No, I am NOT pregnant, so put that party blower away!

After weeks of writing, editing, setting up a Tumblr account, re-reading, editing again, and completely starting over, I am ready to announce something big! As many of you know, I have a degree in writing, I love writing, and I am especially a sucker for good fiction. In my efforts to grow myself as a writer and to use my craft instead of letting it collect dust on the shelf, I am proud to announce the launch of Short Story September!

[Go check it out, I'll wait here]

My goal is to finish one part of a short story each week this month, and complete the whole thing in thirty days. [Yes, even taking time to write next week while we are on vacation!]. If things go all right – meaning I don’t lose my mind or my marriage – then perhaps this project will bleed over into October or [gasp!] November!

Hopefully, writing will become a part of my life again. I would like to have a collection of short works of fiction to call my own. Maybe I can do one story a month, maybe one every two months. It will depend on how things go. One thing is for certain – I am committed to making Short Story September work. I have a dream to one day write a published novel. This is my baby step. My teeny, tiny baby step.

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