So, um, disregard my last post

I might night finish all 15 stories before the end of the month but I'm officially caught up now.  WOW!

Last night I holed up in my room while the kids were showering (don't even want to get involved in that...let hubby deal with it).  I finished up story #2 and knew exactly what I wanted to write for story #3 so went at it.  It got later and later, the kids had long since gone to bed and hubby was zonked out on the sofa.  There was nothing else to do but write.  So I finished #3 and blew through #4 when I realized what I wanted to do with the next story.  And then I looked at the clock and back at my notebook and back at the clock and decided to start #5 since I had sudden inspiration on how it would start.  Now I have a firm beginning to that one and I'm all caught up and on target for finishing the challenge if I can keep up this pace.  Which I doubt I can.  I did figure out that some of the stories will be long and others are going to be short and sweet.  That's helping me stay motivated.

Plus all this is in my notebook.  I haven't typed any of it up yet and it's almost filled the entire notebook.  I also ran 2 pens out in the last 3 days writing this.  I'm going to try and type up story #1 today so I can do some editing and post it tomorrow.  It got pretty long so I'm not sure how much I'll get done.

( more here about life in general )

So...in conclusion: 4 stories finished or started last night.  Feeling icky.  Went to bed at 3am.  Have a house to clean and typing to do and have to get my son to do his homework (that's he's had since the end of March...it's spring break this week).  Carry on.

new story series

So I've been typing away like a mad woman all morning.  I've got the first story half typed up and I've been fleshing it out a little more as I type (which I tend to do anyway, but this story really needed it).  That's nine hand written pages turned into about four typed ones.  I'm making progress and feeling better about the overall storyline now.

Now I just need a little help with titles.  I've been having real issues with titles lately.  I used to come up with them so easily but now I struggle.  I was able to come up with titles for stories 3 and 4 but have nothing for 1, 2 and the overall series.

Story 1 is about Apophis invading an unsuspecting Earth who has the Stargate on display as a work of art.  I've just labeled it "invasion" for the time being but that's a boring title.  Any thoughts or quotes or ideas for a title having to do with an invasion?

Story 2 is from the prompt: beginnings.  It basically sets the framework for the alternate SG-1 (how they first members eventually meet) and begins the story of the alternate SGC (SGP in this reality).  There's some banter and arguing going around and has the new members of SG-1 trying to find some common ground in a very uncommon situation.  Ideas?

Story 3 is from a song prompt ("What You Need to Say").  Just the title alone gave me the idea for the theme of the story which is an eventual confrontation between the CO and 2IC of SG-1 after their very first [disastrous] mission.  I'm naming this one, "Concerning Command."

Story 4 is from the prompt: journal entry.  I went back and forth with whether to do it as an actual journal entry or as a reaction to a found private journal entry but after I wrote story 3 I knew exactly what to do with this prompt for story 4.  It's a short piece in the form of Daniel's journal entry after his first day with the SGP.  It explains a little more about the program and the members of SG-1.  It's just going to be called "From the Private Journal of Daniel Jackson".

Story 5 is started and is using the quote suggestion so far.  Not sure if I'll be able to work that theme in well enough so I might use a writer's choice (like the first story) to make this story fit into the arc.  But it's about Daniel joining SG-1 and the strain it puts on the fledgling team.  Since this story is only one scene long I haven't even considered a title yet.
 

Since each story stands on it's own I'll be posting them as I finish them up.  I have no idea where the series is going and I need some kind of title for it, too.