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Tuesday, 31 December 2013

The last round up of 2013

Are you ready for the New Year? Today I'm sorting out the diaries, aren't they lovely when brand new and full of promise? (I keep a personal one and a writing one) The whiteboards have been scrubbed cleaned and await new goals. The calendar is ready to go up. But first here is the final round up for 2013. Hope these have given you a flavour of a writer's year. This is the last one and I will try and think of something new for 2014. I will share new goals and projects once I've brainstormed with fellow writer, Wendy.


December STATS: 
Write 1 Sub 1:
New - 0 (oops just didn't manage to write anything new in the last month)
Total subs - 11 (6 short stories, 2 novel openings, 1 x stage play, 1 x radio play and 1 x flash  - you can sing this is you like...)

Income:  Free annual subscription to Writers' Forum, worth £38.

The Good News: 
Special mention and another shortlisted in The Yellow Room Magazine flash fiction comp.
Longlisted in Flash 500 novel opening comp (first 3,000 words). Really pleased with this as it was still an early draft - a definite endorsement to carry on writing!
Shortlisted in The Writing Competition flash fiction (judged by Wendy Holden).
Shortlisted in another short story comp, but this is still being judged so can't name it yet.

The Not-so-good News: unsuccessful in the following ...
2 rejections from Miso magazine (flash pieces).

More good news than bad, making December a very merry month!
My big achievement was submitting the radio play to BBC Writer's Room before the script window closed on 16 December.

Now I just need to do a review of 2013 and see if the Good outweighed the Bad! How was your writing year?

Finally, best wishes for a fabulous New Year. LitPig predicts 2014 will be a very successful, creative and productive year for all his followers. He'd like to thank you all for following and leaving such encouraging and lovely comments. If you enjoy what you read then please leave a comment - it is such a joy to read these. Writing can be a singular task, but it is truly inspiring to hear from others out there who are experiencing the ups and downs of a creative life.

Keep writing and submitting...



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21 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 December 2013 at 08:03

    Happy New Year to you Tracy. I'm with you on the diaries - I love them almost as much as a new notebook. Looking forward to keeping up with your news in 2014.

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:33

      Happy New Year, Tracey. Have to confess I also have a running diary so 3 in total. And a brand new notebook is a real treat, isn't it?

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  2. Anonymous31 December 2013 at 08:25

    Happy New Year Tracy. Yes, I've got 3 diaries. One for personal, one for writing, and one for other work I may (or may not) be doing.

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:34

      Happy New Year, Susan! Sounds like writers love diaries - we just love writing perhaps?

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  3. Anonymous31 December 2013 at 08:57

    No diary but there's a year planner on the fridge with closing dates and deadlines on it and it's separate from the one with the cats' vaccinations and worming schedules so that makes it proper writerly then, eh?

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:35

      Hope you don't get the planners mixed up, Suzanne. I use whiteboards for competition deadlines - love ticking them and then starting afresh each month. Hmm, very sad ...

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  4. Unknown31 December 2013 at 08:57

    Happy and successful New Year Tracy.

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:36

      Thank you and Happy New Year back to you :)

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  5. Wendy's Writing31 December 2013 at 09:07

    Looking forward to the goal brainstorm. A good December for you... And a partridge in a pear tree la la la!

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:37

      It was a good December - here's hoping to an even better Jan, Wendy. Wishing you lots of story acceptances and figgy pudding di dum ...

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  6. Jan Baynham31 December 2013 at 10:33

    Happy New Year, Tracy. I love diaries - have a planner for general things in the kitchen, an academic diary for anything to do with schools and training and my favourite, my Mslexia one, for all things writing! Oh and I have reminders on my laptop.....

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    1. TracyFells1 January 2014 at 03:40

      Happy New Year, Jan. You sound very organised. I love Mslexia diary - it's great for tracking writing goals and deadlines.

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    2. Jan Baynham2 January 2014 at 04:22

      Not really, Tracy. If I don't write things down, I'm lost.... The only problem is I have to remember which diary I wrote things in, ha, ha!

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  7. Patsy1 January 2014 at 11:01

    Wishing you all the best for 2014, Tracy.

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    1. TracyFells3 January 2014 at 00:48

      Thanks, Patsy and best wishes to you too :)

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  8. Linda King1 January 2014 at 15:03

    Good luck with everything in 2013! I sorted out my diary and calendar yesterday, too. It's such a positive feeling, starting the year so organised! (Shame that in my case it goes to pot pretty fast!)

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    1. TracyFells3 January 2014 at 00:50

      You too, Linda, and stay positive. You don't have to lose the positivity!

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  9. Rosemary Gemmell2 January 2014 at 02:26

    Happy New Year, Tracy - a positive year gone by for you and I wish you even more success in 2014! I also love sorting out diaries, calendar and writing plans - still doing so.

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    1. TracyFells3 January 2014 at 00:51

      Happy New Year, Rosemary and thank you for all your lovely comments in 2013. Hope to hear more of your successes too in 2014 :)

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  10. Keith Havers2 January 2014 at 03:17

    Wishing you a happy and successful New Year, Tracy.

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    1. TracyFells3 January 2014 at 00:54

      Happy New Year, Keith, wishing you lots of writing success for 2014 :)

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