Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing

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I have reworked a short story and sent it off.  Also managed a few hundred words on my new project. Have one more short story to revise before I am free to get into it. Both of these have been accepted into anthologies. Yay me. It feels good to be productive after a period of not writing shorts at all.

Took the opportunity this morning to finish ‘A Small Favour’ by Jim Butcher, one of the Dresden books. That’s my second book finished this year. I thought the world building was very good and involved.  I hadn’t read one of these before and yet I had no problem missing out on stuff because Butcher does a good job making the story self-sufficient. Yes there are references to previous adventures but I didn’t think that detracted at all. I can see why the series is so popular.

I hear laughing behind me. We shared Nicole’s Moet to celebrate her finishing her copy edit on her first novel. It goes into the post tomorrow. That’s it from me. I have to work now and post on the other blog.