March Radness - Day 7

Is "March Madness" trademarked by the NCAA, like "Super Bowl" is?  If so, then basketball isn't as great as I thought it was.*

Wednesdays are the day I take care of my three nephews, so I knew I'd have no time to go to the library, but luckily, the two older ones are required to read for twenty minutes each day (before they are allowed to go forth and consume the lives of innocents), so I had the oldest one set the timer, and I wrote while they read in silence.

I ended up starting to really get into it by the time the timer went off, so I let them play video games while I wrote for a few minutes more. I think I might have actually finished the story had I had no distractions, but as it stands, I still got to the last scene in the tale, which means I could easily finish tomorrow, if I put my mind to it.

Words Today: 747
Words Total: 5946

*But sooooo much better than football, it's not even worth discussing.

March Vladness - Day 6

Somehow, I managed to get to the library two days in a row this week, so of course, those have been my two most productive days so far.

I've spoken at length about the library, and even though I am distracted by the people who neglect to silence their phones on the second floor, or the homeless guy who has a place set aside every time I go over there, it's still a little bit like my designated writing spot, and my brain knows it's time to write whenever I go there.

I got less done today, because I had less free time (than the day before), but I still feel like I did alright with this sucker. Tomorrow may be harder, though.

Words Today: 1612
Words Total: 5199

March Vladness - Day 5

So, this is more like it.  Today I managed to sneak on over to the library for a little while, and I think I got more done in the one sitting than I did in the previous four days put together. 

I got more than halfway through the story, and while I feel like it's terrible so far, when I get to "the end" and put it all together, maybe I'll feel differently.  Also, the word limit for the anthology is only  five thousand words, and I worry that it's going to be close. 

We'll see.

Words Today: 2008
Words Total: 3587

P.S. I will try to do the library again tomorrow (though I'll have less time available to me).  It seems to be a productive place for my writing.

March Vladness - Day 4

So, it's been a slow start to the month, writing-wise, but in my defense, I've been out of town every day this week, and that affects my normal schedule.  We'll see if things change tomorrow, when I'm back to "normal" life (ie, the disgustingly slovenly routine I've become accustomed to).

Words Today: 556
Total Words: 1579

Rish Outcast 132: Friends In Paradise

Say it again now, children . . .

In this one, I share the very first story I wrote for the "Masters of the Macabre" contest, "Friends In Paradise." Poor Jessica is stuck going to Hawaii with her family, but perhaps she can see a friendly face while she's there.  Or faces.

So, I'm going to try to call these contest-losing story episodes "Pout of Competition" shows (if you think that's bad, you should see the names I rejected!).   Maybe I'll get Gino to make me a symbol to stick on 'em.



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Music by Kevin McLeod of Incompetech.com.

Logo by Gino "The Graying Mantis" Moretto.

March Radness - Day 3

So, today I did just as badly in my write-every-day-in-March goal, and I don't even have the excuse of feeling sick like I did on Friday and Saturday.  I've been out of town, but I'm not letting that stop me.  Still, I could have done a lot more writing than I have (tonight I edited podcasts for four hours straight before remembering I needed to write).

This first story I'm working on is going to be for a Horror anthology, and it's turning out not very Horrory.  The maximum word length is only five thousand words, and I'm nearly through a fifth of that, without having written much of anything.  Uh oh.

Words Today: 219
Total Words: 1023

March Radness - Day 2

I still don't have a good name for this thing.

But I vowed to write every day in the month of March, and so far, I've done so (so far being, the first of March).  I'll come on here and post my word count and total words, so you can mock me if the number is small.

Like today.

Words Today: 354
Total Words: 804

March Madness - Day 1

Oh wait, March Madness means something else, doesn't it?

Maybe I'll call it something else.

But I vowed to write every day in March this year. Today is March 1st, and I have gotten sick. So I didn't write much. But hey, I vowed to write every day in March, so, here's today's report.

Words Today: 450
Total Words: 450

Rish Outcast 131: Squad D by Stephen King

In this episode, I perform the "lost" Stephen King short story "Squad D," which was written forty years back for Harlan Ellison, but never saw print . . . yet.

Normally, I'd leave the King stories for subscriber or hidden episodes, but this one's an exception.  It may also be the last.


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Music by Kevin McLeod of Incompetech.com.

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Podcast That Dares 22: Doorstep Valentine

It's the worst day of the year, so it's only fair to give you an episode of the worst podcast on the 'sphere, The Podcast That Dares Not Speak Its Name!

In this episode, I share a Valentine's Day story that was . . . well, probably written by me. But why, exactly?



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Music by Kevin McLeod of Incompetech.

Logo by Gino "The Goddess of Love" Moretto.

Rish Outcast 130: Drive Like Wildfire

So, this is another episode where I drive to the family cabin.  Only difference is, there had been some terrible wildfires at the time (which would only get worse in the days that followed, destroying over 150,000 acres), making the drive way more interesting.

Of course, talked the whole time, making the drive only slightly more interesting.

Here's a pic I took from the road, which should show some of the scale of the thing:

And while this isn't nearly as spectacular as it was on the day, here's that day's sunset with all the smoke in the air:

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Logo by Gino Moretto, The Spectacular Slug-man