The Great Challenge - Week 43

Well shoot. I looked up and realized I haven't updated you guys on The Great Challenge with Dean since week 33. Ten whole weeks of nothing!

Mea Culpa.

But yes, I have been continuing with the challenge. And still crushing it. 43 weeks done, and stories in each of them. Several of the recent weeks have had two, sometimes three, stories in them. Because I've been writing for the Anthology Workshop that I'll be attending in Vegas at the end of this month. And I went to a scifi writing workshop up in Vegas at the end of last month, and wrote three stories that week.

So yeah, continuing to do well.

Here are the stories from the Great Challenge so far:

1. Red Orchid - Romance - 3,800 words
2. Debts And Obligations - Sword and Sorcery - 14,200 words
3. Naughty And Nice - Modern Fantasy - 4,800 words
4. Popper's - Mystery - 4,100 words
5. The Case Of The Missing Rocker - SciFi/Mystery - 7,200 words
6. Fences And Neighbors - Post-Apocalyptic - 4,800 words
7. Give A Dog A Bone - Doggy Mystery - 3,200 words
8. Untitled - Romance - 5,300 words
9. Lost On Cordant Station - Science Fiction - 8,560 words
10. Kicking The Anthill - Urban Fantasy/Adventure - 3,863 words
11. VIP Treatment - Modern Fantasy - 6,012 words
12. A Man Of Faith - Religious/Supernatural Thriller Maybe? - 9,013 words
13. Abe's Liquors - Romantic Suspense - 2,951 words
14. Cave Diving For Dummies - Sea Story/Suspense - 3,491 words
15. Work Release - Science Fiction - 4,910 words
16. Miss Melody And The Elf Spa - Fantasy - 4,175 words
17. Joyride To The Moon - YA Science Fiction - 5,444 words
18. Moonstruck - Fantasy/Horror - 4,683 words
19. Wire Runs - Science Fiction - 2,119 words
20. Miss Melody And The Knight Gallant - Fantasy - 5,573 words
21. Lost Credit - Fantasy/Sword And Sorcery - 4,407 words
22. Hunting For Game - Mystery/Crime - 2,474 words
23. Caledonia - Science Fiction/Horror - 4,870 words
24. Love In The Apocalypse - Science Fiction/Horror - 3,389 words
25. Playing For Scraps - Science Fiction - 5,307 words
26. Terran New Year - Scifi/Romance - 3,103 words
27. Santa Fe Station - Mystery/Crime - 5,486 words
28. Finding Bobby Jenkins - Science Fiction - 7,552 words
29. Warden's Trial - Sword and Sorcery - 3,790 words
30. On The Road To Hopefell - Post-Apocalyptic - 4,041 words
31. Wolves On Cornell Street - Fantasy - 5,032 words
32. Terra Infirma - Science Fiction - 6,316 words
33. The Eternal Ride Of Brom Bones - Fantasy - 4,101 words
34. Liquor Coolers - Fantasy - 3,517 words
35. Sacred Vows - Spiritual/Romance - 6,547 words
36. Shell Shock - Contemporary/War - 2,190 words
37. The Greenhorn Tree - Fantasy - 4,425 words
38. A Cabin In The Woods - Contemporary - 2,308 words
39. Revelator - Fantasy - 4,253 words
40. Cupid's Arrow - Fantasy/Romance - 4,407 words
41. Heaven's Gate - Science Fiction/Mystery - 5,548 words
42. Drilling For Gold - Science Fiction/Crime - 3,271 words
43. Drops In The Storm - Crime - 1,990 words

I ended up finishing 2019 with about 225,000 words written. Best writing year I've had in a while. So that's nothing but win.

This year, I want to get that total to 400,000. I ended January with 38,000 words written, so on track to get there so far.

Also lots of novel work to finish up this year. 9 more weeks of this challenge, and I'll continue with weekly short stories after it's done, because it's a good thing to do. But my primary focus will shift to longer works once the challenge is done.

In the meantime, stand by for lots more releases this year. LOTS of stories to get out for you to read and enjoy.

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