You're Doing It Wrong

I decided to go ahead and do a results meter to see if it would help push me. Not planning to do 90K this month. Let’s see if I can hit 12K.

This is my DAY 1 starting point. I already had 4375 words done.

4375 / 90000 words. 5% done!

What does that sign say?

Oh. Good to know.

This is from last winter. I put sunflower chips and peanuts on that table but blue jay found it bare and was unhappy.

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I need to take a closer look at my clips. I think there is one group of 4 raccoons and one group of 3 raccoons. That’s a lot of raccoon traffic out there.

Heavy gusting winds last night. Kind-of creepy but also: don’t need to rake leaves today.

Still super busy with my class and just finished a new story.

My class lasts until almost Thanksgiving. I’ll post a photo or clip a day until then. Maybe after it ends I will write daily posts.

Oh, also, because my inner overachiever is never going to take a break: I’m going to do NaNoWriMo but only a super easy goal of 250 words a day which is like one page. I’m working on a for-fun YA romance with speculative elements. It has about 4300 words now.

I have another story published this month in the Indigenous Futures issue of Apex Magazine, edited by Allison Mills.

The story is called Security Breach at Sugar Pine Suites and features a rebellious housekeeper, a washed up boybander, and a cranky supervisor on an NDN casino, IN SPACE.

The issue main page is here.

Link to the story is here.

You can purchase the entire issue here.

AND! It is also available as a podcast here or you can find it on your favorite podcast app.