So, 3 stories completed. Working on #4, but the week hasn’t started off well. Having a fibro flare this week that’s really kicking my butt. So I doubt I get much writing done for the next few days. Bleh.
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April 12, 2016 / Downer Posts, Short Story Dares
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March 26, 2016 / NCAA Basketball Tourney, Short Story Dares
Halfway through my dare story. Â About 3200 words in and I think this one’s gonna be 6000 – 8000 words. We’ll see how many words it ends up being. With the story events halfway told, there’s a lot more ground left to cover.
And I am sad to report that all my teams have faded from the dance. My NCAA bracket is a sad panda. Oh, well, there’s always next year, right?
Good night!
Listening to: Dark Sky Island by Enya
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March 19, 2016 / NCAA Basketball Tourney, Short Story Dares
So…I challenged Ron Collins to a short story dare after he shared a cool photo with me. Beginning Monday, he and I will write a short story in a week, turn in date is end of the day, Sunday, 3/27/16. Theme is: Water-magic. Stay tuned.
Still working on the story/novel idea I came home with, researching this and that. Still in research mode, but I’ve written the first few pages of Chapter 1. Will see how this goes as I pull together more info.
Also, working on putting together a new short story collection. Called The Magic of Ordinary Things, it will have 14 or 15 of my short stories that didn’t appear in my first collection, The Sound of Angels. Still working on the lineup and the cover (which is very close to completion).
Now that two of my NCAA teams have left the bracket, I have one team left. So, go Ducks! Oregon must stay til the end. If they don’t, I will have to find another team to cheer for this year. This is one of my favorite times of year. I love the excitement and drama of the NCAA tourney, especially when Purdue is still in the dance. Maybe next year, but with all our seniors departing, we’ll be starting from scratch next year. But I can still hope.
Tags: ncaa, new collection, Ron Collins, short story dare, the magic of ordinary things