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Day 32: Short Story Marathon
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Late start writing today at 6:45 a.m. (hey it's a Sunday) and wrote a short time travel story called "Goodbye Mrs. Hopkins." I thought it was going to be another piece of flash fiction, but not quite. At 1,300 words it's very short. It is story #28.
Day 31: Short Story Marathon
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Another tough start this morning, but not as bad as two days ago. After a few false starts, I dug into a new story called "Last Days with Mary." It's #26 and 2,700 words long and is another, very different, android story. It features an unlikable...
Day 30: Short Story Marathon
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Finished up "Death by Apathy" and sent it off. That makes 24 stories out the door in 30 days! Aleia really liked this one, but I didn't think much of it yesterday. A little time away, another pass through, and one small flourish at the end, and I like it now. It's a nice addition...
Day 29: Short Story Marathon
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So I think I worked too much yesterday. I got up a little late, and made it to writing at 6:30 a.m., but couldn't get anything going. I started several stories but I was either heading into already covered territory, or bored, or clear it would be a long story. So I gave it until...
Day 28: Short Story Marathon
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Another very busy day. Wrote a story about a magician called "One Last Trick." It's #23 and 4,300 words. This one did some big, unexpected twists at the end that had me have to go back and revise half of the scenes. It went from one Point of View (POV) character to two. The story...