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I decided to go for it on the Bradbury Reading challenge. At the bottom of this post I’ve added a section so you can see what I’ve read. It seemed appropriate to go with a Bradbury short story for day one.

Although I have an Enlish degree, I’ve never really gotten into poetry for pleasure. I’m not sure if that’s going to change during the course of this challenge or not, but I think I get something from reading it.

The way I was taught to read a poem is to read it at least five times. Once in your head, followed by three times out loud, then a final time in your head again.

This is not all the reading I will do in a day. I am also listening to the audiobooks of the Expanse series, and reading Unruly by David Mitchell. I don’t expect to read them any less because of this. This reading is extra, the time it takes will come from time I was otherwise spending online.

The writing is still going well. My current story is going to be the longest one so far, but that’s not a problem. On the editing side, I am just working on the product description fo Sisterhood, and will hopefully have that up for order next week.

Pre-Production

Stories planned (total): 25

Production

Words written today: 1,056

Words written total: 44,332

Plus / Minus target: +3,332

Currently writing: The Lottery

Post-Production

Minutes today: 22

Minutes total: 208

Plus / Minus target: +28

Currently publishing: Sisterhood

Reading

Short story: All Summer in a Day – Ray Bradbury

Essay: Dentists Without Borders – David Sedaris

Poem: Dirge in Woods – George Meredith