166

That probable 166 became the actual 166 of The One-Thousand. I finished "Out of Breath in a Sharp Red Suit" yesterday and sent it off to a market. I wrote the first draft relatively easily last year, but I struggled to make it good for the last two months. A lot of that struggle was against the rest of my time-consuming life. Until two weeks ago I was afraid the premise was just plain stupid and why was I doing this? But then I came up with a solution that settled my stomach. Anywho, if it sells, I'll let you know!

A Probable 166

I realize I haven't mentioned what I've been working on for quite some time. I've been taking classes and there hasn't been a lot of time to talk about it, much less actually write. But I've been working steadily and slowly on a story called "Out of Breath in a Sharp Red Suit," which is probably going to end up being story 166 of The One-Thousand. I've recently begun finding nooks and crannies of time to fit the writing in, and this may be that best way to do it for me. I once read another writer saying that you'll never find a block of hours of time to get the work down. You find five minutes here and five minutes there. Of course, that's not true for some, but it's true for me at the moment.