{"id":1650,"date":"2011-05-02T21:01:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T01:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:28:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T21:28:36","slug":"the-month-where-i-hacked-slashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/02\/the-month-where-i-hacked-slashed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month Where I Hacked & Slashed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Productive Mary wasn't as productive as she set out to be in April.<\/p>\n

Blame it on the fact that one of my new WIPs is horror-bordering-on-sci-fi. I’ve never written sci-fi. I feel uneducated about sci-fi. Hence, I think I felt a bit intimidated and let that hold me back.<\/p>\n

So the decision now is – do I keep the sci-fi aspect or can the story work with it being only “slightly” futuristic? Near-future, if you will. I'd rather do what I’m good at than take a risk with something that doesn't measure up. Hopefully, I can work out the kinks this month. I’m thinking it will take more karate-chopping than gentle persuasion.<\/p>\n

I’m also a bit bummed I haven’t been able to work on my mini collection of self-published shorts. Or my novels. Apparently, I need to clone myself if I want to do it all.<\/p>\n

Either way, I've got 2 shorts on the go for May, plus 2 rough outlines for the 1st volume of the mini collection. And that’s paring down my WIP list to what’s doable…<\/p>\n

Total Words Written This Month<\/strong>: 11224
Stories Started<\/strong>: 1
Stories Finished:<\/strong> 2 old, 0 new
Acceptances:<\/strong> 0
Rejections:<\/strong> 0
Stories In Submission<\/strong>: 4

Pertaining to the above<\/strong>: tattoos, ghosts, sacrifice, an asylum, the Grim Reaper, nightmares, mysterious cures, small towns (no surprises there!), 17th century, ritual, scrapbooking, jealousy, a priest.<\/p>\n

What I’m reading:<\/strong> <\/p>\n