Summary
So I think I worked too much yesterday. I got up a little late, and made it to writing at 6:30 a.m., but couldn’t get anything going. I started several stories but I was either heading into already covered territory, or bored, or clear it would be a long story. So I gave it until 7 and switch to my day job.
At lunch I finally got an idea that drew me in and started another ghost story, “Death by Apathy.” Finished it in the evening and it’s 3,300 words. Read it to Aleia.
Took another pass on #23, “One Last Trick.” And out it goes to Dean.
Finally got the time to send #2, “Daisy’s Heart,” out to market.
Stats for Today
Strategies Employed: Persistence
Lessons Learned: The creative mind needs adequate sleep.
Words Written: 3,900
Hours: 4
Stories Sent to Dean: 1
Story Summary
| # | Story | Total Words | Done? |
| 1 | Woody and June vs. the Fungus-Head Zombies | 5101 | Yes |
| 2 | Daisy’s Heart | 5800 | Yes |
| 3 | The Disappearing Neighborhood | 2773 | Yes |
| 4 | Woody and June vs. the Grand Canyon | 6070 | Yes |
| 5 | Home in Time | 4483 | Yes |
| 6 | Wink, Plum, and the Bones that March | 5972 | Yes |
| 7 | The Stars in Hoshi’s Eyes | 2532 | Yes |
| 8 | Android Eve and Adam | 3512 | Yes |
| 9 | A Long, Hard Fall | 8475 | Yes |
| 10 | Fitz’s Second Chance | 2800 | Yes |
| 11 | Fake Jake | 1565 | Yes |
| 12 | With Light Years Between Us | 4670 | Yes |
| 13 | Life and a Starling | 2278 | Yes |
| 14 | Dancing Kite | 1524 | Yes |
| 15 | Jump in Time | 8768 | Yes |
| 16 | Death by Vodka | 2100 | Yes |
| 17 | Death by Cookie | 4094 | Yes |
| 18 | Ela and the Naiad | 3655 | Yes |
| 19 | Is Anyone Receiving This? | 1717 | Yes |
| 20 | Breathing in the Stars | 2400 | Yes |
| 21 | Woody and June vs. the Ex | 10232 | Yes |
| 22 | Article Seventeen | 2918 | Yes |
| 23 | One Last Trick | 4312 | Yes |
| 24 | Death by Apathy | 3370 | No |
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