This sounds like so much fun! I'm kicking myself for missing the January challenge. I'll definitely be participating in February. Just to hold myself to it, I declare that on February 7, 2014 I shall begin writing at 10 a.m. and hit the publish button by 6 p.m. Let it be carved in stone and inscribed upon the forehead of time, lest it be forgot.

 

For anyone who took the challenge in the month of January, please e-mail me the above information and I will post it next Saturday (sorry, Superbowl weekend has been more of a distraction than I thought). So far, we have at least two entries:

The Iron Border by Cora Buhlert
http://www.amazon.com/The-Iron-Border-Dystopian-Tale-ebook/dp/B00I3TO5RY/

The $500 Question by Donald Rump
http://www.amazon.com/The-500-Question-Donald-Rump-ebook/dp/B00HZY1E0Y/

I'd love to see what everyone has written. Please, don't be shy.

I'll mail you the info, Donald. Let me know when your post goes up, so I can link/tweet/+1 it.

 

I'm super excited to participate in this challenge this month! And I like how you've opened it up to 12 and 24 hr versions-- makes it a little easier to get editing and covers finished

 

An eight hour challenge every week.  You're truly an inspiration, EelKat.

 

I need to choose a day that the hubby will be home to care for all the kids, but doing this is one of my goals this month!


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I'll mail you the info, Donald. Let me know when your post goes up, so I can link/tweet/+1 it.

Fantastic! If more people are exposed to it, more people will participate.

I plan to try to do one each week in February.

Awesome, EelKat! I may also join you. If I were a full time writer again, I'd love to take the challenge once per day, but alas, I must pay the bills with something other than fart jokes.

They'll all be super short about 2k words.

I've read some surprisingly good stories that are less than 1,000 words. I'm sure they'll be great!

I need to choose a day that the hubby will be home to care for all the kids, but doing this is one of my goals this month!

Carving out writing time is never easy. Perhaps you can persuade your husband to take the kids to Chuck E. Cheese? That seems to work for me.

 

Aaannnddd the writing portion of mine is done! Took about 3-4 hours for 2,792 words. I wrote really slowly, but I was doing a lot of world building. I ended up deciding to make it a teaser story for a new series, so I'll put it up for free everywhere I can and 0.99 everywhere I can't.

I broke the rules a little and commissioned a designer for the cover (sorry! I just wanted it to look pretty so badly...), so it'll be a little bit longer before I put it up. Anyone want to beta read for me? It's a YA paranormal about a werewolf mafia. I think.

 

YA paranromal about the werewolf mafia sounds great, Evie.

I blogged about writing my January 8-hour challenge story today.

 

Thanks for the mention, Cora. I really appreciate it!

BTW, I loved the blog post. Perhaps you could include it in your e-book? It could be added as Bonus Material, giving the reader perspective on what you hoped to achieve with the limited time that you had.

 

Sorry it took so long to get this up:

http://segordon.blogspot.com/2014/02/eight-hour-fiction-challenge-february.html

 

We just got a big snow tonight, so depending on how how Mother Nature feels about things, tomorrow might be the perfect time to give this a shot!

 

Thanks for the shout-out, Donald/Scott. I just blogged, tweeted and +1ed your post.

 

I just finished reading The Iron Border. Great job, Cora. It really got me thinking.

Thanks also for the shout out. We're still early in this process, but we'll get the kinks ironed out.

 

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the story, Donald. 

I hope we'll see a lot more eight hour fiction stories in the future.

 

Just curious if anyone else completed the challenge. I wrote/edited/published a 5,400+ short story called The Crappiest Author in under 24 hours. I also published 2 foreign translations in about 4-5 hours each, but I don't plan on counting them for this challenge. I also plan on publishing one more this evening before I go to bed.

I can't wait to hear what everyone else has come up with.

 

I sent you a message and am sending an email now, sir.

 

Yep, got your message, Ken. Anyone else

 

Will the post be up soon? I am most excited!

 

Sorry for the delay, Ken. I gave people an extra week to turn in their works, but it didn't result in anything. I will get the post up today.

 

Ok, it's up.

http://segordon.blogspot.com/2014/03/february-eight-hour-challenge-results.html

I did fudge it a little. The Most Wonderful Day was written and edited in February but I didn't actually publish it until yesterday. While I should have counted it towards March, since there were so few entries, I decided to use it to bolster February's slim offerings.

 

Been reading the boards for a few weeks and just saw this thread. Is there a thread yet for a March challenge?

I did the original Konrath challenge and thought it was a great experience. I'd been wanting to do it again but never managed to do it. With a thread and other people participating I know I can come up with something.

 

Hooray! Thank you, Donald!

 

I'm having trouble with my e-mail, but in response to your question, I use www.depositphotos.com for most of my needs. I've also used public domain images at www.publicdomainpictures.net for a few of my covers, but the selection is limited as you might suspect.

If you have real money to spend, I recommend using www.phatpuppyart.com for cover art, especially works of fantasy. Claudia is a true professional and won't run off with your money.

 

I didn't get around to doing the challenge last month (maybe in March), but I just +1 and tweeted your post.

 

Thanks, Cora. We certainly missed you in February. Hopefully you'll find time in March to take the challenge.