This weekend was nothing short of an emotional roller-coaster.
THE GOOD
Let’s start with the high point. Saturday was the release of
the FlashDogs Anthology. From 12:01am on Saturday 13th December, the
book has been available to purchase from Amazon.
I spent that morning promoting the book via several social media
channels (all while taking a train with the wife and son to go do some Xmas
shopping) and watched as my fellow FlashDogs did likewise.
Yesterday we sold the 100th copy and we’re not
done yet.
It’s so exciting that there is finally something out there
that people can download, something that contains my work. I know that there
are 33 other talented authors involved and 106 masterly crafted Flash stories
surrounding my 4 but I’m in there and that’s what counts.
I’m so grateful to the friends and family who stepped forward
and supported both me and the project (and charity) since Saturday. Big, big thank
you to each of you.
If anyone hasn’t yet but would like to then I will stick the
link at the bottom of this post.
THE BAD
I slap my wrist as I near three weeks since NaNoWriMo and I
haven’t started the editing process of FALLEN SWORDS yet.
That’s not to say I haven’t done anything. I’ve spent a lot
of time running things through my head moving parts around and reshaping
characters. Of course I have nothing physical to show for it; nothing is on
paper.
Yet.
I have some other things I need to get done this weekend
regarding the blog and my usual Flash contests (as well as getting ready for
some big event thing next week) but I’m hoping to be stuck into the second
draft before Santa comes down your chimneys on Wednesday night.
THE UGLY
They say bad things come in threes and car accidents are no
exception. First there was the VW Passat that wanted to get cosy at 30mph on a
bend. Then there was the little blue Peugeot that felt like high-fiving my left
wing mirror the next night.
And now the trilogy is complete. Due to bad weather
conditions and what can only be described as my complete blindness, I had a
coming together with a cyclist on my way to work Friday morning. I’m fine and
he’s fine (and he’s also one of the nicest blokes I probably ever meet) but to
say I was a little shaken up would be an understatement.
For about eight hours I was a mess. I didn’t manage to pull
myself together until late in the afternoon when I decided to use last week’s
Flash! Friday entry to get it all off my chest.
I took the prompt and tied it together with the accident to
produce something that fellow FlashDogs called “raw”, “haunting” and “painful”.
I’ve never taken emotion like that and put it into writing before. To be
honest, I was a little ashamed of it (hence why I still haven’t published it on
this blog). But it did the job I needed from it. I felt better.
Unfortunately, although I managed to focus some time on the
Anthology release, I was extremely absent from the Flash Contests, something I’ll
damn sure rectify next week. I’m missing out on so much good fiction.
FADE TO BLACK
So that was the week that was. Hopefully I’m done with
accidents and I can focus on my writing. The year is nearly up and there isn’t
much left to do.
Next week I’ll be posting my Liebster Award answers after
being nominated by Sarah foster over at The Faux Fountain Pen. After
that is my 2014 roundup and then it’s onto a new year where, if the last 12
months are to go by, anything can happen.
See you in seven
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