‘Once Upon A Time’ On the Brain — Write1Sub1 Week #3 Check-In

Fairy tales, folklore, mythology, all things that I’ve been continually fascinated with since I could read. This ain’t new, or surprising, as I’m certain these types of tales are the general first foray into storytelling for most (possibly everyone). Lately though, there seems to be an influx of focus on the genre, perhaps more so than usual. I’ve been following both Once Upon A Time and Grimm in an effort to pinpoint which creation does the fairytale mash-up plot better. (I’m still Humpty Dumptying on the fence about that one, both have so much promise as well as irksome aspects.) I have a complete collection of Brothers Grimm tales sitting on my night table, giving me a constant stare down (I’ll get to it eventually, I need to catch up on some CanLit first).

All this to say… I’ve got happily-ever-after on the brain.

Write1Sub1 Week 3: Sooooooo How’d You Do?

The Write Part: Dilly-dallied a tad, but I started work on another LensWright piece. This one is, as this post is themed, fairy tale related. I won’t specify which one, but I will say that it’s not about the Princess’s side of things. I’ve started and restarted it a few times over the past few days, still unsure how I want the final tone to be. I’m hoping to get it up for your viewing pleasure by Wednesday, or have two pieces up on LensWright by Friday. These are the goals. Let’s make it happen.

The Sub Part: Submitted another bit of Twitterfiction to Nanoism, a real swell Twitterzine that I’ve actually had the pleasure of being featured in once before. Trying my luck a second time. In similar news, I did get a lovely form rejection from Monkeybicycle, which I submitted to before the new year. The con being that I didn’t get a piece in there, which would have made my year (so far). The pro being that it gave me an interesting idea for a series of posts for this blog.

Final Thoughts: A somewhat more productive week, but still not up to par. As long as I don’t fall back into what happened last week, I think moving forward is a definite option.