April 2016

An Unforeseen Obsession: Page Views

I've been following the metrics for my story's page views in Nature Magazine. It has become a bit of an obsession as I have been somewhat overjoyed to see the page views continue to climb as time passes. There is a two-day gap between the metrics displayed and any given day, but I can't help but continue to be surprised at the exposure my story, "Choices, In Sequential Order" has gotten....

Achievement Unlocked: I Completed Three Stories in March!

During my end-of-month assessment, I noticed I had completed three different stories during the month of March. Two of them were written from scratch between the 20th and the 31st of the month. The third had been submitted to a writing contest from one of the SFWA-recognized markets, didn't proceed to a second round, and I was able to revise and add to it. I ended up feeling pleased with myself at getting these three new stories done and submitted. I still have one of my current favorites to revise and get back out into submission. However, since it's a longer piece (more than 7,500 words) I would rather not run out of markets for it just yet. I'd like to see if I can't complete two new stories for the month of April....