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Monthly Archives: May 2011
May 15th
Today I wrote an odd, contemporary SF story. It starting trying to be very long, so I cut it off, gave it a creepy ending, and said good enough. When I rewrite I’ll probably cut the creepy ending and do … Continue reading
May 14th
I wrote a story poem today, thinking that it would take less time than writing a prose story. Nope. It still took a long time, and it’s still very rough. The poem prompt for today was “gaze,” and the random … Continue reading
May 13th
Wrote a 2904-word fantasy story today. I came up with a new magic system I’d like to play with in other stories, once I have all the particulars worked out. And all from a prompt (from Seventh Sanctum) that said … Continue reading
May 12th
Today’s story came out to 3671 words, but if I ever rewrite it, it will be much longer. The beginning was rather long and tedious. When I rewrite, I’ll need to cut to the action much more quickly. No one … Continue reading
May 11th
Today’s story was silly and–thankfully–short. Only 2114 words! Excerpt: The Great Hall, where Princess Kerstin’s body lay in state, was nearly empty when Johanna got back to the Residence. She set up warning tape, guided a waxer out of the … Continue reading
May 10th
Oh dear, I was so tired when I finished my story that I forgot to post here. Another science fiction story. I must at this point express my extreme gratitude to Seventh Sanctum (http://www.seventhsanctum.com/) for all their various random generators. … Continue reading
May 9th
I’m getting shorter stories, day by day. Today, 3421 words. This one’s dark fantasy, and I’ll probably have to tinker with the beginning to get it more exciting, but I’m fairly pleased with this one. Excerpt: Syrida staggered up from … Continue reading
May 8th
I wrote fan fiction today. Oh my. I had an idea while reading a book about a magical school (not Harry Potter, a different magical school), and was ranting about it to my daughters, and decided that instead of writing … Continue reading
May 7th
Somewhat shorter story today–4058 words. I kept telling myself “just one incident in one person’s life!” So it turned out shorter than some of the far-too-ambitious stories I’ve started. It’s science fiction. Excerpt: A noise from the tiny closet brought … Continue reading
May 6th
My story for for May 6th is a poem. Since the prompt for the poem of the day (I get the prompts at http://instapoem.blogspot.com/p/prompts.html but spend a lot more time than 5 minutes writing each poem) was “melodrama,” I decided … Continue reading