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August 2014   

Big News on the Reunion  I have finished the final draft and will have it proofread by an outside proof reader and then I'll be prepping for publication!  Follow the blog for news including the cover reveal later this month and publication date!


100% Completion of the Write 365 Initiative in July with 31 of 31 days new pages written. Made great strides with the 500K goal by writing 51,228 words in July, which was 8,762 words over goal!

See the progress below.


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In this issue
August Short Story Release
Write 365 Initiative Progress Report
Writing 500k Words Update
What's Ahead in August
As I Write Blog Update
Digital Subscription
Links to All Heibel Media Sites
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New Short Story When Monsters Die Revisited Now Available!  


July's short story, Wind in the Wires Revisited tells the story of a grown man's confrontation with a childhood fear.  In August's short story release:  When Monsters Die Revisited, the story is told from the monster's point of view.

This month I am re-releasing When Monsters Die and releasing When Monsters Die Revisited with it.  You can also read the companion stories (meant to be read first) The Wind in the Wires and Wind in the Wires Revisited.

An update on The Glass Man:  I'll be working on the story through August for a September release date.

Download the two Wind in the Wires and When Monsters Die stories on the link below!

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 Write 365 Initiative  2014-15 Progress Update!

 
The Write 365 Initiative is a year-long project of mine to write at least 1 new page of fiction every single day for a year.  I keep a chart that is updated weekly on the website of my progress.  Follow this link to see the chart and read about the progress of all my stories:  http://heibelmedia.com/asiwrite365.html

Here is an up to date (as of 6/30/14) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2014:

Met Goal Initiative 100%:  112 Days Completed Successfully of 112 Days!


 

677 New Pages Written Total!


 

168,769 Words Written 


 

Novels:  new pages total 
  • Untitled: 421  new 1st draft pages written
  • The Metal Saga (Working Title): 231 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!


Short Stories: 25 new pages total  

 

  • Spilled Cereal 6 pgs.
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited 11 pgs.
  • When Monsters Die Revisited 8 pgs.

 

 

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 Writing 500,000 Words in 2014

As of July 31  

 

Total Words to Date: 266,152      Words Left to Write 233,848

 

                      Short of Goal by 23,460 words    

   

Novels: 246,393 new words written total 
  • Untitled Contemporary Drama: 124,259 Words
  • Metal Harvest: 122,134 Words   1st Draft Finished

Short Stories: 19,759 new words written total 
  • Letting Go:  4,365 Words 
  • Bed Wetting:  1,440 Words
  • The Happiness Bug:  4.124 Words
  • At the Intersection: 1,926 Words  
  • The Glass Man:  1,575 Words
  • Spilled Cereal: 1,438 Words
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited:  2,851
  • When Monsters Die Revisited:  2,040

See the Month to Month Summary of the 500K goal.  Follow this link to  www.heibelmedia.com
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 What's Ahead in August?    

   


Short Stories:
  • Finish The Glass Man  
  • Revise The Happiness Bug, When Did We Get Old, Spilled Cereal
 
Novels:
  • Finish the Final Polish of Reunion
  • Reveal the Cover of Reunion
  • Continue 1st Draft of Untitled contemporary drama
Write 365 Goal:  50,000 words written to bring deficit down by 7,500 words
 
 blog

 As I Write:  My Blog  

 

Every Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. I post an article about writing.  It may be what I'm working on or something about stories and writing in general.  It's a fun and interesting look at how a writer looks at things.  I'm looking for people to read the blog, comment on the articles and follow my blog.

Here are the topics from July:

  • Read The Wind in the Wires and its sequel
  • Holiday Writing
  • Writing Time Flies
  • Revision Momentum
  • What's a Respectable Number?
  • Is Writing Work?
  • Writing Music
  • The Importance of Not Reading (First Drafts)
  • Excerpt from When Monsters Die Revisited

  

You can get to the blog via the Heibel Media website or easier yet this link:   heibelmedia.blogspot.com 

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Books:  Overture to Rain, New Blood, Termination Notice and Reunion (coming Fall 2014), and an untitled collection of short stories (coming in late 2014)

Stories:  30 Day Notice; Ugly People; Will You Please Listen, Please; The Bird Who Wouldn't Fly; The Woman Who Refused to Die, When Did We Get Old?, Baby Blues Revisited, Letting Go, Bed Wetting, At the Intersection, The Wind in the Wires, Wind in the Wires Revisited

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