Q) One day, One Thousand? Just what the hell is it?
A) A blog.
Q) Thanks, jackass. Seriously, what are you doing here?
A) Glad you asked! The plan is to write a 1,000 word short story (sometimes called "flash fiction") every day for a year. I started Jan 24, 2011.
Q) Short Stories, huh? About what?
A) About anything. I'm mostly a science fiction/fantasy writer, but the idea here is to write as many different types of stories as I can and to see if I'm able to improve my writing technique overall.
Q) OK, smart guy, you're writing short stories. Why?
A) Fact is, I'm a writer. I've tried to deny it, find another more stable, profitable and not completely bat-shit insane occupation, but it's always come back to this. One Day, One Thousand emerged out of my desire to not only write short stories in addition to the novels I'm working on, but improve my writing overall and maybe (please Jeebus) get some notoriety in this community we call the Interwebs.
Q) You sure talk a lot. Have you actually been published, Mr. Writer?
A) Nope. I've submitted short stories and had them rejected and while I do copywriting and blogging for pay on a number of sites, I've never had a piece of fiction published for pay.
Q) Competition for book sales is fierce in the US. What makes you so special?
A) I'm Canadian.
Q) Canadian, eh? Does that mean your books will be about prairies and snow?
A) Not so much. I love Canada, but I'm not a "Canadian Writer" in that sense. I won't be doing any novels about how growing up on the wind-whipped plains of Alberta makes a young man unable to love or how a family in Nova Scotia loses brothers and fathers to the briny sea and inky depths of coal mines over generations of tragedy.
Q) You seem pretty sure of yourself. What if this never goes anywhere?
A) Meh. I don't just write because I love it, I write because I'm compelled to, oddly enough. If this project doesn't pan out, I'll do another one. If my novel gets rejected, I'll write a new one. Such is the life of a writer.
Q) Well...ok. You sound like you're not a total douche.
A) Thanks! Enjoy the blog.
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