Authors : What are you working on?

Working on a 'husband-sharing' story. Don't have a title for it yet, but I'm 6500 words deep into it. It will be at least two parts by the time it's finished. Then I might take a crack at the latest competition, but I kind of feel like I already wrote that story, so I'll see if a new idea comes to me that seems worth writing about.

Good thing my next couple of stories are nearly ready to publish, because my mind has been occupied all weekend with my competition entry. I initially thought it would be in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category, for which it would qualify, but now I'm seen an even better choice of genre (sorry, not revealing yet).

I have a setting (right here in Iowa for once, sometime in the 2040s), most of a world built in my head and several characters who will be involved in the simulation(s) starting to develop. The last part to coalesce is the plot, with some challenges and tribulations for my protagonist to overcome, but that has finally started to come into hazy focus today too.

[EDIT, one day later: Um, locked in the plot and finished the first draft. Still needs tons of work, of course].

I am just about finished with a story (set in Iowa, as it happens) about a woman in a psych ward in 1938. Mostly narration, with some internal thoughts and only a smattering of dialogue. Not one of my usual goofy gagfests.

I'm not sure whether I want to release it in October, because readers might think "It's spooky season! Ooh, a psych ward! ... Hey, this wasn't a horror story, no fair!" It's been sitting for a month with occasional light edits here and there, so I have no qualms about letting it sit for a couple more weeks. 😉

My first story for the comp has folded like a cheap unbrella. I'm making a last-ditch attempt to save it today.

Quote by Ensorceled

My first story for the comp has folded like a cheap unbrella. I'm making a last-ditch attempt to save it today.

Plenty of time if you like the general concept you got to bang out details.

Quote by Ensorceled
My first story for the comp has folded like a cheap unbrella

I feel for ya, but I'm kinda glad it's not just me. I opened mine, a few spokes tore the canvas, then a gale force gust blew it inside out. Dammit.

rummages for the roll of story gaffer tape