The other day, I woke to an email congratulating me on reaching 10,000 words for NaNo. The night before, I’d plugged in the day’s word count to the site without looking at or thinking about the month-to-date total, so the email caught me by total surprise. Cue the dance party! 100 or 1,000 words […]
Tag: short stories
Writing Again
You know what’s awesome? Writing. Apparently, I write short stories, but I am not a short story writer. My brain does not acknowledge short stories as actual writing. Go figure. And I have not worked on a novel since the end of October. Plenty of short stories, but no novel. Earlier this month, I started […]
Release Day: What Follows
So today is the release day for an awesome anthology, made more awesome by the fact that is has a story of mine. Check out the Goodreads page with links to your favorite digital formats/retailers. (And I’ve heard a rumor there might be a print-on-demand option coming.) All to ask the burning question: how would […]
Happy Rejection!
There is something amazing about a rejection letter that accuses a story of being both well-written and an enjoyable read. Rejections are great. Really! For me. At this point and time in my writing career. This is in large part due to the fact that I can count the number of rejection letters on one […]
Happy Ragnarok!
Given the crazy weather lately, it figures that the end of the world should arrive on a day this sunny and (relatively) warm. Seriously, how many times has the world ended over the last few years? Is anyone else finding this a little repetitive? On that note, I would like to announce (for those of […]
Happy Announcing Day!
. . . It’s still the first of the month, right? Happy All Hallows, happy first day of November, happy first day of NaNo, happy fifth anniversary to me and my husband, and . . . Happy Kickstarter launch day! Don’t know what I’m talking about? That’s ok, because it’s been a Super Secret project […]
Melissa Burkart 