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I declare the short story experiment over!!! And the final tally is: *drumroll*

1 story ready to be all typed up.
2 stories very close to being done
3 somewhere in the middle
2 in the concept stage

I consider this a victory because I spent the whole month working on whatever the hell I wanted with no pressure. No "I need to finish this novel because if I don't log some words in, I'll feel guilty." Nope. I got an idea, I started writing it. It was very freeing. I felt more like a creative creature than a chick with (another) job to do.

On that note, I will need to tackle the enormous task of typing up all this stuff so it's uploaded to my site which hasn't been updated in... A long time. >_<

And this made me so sad. I'll really miss Leslie Nielsen. He was an awesome actor.

There are certain authors who could write a phone book and I would run off to read it. Robert Krikman is one of them. As the go to gal for graphic novels in my library, you know damn well I made sure to get The Walking Dead series as part of my collection. I also make sure to read as much of the collection as I can. I got sucked into this series from word one. Cue the fangirlish screaming when I hear a television show is being made!

And of course the "please don't fuck this up" prayers.

I consider my prayers answered! I am so happy with where this show is going, I can scarcely believe it! I've seen a lot of zombie movies (it was one of the cravings I had when I was pregnant... Don't ask.) and while I may be biased since I'm a fan of the comic, The Walking Dead gives me so much more than just "zomg, don't eat me." If I want that I can watch Resident Evil AND I'll get to stare at Michelle Rodriguez. Walking Dead is not really about the zombies, it's about the survivors and how this effects them. People love to sit and wonder "Gee, I wonder how I'd fair in the zombie apocalypse?" And here, you get a likely answer. You would scrape for any normalcy you could get all the while being stripped of your sanity and civility.

As for my plan? I plan to be the most epic zombie ever. Me and my zombie kid shall roam together a la this book, until my hillbilly husband puts a bullet in my head. XD I harbor no illusions as to my physical prowess. I'd be infected and roaming the countryside in a week.

As for my little experiment, I've gotten one story complete so far and I'm close to another one getting finished in a day or so depending on where it goes. I'm also sketching again (hell froze over and Dad is pissed) so I plan to open a Zazzle shop with some of my little doodles on them. Anything to make the money, baby!

I'm already rating the Short Story Experiment a success!! >D I am adoring this. I'm working in so many different genres, nothing gets boring and I don't feel harassed! :D Here's a snippet of a new one I started:

It was warm the day my father died. It's been winter ever since. I knew he had magic. He chased away monsters under my bed, flipped pancakes without a mess, and reached high shelves to get treats for me. But I didn't think his life held back the snow.

Ahh, yes... I am enjoying this WAY too much!

As previously posted, I have opted out of NaNoWriMo this year. And not just because it's really annoying to type NaNoWriMo over and over or repeatedly explain what it is. So I'm doing my own thing... And still have to explain what it is. And I'm two days late. You'll just have to deal with that. :p

Here are the perimeters: I am going to complete as many short stories as I can in one month. Shorts that I have already started are not exempt from my total completion tally. I am going by stories completely written, not typed. If the story is a paragraph, it counts. If it seems like the story is mutating into a novel, it doesn't count and will be stopped immediately for a shorter project.

Why am I doing this? Because I am notoriously bad at short stories. I have trouble keeping things short unless threatened by a teacher to do so. I'm getting better but I'd like to have it be second nature to turn out something of good quality that's under 50 pages or so. Give or take for font size and all that. But unlike trying to get a huge ass novel, I can concentrate on a complete narrative without getting bogged down in word counts which screwed with my head. I'm unhinged enough, thank you very much. *huffs*

Let the game begin!! >D

And here's something funny: