Place for the Stolen
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Tuesday Post of Accountability!: Submissions and an Injured Finger
Every Tuesday you will be subjected to regaled by the writing progress I have made over the last week. But! I insist that I not be the only one exposing myself sounding off. Let your comments reflect what kind of suffering butt-kicking you have done too!
Okay, here’s my progress report:
1. Wrote rough draft of a three page short story I’m calling “The Last Typewriter in the World”…inspired by the fact that my mother just got me a typewriter for a Kerouac-like experiment that I shall be conducting shortly.
2. Submitted to four magazines. These are really my first submissions of the year. Working on novel-length pieces doesn’t leave you a whole lot of submittable material, but I spruced up a couple flash pieces and we’ll see how they do.
3. Thought about editing another short story and just wound up looking at it for a little while.
4. Worked on typing in handwritten chapters for TL, realized I was going to have to rewrite a chapter from another point of view and haven’t worked on it since out of frustration. (Plus my right index finger still hurt from all the handwriting…I really think I strained something and will try to take it easier on my hand by mixing the handwriting/computer entry a little faster.)
5. Finished blog posts for the week…and they’re lengthy so I think that counts as writing work. =)
All writey guys?
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Jenny Maloney
I write dark fiction that my mother hates. I also review mysteries for criminalelement.com. When not writing fiction/reviews, I'm creating plays at Springs Ensemble Theatre in Colorado Springs.
Good luck on your submissions!
And ooh! Lucky you! I love typewriters.
1) Organized works in progress so all materials for each are in the same place.
2) Finished 2 craft projects that were close to completion. Why is that listed here? Because they were hanging over me, and it proves I can finish things. At least to myself.
3) Interviewed an expert for a future project.
Piddling around the edges of actual forward progress, but it still felt good. Now to work on outlines for a couple projects.
Promised by next Tuesday–complete expanded outline for MMG on cards.
Oh, and maybe you need some popsicle sticks and tape to splint up that poor finger.