I’d had this story idea for about a year. It was more of a semi-idea. It was a story of how someone came to understand themselves through a series of intense circumstances. I’d tried to write it in a NaNoWriMo one year but brutally failed. Then I tried it again back in November and I actually managed to do it. The process meant I had to build a habit…

Day 101

Yesterdays word count: 3500

Total word count for the year: 253166

I’m currently working on three projects. Two involve editing and one involves adding new words.

The Rugged, Challenging Ironman St. George in Utah

Mark Allen Hanrahan is a longtime real estate executive who served as the managing partner of Principal Real Estate Investors in Des Moines for more than two decades. Mark Hanrahan is also a fitness enthusiast who has completed 60 triathlons…

Day 98

Yesterday’s word count: 3800

Total word count for the year: 241841

I surprisingly ended on a 0 for my word count yesterday! I always find this super impressive.

Short (a profile of 100 Word Story)

100 word story is just that — a journal full of exactly one hundred word pieces. Run by Grant Faulkner, Lynn Mundell, and Beret Olsen, an eclectic trio, the journal operates out of Berkeley, California, running six to eight issues annually. The idea of the one…