Wow, 2025! Hard to believe with so much going on, in my personal, work, and creative life. Seems like yesterday it was 2000 and then 2010 and 2020 . . .
But before we look to the future, to 2025, we have three more months left of the year. My focus this year has been short stories, getting as many written as possible, and submitting as many as possible for publication. I have gotten tremendous feedback, despite the lack of offers, but I can feel myself becoming a stronger writer.
Learning is a huge part. I have taken a number of educational classes taught by the prolific Dean Wesley Smith. One major class, which has had a huge impact, are the depth classes. Those gave me a whole new perspective on stories and how they're told.
I'm going back through all of the short stories I have written since the middle of 2023 (there are a ton of them!) and adding in a bio along with an afterword. It's been great fun rereading some of these stories and possibly coming up with a new series for a few of them.
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