About a month ago, Dean Wesley Smith announced on his blog that he was starting a publishing challenge: publish 70 pieces of his own works – written and edited in the next year to coincide with his 70th birthday. A couple of weeks after that, he issued a challenge to the rest of us: publish 52 pieces of our own works in 2021. As a partial rebuttal to the potential naysayers, Dean asked the rhetorical question for those who completed the short story challenge – how many of those 52 stories have you published?

I completed the challenge: 52 stories in 52 weeks, and I’ve been reasonably diligent in getting them out to magazine editors. Not so diligent at getting them up online. Dean’s question could have been directed right at me.

So.

Challenge accepted!

Of course there’s more to putting a story online than just converting to ePub or mobi. There’s covers, copy, categories, and pricing!

The timing is excellent because with Thieves in the Temple so close, these are all areas where I need to become more proficient. Although trying to find cover art is nearly as much a time-sink as doom-scrolling through the news.

I’ll keep everyone updated on progress in the monthly recaps, and yes, I know I owe you the November recap. 

Stay tuned.