The goal
I’ve been pushing myself to do one writing-related thing per day (this blog doesn’t count). I’m pushing myself because I am not currently enamored with an idea; no project obsessions here.
I thrive on project obsessions, so when they’re not there, I tend to panic. Which is why I’m doing the daily writing gig — to jog me into that state of flow where there’s nothing except the writing and me.
“How’s that working for you?”
I wrote and edited a poem, so that counts for something. I’ve revised two cover letters and sent in queries of two books (one small press, one large). I haven’t come up with any big ideas yet, but there’s a whole summer to work on things. I have an idea for this fall’s Kringle story, but I won’t work on that till NaNoWriMo in November.
I really need to write some short stories, flash, and poetry. Those will give me submittables for Submittable. As I’ve said before, I’ve been advised to stop writing novels for a while and start with smaller story submissions.
What I want to work on this summer
- More stories in the Kel and Brother Coyote arc
- Some short stories and flash based on prompts Richard gave me
- Work on my own list of prompts — I’m actually playing with this this morning and need to write these down:
- A middle aged housewife fights a fae infestation
- The denizens of Hell unionize
- A little girl inherits her grandfather’s dragon
That should keep me busy.
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