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Jumping on the Kanbanpad wagon

| April 4, 2012

Last week, I spotted a tweet from Carrie Cuinn about Kanbanpad as an organizational tool. I’m a sucker for organizational tools, so I hopped on over to her blog post to read about it. She, in turn, had gotten her inspiration for using Kanbanpad for a writing organizational tool from John Remy. I liked what […]

March Recap

| March 27, 2012

As we’re off to the not-so-wilds of Michigan tomorrow, I’m posting my March recap today. I’m pretty darn sure I’m not going to get much writing done over the next few days. By the numbers Stories out at the beginning of the month: 4 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 1 Resubmissions: 2 New Submissions: 0 […]

A late recap

| March 12, 2012

I forgot to post my weekly recap on Friday, so here it is today instead! This past week was mostly one for editing and reviewing. The only writing I got done was one section of a short story I was working on, though I’ve decided since that I’m going to shelve that story for a […]

Friday recap

| March 2, 2012

Well, we’re only two days into March, which means I don’t have much to report for my Write1Sub1 story. And really, I didn’t write much at all. I’ve been spending a lot of my spare time getting through this super thick anthology that I’m reviewing. Only 4 stories left now, which I hope I’ll finish […]

February recap

| February 29, 2012

By the numbers Stories out at the beginning of the month: 6 Acceptances received: 1 (“The Devil’s Toybox”) Rejections received: 2 Resubmissions: 0 New Submissions: 1 (“The Devil’s Toybox”) Stories out at the end of the month: 4 So what did I get done this month that isn’t reflected above? I only wrote one book […]

Friday Recap

| February 24, 2012

Wow, I kinda fell off from posting here. I suppose working 9 hour days will do that to a person. I didn’t quite get as much done this week as previously hoped for. I wrote another chapter for my novella, and then went back and partially fixed a problem that had occurred to me in […]

Friday Recap

| February 17, 2012

This week has been not too bad, though I suspect my total word count is very much on the low side. I wrote a piece of microfiction on Monday, which was accepted for publication on Tuesday. Last night, I knocked out one of the remaining chapters in my steampunk novella, though I already know it […]

Quick turnaround!

| February 15, 2012

Remember that microfiction story I mentioned on Monday? It was accepted at the venue where I submitted it on Tuesday. That’s less than a 24-hour turnaround from the story being written to the story being accepted. Hooray for nearly instant gratification! The venue is Bat Terrier, and I’ll be sure to post again when my […]

It’s coming back to me!

| February 13, 2012

At least I think so. I realized today that I haven’t written any fiction since February 1st. I was coming down with a cold as we left writer’s group that night, and today was the first day I’ve had the brain power to write. Unsurprisingly, it was because I heard a song. The song was […]

Friday Recap

| February 10, 2012

This week has pretty much been a wash. I did write another book review, but that is all. Between being sick all weekend, then slowly recovering, and then Jeremy having surgery yesterday, my whole schedule has been wonky and weird and not conducive to writing. I had bold plans to finally get some writing done […]