My goal for 2008 is to write 1 short story a month starting in Feb and ending in Nov.

Jan. was a bust, as I needed to relax after finishing a book. And I'm saving next Dec. to plot out the next novel.

The plan was to build a fantasy world and write a series of short stories in that one world at the rate of one a month. 

Good plan, bad execution. 

I got distracted by news that there was a new short story market looking for contemporary paranormal romances between 10,000-15,000 words.  And I was tempted enough to write one.

Since I'd spent the first part of Feb world building and then plotting out the first fantasy short story, I ended up needing to take some days off work to plot and then write the new short story, especially since it would have to be long - from 40-60 pages.

I got it done!  Last night, with a last marathon push to the finish line, I ended up writing 18 pages to take me to the end - total of 48 pages for this short story. 

And I really like it.   It's a contemporary urban fantasy romance set in Cornwall, UK and I aimed for a gothic tone.   It ended up being a heck of a lot of fun to write.  I should do more of these again.  Later.   Not in March, lol.

Oh, with this one, the market I was aiming for was Harlequin Nocturne Bites.  You can find the details here:
http://community.eharlequin.com/forums/write-stuff/guidelines-new-nocturne-bites

March should take me back to the fantasy world I created and into the first of those short stories.  I'm really looking forward to it.  Hope the writing for that flows as easily and turns out to be as enjoyable as it was for this short story.


Shereen