My 24-hour short story took me almost that long

I finished my story for the Writers Weekly 24-hour short story contest with about 20 minutes to spare. Fortunately, I realized that 2pm Central time is actually 1pm local time, not noon as I originally thought. I did come up with an idea early–actually, immediately after reading the topic for the story. Within about an hour, [...]

I’ll be writing creatively today for the 24-hour short story contest

Months ago I entered a 24-hour short story contest. It starts today at noon Central time (2pm local time). At that time, I’ll find out, in an email or by checking online, the topic and maximum word count for the story. It has to be written and submitted by noon Central time the next day.
I [...]

My blog is live

I finally have a live writing Web site and blog. It took me about 6 hours over the course of two nights. There wasn’t too much to it, although the site is pretty basic right now. I’ll explore more features (widgets, plugins, etc.) later.
This is what I did:

I read a few articles online about how to [...]