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This is the 50th post I have published in the last 50 days, which is a new record for me. That also means that I have been doing a daily challenge for 50 days.

I don’t talk about the blogging element of the challenge very often (nor the journaling part, which is currently at 29 consecutive days) for the simple reason it doesn’t seem that important. I am under no illusion that people are reading this, but it helps me to write it. Blogging every day gives me a sense of accountability which I strongly believe is one of the keys to the success I’ve had so far.

There have been days when I haven’t felt like writing, or have been tempted to give up on a story, but knowing that I will then have to admit as much here, or give up the daily blog posts and have them suddenly stop, has pulled me through.

Sometimes the blog posts have been very short, sometimes a little longer. They have always contained updated statistics on other challenges.

In other news, the first story of the challenge is now for sale on Amazon and free if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. For now I’m not releasing it elsewhere but if you send me a message I’ll be happy to send you a copy as an ePub.

Latest release: Sisterhood

Pre-Production

Stories planned (total): 27

Production

Words written today: 1,047

Words written total: 46,428

Plus / Minus target: +3,428

Currently writing: The Lottery

Post-Production

Minutes today: 22

Minutes total: 252

Plus / Minus target: +32

Currently publishing: The Last Outpost

Reading

Short story: Swamp Terror – Truman Capote

Essay: On Killing Charles Dickens – Zadie Smith

Poem: The Emporer of Ice Cream – Wallace Stevens