Tag Archives: process

Oct
28
2011

Storylife — A process of wrangling submissions

by Adam

I just mailed off my first story submission since 2009. Most of my submissions are electronic but, dating back to my first submissions circa 2007, I think I’ve mailed off 5 or 6 stories or about 5% of my total submissions. Some writers don’t even own printers (John Scalzi comes to mind). Markets are evolving [...]

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Aug
10
2011

Less talk, more word count

by Adam

I need to post a full recap of my Clarion write-a-thon efforts and a thank you to the donors. In the meantime, a little bit about accountability. I’ve been bad about writing consistently lately (blogging seems to be a chronic problem). I’d write sporadically, finishing stories here and there, revising and evening submitting a few of [...]

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Dec
28
2010

Hard days

by Adam

I’ve been slogging away, the last few weeks, trying to string together words that make sense. It’s been rough. A nameless ennui that I blame on not having a place to personalize yet. That’s something Andrea and I will be working towards in the new year. Meanwhile, life goes on and the writing must continue [...]

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Jan
22
2010

Week 3: Practice Stories

by Adam

Another kind of successful week — 3,237 new words, bringing the years total to 10,404. I’m still struggling with revisions. I got critiques back on two of my stories this week. The crits were brutally honest, the way I like them, and resonated with things I’d been trying to figure out myself. One thing I’m [...]

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Jan
11
2010

The best laid intentions, felled by a lack of 3×5″ notecards

by Adam

When I kicked off the year writing 250 new words a day, I had a plan. A story. An outline, man. I finished that story yesterday. Plus an impromptu flash fiction piece. Today? I have no plan. I have a theme (thank you, upcoming anthology). I have the kernel of a plot and main character. [...]

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Jan
03
2010

Achievements and goals

by Adam

On the heels of yesterdays post about Booklife and my personal mission statement, I have added My Booklife to the sidebar. From here, I have posted and will keep updated my public weekly, monthly, 1 year and 5 year goals. I’ve also included my list of career achievements. I’m feeling pretty good about how things [...]

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Jan
03
2010

In the beginning, there was the Mission Statement

by Adam

I am horrible with deadlines. In high school I was forced to take a special class on time management because I never turned anything in on time. It’s one of those things that I struggle with on a daily basis. Occasionally I discover something useful that helps, like Things, that help me keep track of [...]

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