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🆕11/10/25:

I got published! It deserves a Writing Ruminations, of course, but I will ... ruminate on it some more before posting. Naturally, I spent a little bit of time tweaking the site after that news.

I find polishing (editing) quite tedious. After about twenty pages, I start to go cross-eyed. However, procrastinating is no longer an option, as you know from my previous post below. I much prefer creating over fixing. But, I managed to polish 40 pages of PTD today, so *pat on back.*

I also submitted "Otherworldly" to another magazine. 'Twas a hectic Thanksgiving weekend for my writing, but one I'm thankful for, that's for sure!

28/09/25:

This weekend was a PTD editing weekend. I burned through about 4 chapters and realized September was almost over. I did some quick math and realized if I want to submit PTD to the contest I intend to submit to, I will need to edit about 35 pages every weekend. Hopefully, that will leave me with enough time to make my cuts to bring the story down under 100,000 words by December 14th. Time to crack the whip!

20/09/25:

I uploaded "Won't Die Old" to WattPad. I also edited another chapter of PTD.

31/08/25:

I decided to double-down on contests and sent off the first page of PTD to a couple more contests. I quite like how I started the novel and think I might find someone else who also likes it. The novel isn't doing any good just sitting on my computer, so I might as well get eyes on it. It felt pretty good to get an honourable mention on one of my stories recently and I need to achieve some sort of visibility with my writing. Might bring nothing, or it might bring everything. You miss every shot you don't take.

30/08/25:

As so often can happen--I got distracted. I decided, for the first time, to play around with AI image generation. Wow, it is so cool to see ideas from my head realized in a computer generated picture. I inputted my description of Brekabup from Punch the Devil and got a fairly accurate representation of what I saw in my head. The main reason AI images interested me was because I could create my own story or book covers for Wattpad! I made one for "Otherworldly" that looks ... out of this world.

And yes, I got a chapter of PTD edited (the first one on the chopping block, I might add).

23/08/25:

I signed up for Medium a little while ago and got no traction for my posted short story. Since it is more of a hub for essays and non-fiction articles, I realized I could post my ClinTalks there. During my multiple ClinTalks posts, the site asked me if I had a 'tip jar.' I didn't. I thought about something like that before, but never pulled the trigger thinking it was beneath me to ask for hand-outs. That being said, my writing has been available for free throughout all my writing endeavours, so why not create a tip jar? My writing takes time, so if someone wants to throw me a few dimes for it, who am I to say no? If your barista can spell your name wrong and still ask for tips for a ten dollar latte, I think I can ask for some change too.

Side note: I'm back to combing through Punch the Devil.

16/08/25:

After languishing in limbo for almost a year, I'm finally doing something with my second novel, Star Treasure! I've spent the last three weekends polishing its first 6,000 words, and the accompanying synopsis, so I could send it to a writing contest. This contest isn't just about bragging rights if you win, it's about getting publisher eyes on your story--even if you are the runner-up. I sent it out today.

09/08/25:

I was about to retire "Otherworldly" from the submission circuit after rejection number 11, but decided I wasn't done sending it out yet. It doesn't cost anything to send an email, after all. I think the magic number will be 20 before it goes up on Wattpad. I also had an epiphany for the spy novel, but I'm still tied up in editing my previous novels at the moment. To be continued ...

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I am currently developing a spy/treasure hunting novel set in '50s South America that eventually leads to Nazis in Antarctica. I'd like to write a short story prequel first to get myself into the universe.

I'm also cooking up a multi-arc short story idea for "The Eespote Gate."

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