My Personal Challenge Update…

Not Quitting… Firing On…

I set out to write one short story per day for this entire year. I am not out of the fight, but life needs to ease up a little bit over the last five months of the year for me to get close. Not expecting that. Hoping, not expecting. (grin)

If I do come close, it will be a total success. Actually anywhere over 200 short stories in one year is a total success by any standards. That is more than most writers do in an entire career. But we shall see.

I already have my challenge for myself set for 2026. I will write one novel every two weeks.

My novels tend to be around 50,000 words. That is 25,000 words a week. That is about 3,500 words per day, or about three hours a day at my writing speed. A ton easier than starting a short story every day, or two on some days. And from this challenge this year I have some really fun novel starts.

So going to give this short story challenge a ramp up here in the last five months of the year and head into the novel challenge at full speed.

More updates over the fall.