Sunday, December 31, 2023

Writing Newsletter Fourth Quarter 2023

 

Well, I finally finished and published The Uncapped Pen, my collection of fifty stories dealing with writing, in some way.  To try to bring some awareness to The Uncapped Pen, I reposted three stories that were in the “Maybe Pile” for the collection: “The Honeymoon’s Over,” “It’s Harder than it Looks,” and “It’s a Fine Line.” I also posted “Procrastination,” the idea for which I came up with in the months between when I “finished” the collection and when I finally published it.

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I finished writing a story a month on my website with “That’s … a Plan,” “Sweet Dreams,” and “He Knows.” I do plan to continue this in 2024.

I’ve also decided to try to post, or repost, a story each month to my Ko-fi account, to try to do something with it.  I started in November with “Close Enough,” and continued in December with “Beware Upgrades.” I think I’m going to try to do a new story, then repost an old story, because I worry if I tried to do all new stories I’d burn out and get frustrated.  For the monthly stories on my website, I’m trying to write them that month, whereas for Ko-fi, I’m hoping to write them months in advance and just hold on to them.

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I also posted the story “Conditions,” and reposted “Autopilot.”

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On my Mastodon account, I’ve started trying to post a microfiction story one week, and a haiku the next week.  I managed to post microfiction stories on: 10/17, 10/24, 11/6, and 12/18.  I managed to post haiku on:10/30, 11/13, 11/27, 12/11, and 12/25.

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In my last newsletter I wrote how I had been sick which threw off some of my projects, such as my Free Story Ideas.  This quarter I only managed one, Two spooky ideas which I had for Halloween.  Free Story Ideas is a project I’d like to continue, it just seems other stuff keeps coming up.  I’ll have to think about it, but instead of one a month, I may try for just one a quarter.  We’ll have to see.

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And speaking of my plans for 2024, I should have a blog about that up in a few days.

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