I finished formatting my first short story this evening so it’s getting closer to the finish line. Tomorrow I will be making the cover. Its been a while since I’ve done one, so I am probably a bit rusty, but looking forward to flexing that muscle again.
One of the things I am having to think about now is how I brand these short stories and whether I do that around the challenge itself, or something else. I wrote a short piece about the challenge to go in the back of the books, but do I want the covers to reflect the challenge as well?
I don’t know is the answer, but will try and figure it out tomorrow. The good thing with stuff like this is that I can always change my mind later. If the other books I’ve published are anything to go by, there will probably be multiple covers over the years and, of course, they will get added to collections as well.
The writing is going well. I haven’t hit the point of feeling like I want to quit yet, which either means the story is a lot longer than I think, or I am getting out of this one without it. That would be the ideal scenario, but I can’t rely on it happening. Even if it does happen this time, each story is its own thing so it will probably happen again.
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Pre-Production
Stories planned (total): 23
Production
Words written today: 1,048
Words written total: 42,263
Plus / Minus target: +3,263
Currently writing: The Lottery
Post-Production
Minutes today: 22
Minutes total: 162
Plus / Minus target: +22
Currently publishing: Sisterhood