I ended up being completely unproductive yesterday. I spent most of the day on the couch watching T.V. and watching the snow begin to accumulate. Today was more of the same, but that little voice in the back of my mind kept reminding me all day that it was February 1st and I wanted to start a new writing and blogging streak today. I ignored it, not sure why, right up until I took a shower and got a message from my boss that we would have a delayed opening tomorrow. I guess some part of my mind was waiting to put that piece of business to rest, because as soon as I had that information, I felt like I was able to relax and sit down and write.
I had no idea what I was going to write about, but as soon as I was in the chair with the headphones on and the music cranked, Word open in front of me, I had a scene to start with and began writing. Almost two hours later, I had another finished story.
Meg read this one as soon as I was done. It made her cry. I'll take that as a win.
So what am I going to do with these stories?
Well, the story for the contest is in limbo until the judging is done, but the nice thing is I own the rights regardless of the outcome. I have to review the contest rules again, but as long as everything is the way I think it is, I'll probably submit that if I can find a market, or publish it myself.
This other story is very different from the first, and I'll probably send it in to a couple of places and see what happens. Honestly, as much as the submission and publication is a part of the process, right now I need to focus on the writing.
February goal is simple. Write and blog every day. At least 2000 words of new fiction and at least one blog entry, however long. Ideally, I'd like to write at least one short story a week and work on finishing a novel this month.
Tomorrow is going to be another weird day. At least, we will have a delayed opening. It is still possible, as snow continues to accumulate outside, that they will decide to close us entirely. I'm going to assume that won't happen. Therefore, the morning is going to be shoveling and getting ready for work. That leaves the evening for writing.
I think I'm going to go watch an episode of Preacher before I head to bed. I'm on Season 4, Episode 5, so trying to wrap that up.
Hope you had a good Monday. See you tomorrow.
