So today I posted my 300th edition of the 100-Words Daily Challenge. I am pretty pleased about that and think this is a pretty cool milestone. I have been working on this every day for nearly a year now (with the exception of last November when I took a break for NaNoWriMo) and with only a couple more months before I hit a full year I thought it was time to start planning on what I will do with this thing. Continue reading
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This morning I went and submitted a story to a literary magazine. It always feels so good to have a story finished and ready for submission, but the moment I hit that send button all of the anxiety comes crashing in. I think every writer gets that effect or something like that. I am pretty proud of this piece and I think it stands a decent enough chance, but I thought the same thing about my last piece as well. I do think my writing is getting better though so even if I receive another rejection letter I will be okay. Continue reading
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Last year I set one real goal/resolution for 2011. I wanted to average 500 words per day in my writing and I'm happy to say I exceeded that. I barely wrote anything I in December and still my average for the year exceeded 600. The 50k word written for NaNaWriMo helped me take a break in December which I desperately needed so that I could bend more of my will against the editing process. Continue reading
