Umikuma

May 22, 2012

Brook West — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:26:17 +0000

Off-key near Florida – 1036 words. Finished one of the unfinished story starts from earlier in the month.

May 21, 2012

Brook West — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:21:18 +0000

Bungle in the Jungle – 333 words. A silly little thing inspired by yesterday’s annular eclipse of the sun. Eight stories in fifteen weekdays That’s better than a story every other weekday, plus I have two unfinished stories. I’d call … Continue reading →

May 19, 2012

Brook West — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:54:17 +0000

Drinking by Moonlight – 930 words. Vampire meets werewolf, with grave robbers.

May 16, 2012

Brook West — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:12:41 +0000

Pilgrimage – 368 words. Dreams become reality at a Japanese shrine.

May 14,2012

Brook West — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:14:43 +0000

“Anish the Fishmonger” {633 words) on the 11th, “Pascal and the Incubus” (1215 words) on the 14th. Both very twisted from the story prompts that Julia offered, but good stories, I think. Julia liked “Anish” but has not yet seen “Pascal.” We shall see – it was pretty dark.

That’s five for the month, about half the rate I was hoping for, but if I can keep this up (and especially if I can catch up a little) I’m going to call it a win. Add the nine stories (four of them twitter fics, I’ll admit, but hey, they got me going) that I wrote during the warm-up course and I’m doing very well indeed, especially compared to the last few years. I wrote now and again, but never finished anything. Now I’m writing and finishing stories regularly. I like that.

See Julia (my Sweetheart) blogging on her phenominal success at http://storyaday.org/penguinprose/

May 8, 2012

Brook West — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:58:48 +0000

May 8th – 633 word story. This in the head of a vampire, staked through the chest, waiting for dawn. Julia liked it.

3 out of 6 weekdays so far. Hope to catch up to the 3 days I missed sometime during the month. Wrote most of this one at work, in between alerts. That’s a bit of a breakthrough for me. If I can keep doing that it will make this whole thing a lot easier.

May 4, 2012

Brook West — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:57:37 +0000

750 words, starting with Dani’s story prompt. This one was more of a kids story with no fantasy or SF elements. About 90 minutes from brainstorming to finish. I expect I’ll start writing longer as the month progresses, and on … Continue reading →

May 3, 2012

Brook West — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:56:10 +0000

830 word story today – took about two hours including brainstorming. I’ve got a couple of stories to write for the 1st and 2nd – figure I’ll catch them this weekend after I’m off work for the week. I’m going to shoot for five a week – if I get six, great. I’ll take Sundays off though.

The Warm-Up Course that I took was really great. Broke the block and got me writing again. Thanks, Julie Duffy! You’re wonderful!

Now, off to bed.