Results, but no progress

Confession: I have the ability to be bored, looking for something to do, and totally ignore chores at the same time.

Reading:

• "L. DeBard and Aliette: A Love Story," by Lauren Groff
  
• The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
  

Writing:

• "Ferian Fetlock Hitches a Ride" - 1,245 words (Estimated completion 14%)
• "Ferian Fetlock Catches a Cold" - Outline 100%
  

Revising:

• "The Revenant"
• "Cora and the Sea" - Third draft 50%

First off, good news! A little more than a month ago, I wrote a story entitled "Hattie Donnelly's New Doll" for the Writers Weekly 24 Hour Short Story Contest. The results came out today, and I once again won Honorable Mention. Out of the eight times I have entered the contest, I have maintained a 50/50 win/loss ratio, assuming that honorable mention is a win.

I do have to count it as a rejection in one sense, however. My tally below of submissions and rejections is designed to count publication, and only the top three places in this contest get that honor. So I've bumped my rejection counter up by one. Perhaps I should put an asterisk next to it.

Funny... I went to Greenport yesterday. The last time I did that, I came home to find that "Dolly Hobbles" had been accepted. That place really is my lucky charm.

Sadly, I didn't do anything else constructive today. I think that I succeed most with my writing under just enough adversity to put time pressure on me, but not enough so that I have no time at all to write. This is something I will have to address if I ever quit my job to have a full time writing career. In such a situation, I couldn't afford to slack off.

That's still far, far in the future, however. For now, I just need to get up tomorrow morning and do my thing like always. Maybe get another 500 words of Ferian finished. After all, if I can get the next Ferian chapter done, plus the next 24 hour contest at the end of this month, I'll be back on track for my one-story-a-month pledge.

Publication Status:

• Submitted: 5
  
• Accepted: 1
• Rejected: 2
• Pending: 2