Oh. I knew it was a fair amount, but... - one hundred and four thousand words? Twelve stories, ranging fro20K to just over 2K and that doesn't include a couple that are in the planning stage. I wasn't expecting that many, although it includes twenty-four thousand words (three stories) from NaNoWriMo. So it was worth doing after all! But now, knowing that I have that much ‘in hand’ as it were, I can ease up on writing UFO and in particular, Ed Straker, for a couple of months and tackle a very different writing project. It won't be going up on this site, but I will continue to post stories here once they have been published in the Herald as well as posting in my blog about UFO, adding episode details and various screenshots.
The following 'comment' was written in a mixture of sadness, disappointment and such anger that I am still shaking even as I write this 'prologue'.
Something happened today that made me wonder about the morality of some 'writers'. I completed NaNoWriMo, as did many other people, and most of them did it with the intention of editing their work and eventually publishing it. Fair enough. But to actually boast that your story is edited 'to a standard that will suffice' and then expect people to part with money for a story that is not up to the very best standard that you can achieve is both disrespectful to the writers who will spend weeks checking for typos and pleonasms, for adverbs and punctuation errors, and disrespectful to the readers who are told (TOLD) to buy the book. And .. two 'five star' reviews within the space of 24 hours? Who are you kidding? Shill reviews should be treated with the contempt they deserve. I am saddened that my participation in NaNoWriMo has been spoiled, that something I considered to be a serious effort by serious writers has been lessened by at least one writer who considers that the attitude of 'that'll do'' is good enough. It bloody well isn't. You cheapen all those writers who strive to get their work to the highest possible standard. I hope I never ever write: 'this story is edited to a standard that will do.' because it damned well won't do.
Take it or leave it? I think I'd rather leave it if its all the same.