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Day 12: Short Story Marathon

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Decided to go back to the world of Shuffled Off and have some fun with my ghost detectives Walter and Emily (their first case is in Life After) in a story called "A Long, Hard Fall." I had written a 900 word star...

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Day 11: Short Story Marathon

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Had a interesting image occur when I walked Madison (our ridiculously adorable spaniel) last night of an android walking along a sand dune all alone. So took that this morning and did 1,000 words and realized that the perspective I was writing it from was too cold, but got a bett...

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Day 10: Short Story Marathon

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Day 10! Into the double digits here on this marathon of writing. Didn't know what to write this morning and browsed some exiting starts and saw one I had tried 3 different times that had a simple, poetic idea and ignored the starts an started over. It is tentatively titled, "The...

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Day 9: Short Story Marathon

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Busy day and away from my computer for most of it. First meetings and then a summer picnic with the company I work for. Up early, the early sunrise waking me up earlier than normal which is not fun but good for this challenge, and back to "Wink, Plum, and the Bones that March." W...

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Day 8: Short Story Marathon

by Robert J. McCarter on in story-marathon, writing
Got back to "Home in Time" and finished it. It's ready to read to Aleia, but no time today. It came in at 4,450 words, again longer than planed. Later, grabbed a 875 word fantasy start from my training month, tentatively titled "Wink, Plum, and the Bones that March," and added 2,...

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