Okay we're just over halfway through September so time to see how I'm dong with my self-motivated challenge of doing 30 short story submissions in 30 days. Answer: it's going quite well. It's day 17 and I've submitted 12 stories a total of 19 times. I've received 7 rejections, 3 of which have been personalized.... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge 2020
Earlier in the year, I wrote a post about my 2020 writing goals, and then COVID happened. While Western Australia is in decent shape (no community transmission, no lockdown, very few active cases), the mental toll of watching the rest of the world burn has made writing incredibly difficult. I've put aside the novel I... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “Time and Again and Destiny Too”
Hello, Lovelies! I hope everyone is keeping healthy and safe during these crazy times we live in. I've got a bit of an escape for anyone who needs to step away from reality. My story "Time and Again and Destiny Too" has just been published in the July 2020 issue of Hybrid Fiction! The best... Continue Reading →
How I’m Surviving NaNo2019
As I mentioned last post, I'm participating in NaNoWriMo this year. I was hesitant about doing NaNo again, cuz I find it to be a pretty hit or miss experience for me. Some years it's great for knocking out a rough draft and getting a story that's been in my head for a while down... Continue Reading →
Update and NaNo 2019
Hello. After the awesomeness of my September Writing Challenge, October was a bit more chill on the writing side of things. I met with my writing group to go over their feedback on one of my novels, and I've been working on rereading that novel and making my editorial notes before I dive into revisions.... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge 2019
Okay, phew, I made it. I survived my September Story Challenge without my brains gooing out of my ears and jamming up my keyboard. And, it went better than I anticipated it would, so there's a win. But let's break things down into specifics, shall we? My goal was to make 30 short story submissions... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge: The First Ten Days
As I stated in my September Goals post, I've decided to dedicate the month of September to writing short stories. Specifically, I plan to submit one short story each day during the month of September. It's been ten days, so how's it going. It's going well, better than I anticipated. It hasn't been easy by... Continue Reading →
Looking Towards September
I had several many goals, both writing and non-writing related during August. Let's see how I did, shall we? How'd I Do, August? Let's start with the writing goals first: I finished the revision pass on my current WIP and created my spreadsheet outline for the draft so that I can visualize the story structure... Continue Reading →
Word Press Anniversary
Apparently, today is my sixth anniversary as a WordPress user, which seems as good an excuse as any to finally break out of my virtual hermitage and write an update post. So, where have I been? What have I been up to? How am I doing? All good questions. I even have answers to them.... Continue Reading →
2018 In Review
I've done so much this year that it feels like I should just take next year off. Which is bizarre considering that I've just passed the first anniversary of resigning my full-time job. So what exactly did I do? In January, I finished my part of recording All Stove Up for Miners Creek and then... Continue Reading →