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This morning I published my first short story of the challenge: Sisterhood. I am just waiting for it to go through the Amazon approval process and then I will share the link here.

It took me 230 minutes to get the editing and publishing process done. The first draft was 8,855 words long, so that means it took me 1.5 seconds per word to publish it. I’m not sure that’s a particularly helpful statistic.

Tomorrow I will add it to the website and then, if there is time, move onto editing The Last Outpost.

The writing is still going well, although it feels a bit like I’m struggling to reach a turning point but can’t quite find my was there. It’s not near the end yet, but it’s moving forwards.

I’m enjoying the reading challenge. I have a pretty good collection of short stories I’m working my way through but I want to mix in some more modern essays and poems, so I found some to download. I think this element of the challenge is going to be very interesting.

And that’s the end of the weekend.

Pre-Production

Stories planned (total): 26

Production

Words written today: 1,049

Words written total: 45,381

Plus / Minus target: +3,381

Currently writing: The Lottery

Post-Production

Minutes today: 22

Minutes total: 230

Plus / Minus target: +30

Currently publishing: Sisterhood

Reading

Short story: Dip in the Pool – Roald Dahl

Essay: My County Right or Left – George Orwell

Poem: I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon – Stephen Crane