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Writing Update – August 20, 2011

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This week I’ve been chugging along on my novel, and I’m up to about 13,500 words now. That’s almost 50 pages, and I’m not yet a quarter of the way through my outline.

I had a few stories rejected by various publications, all par for the course. There’s a possibility that I’ve had a children’s story accepted by one place, but it isn’t confirmed yet. I currently have seven stories out in the ether, submitted to eleven different publications (because of simultaneous submissions of one story to multiple magazines).

I’ve had a sci-fi idea kicking around for a few weeks that finally blossomed yesterday, and I’ve been working on outlining it. I don’t know if I want to take time out from my novel to work on a different idea, though, especially since the outline for this new one is shaping up to be in the 10,000 to 15,000 word range, or possibly even longer, depending on how I structure it. I think I’m going to work more on the outline this weekend, and decide after that how I want to prioritize my projects.

Of course, I’m still working on my Master’s thesis, too. I’m doing revisions right now, and should hopefully be done those at some point next week.

When I find out whether my children’s story has actually been accepted, I’ll let everyone know where and when you can see it. Until then, I have lots of work in front of me!

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Writing Update – July 29, 2011

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This has been an interesting week for me, as far as writing goes. Not only did I send out Feel-Good to the early access list and open preorders (you should buy it!), but I also submitted more of my writing to outside markets and had my first accepted story published.

The story I had published was a Twitter-length “nanofiction” at Nanoism. Here’s a link to the story on the Nanoism site, and here it is on Twitter. Nanoism was at the forefront of the Twitter fiction “boom,” and it’s one of the few venues for Twitter-length fiction that I know of that’s still operating. It’s great to have a venue for a unique format like this.

I’ve also had a flash fiction story declined twice this week (it was done personally, both times), and received some helpful feedback in the process.

I touched up the rejected story a bit and submitted it elsewhere, so I now have five stories “out there” waiting for responses.

My writing this week has been fairly productive. I finished a short story I’m really excited about, responded to several different prompts on TypeTrigger, and wrote the first week’s worth of 50-word stories for the start of Year Three at FiftyWordStories.com next week.

Hopefully next week brings some good news, in the form of more productivity and acceptances!

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“Feel-Good” Progress Update #2

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I just finished writing the first draft of the centrepiece story for Feel-Good, my upcoming short fiction collection. That accomplishment means that the only thing between here and its release is editing, polishing, cover design, and layout. Exciting!

At this point, here’s what the content list for Feel-Good looks like:

  • One 5,000-word short story.
  • Six to eight pieces of flash fiction, between 200 and 500 words each.
  • One piece of 555 fiction.
  • Three or four lighthearted poems.

For comparisons’ sake, the contents of Living and Dying totalled around 5,000 words, all told. Feel-Good should end up at around 8,000 words. You asked for more, and you’re getting it!

My goal is to have Feel-Good ready for members of the “Early Access List” by next Monday, July 25, and for regular release the Monday after, August 1. I expect July 25 to also mark the beginning of “preorders”, including bonus offers, etc.

Follow me on Twitter for more detailed updates as we approach those dates.