Work:
- The Time After ~ 5,000 words
Submissions:
- Abandonment Issues
- The Burden of So Many Roses (audio market)
Rejections:
- Abandonment Issues
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
Filed under Write 1/Sub 1, Writing
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