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David Thurston — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:21:58 +0000

We’re getting into the last month of 2008, and I’ve been working to decide just what I’m going to do with 2009. Including what I’m going to do with this blog. And the answer, hopefully, is update it more. Not just with writing stuff, but with general thoughts, because the best way to keep this blog active is to not just update it when I have something profound to say about writing.

For now, a Nanowrimo post mortem. I backed out. Look, here’s the thing. I was working on the thing-a-week project, which was keeping me busy, keeping me away from other projects. And the very first thing I did was start a new project which would further keep me away from other project. I like the plot, but it requires a lot of world building, and it deserves a lot more thought that Nanowrimo was going to let me put into it.

So here’s where I am. I’ve got some short stories from either my aborted thing-a-week or earlier that I think can be worked into shape to submit to publications. The list, to keep myself honest:

Sleep (previous purchased, not published)
Div0
The Rustler of Drybone Gulch
Carbon Offsets
The Doorman
The Queen of Belmeth
Looking Over

Quite a list. I’m hoping to go back into something like thing-a-week, but editing these stories over the next two months with an eye of sending them out. Plan one is to submit something to the next Writers of the Future contest while I’m still eligible. Then, it’ll probably be Queen of Belmeth sent off to Weird Tales.

In my novels, I need to give Conqueror Worm a big editing pass. That’ll hopefully start no later than March, but if I can get started in February, that’ll rock.

The television pilot project, Arkham, still remains firmly on a front burner, gotta get back to work on that ASAP.

I’d like to write a spec script.

I’d like to do a massive rewrite of Halley’s Tail.

Dear lord that’s a lot of stuff.

…finished Week One

David Thurston — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:21:51 +0000

What can I say, I started with something fairly easy, a story that I knew would be under 1000 words and that I had mostly outlined in my head. But still, success is success! It has some troubles, I know I’ve got a rather severe point of view issue in the story, but the point of victory is draft one. Draft two will likely happen later this week.

I’ve also added a story concept to the list, which means a net loss of zero this week. Which is the kind of thing I hope to be able to keep up.

…entered Week One

David Thurston — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:56:09 +0000

I don’t have any words on paper yet, electronically speaking, but Week One is officially underway. In what I consider to be a strategic move, I’m picking the shortest story among the 15 concepts I’ve got banked to start with, hoping that’ll provide me a nice momentum boost. Also because I’ve got another writing project that I need to polish into a contest submission packet.

The title of the first story: Carbon Offsets.