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Progress Report by Jeff Baker, May 9, 2020

Posted on May 9, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Worked on the historical mystery short story tonight (okay, early morning.) Making a lot of progress with plot and the actual writing. Will need to do a major factcheck for historical accuracy as well as plot holes and the like. … Continue reading →

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A Little Bit of Progress for the Progress Report, by Jeff Baker. May 7/8, 2020.

Posted on May 8, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Did more notes than actual writing on the mystery story (that’s progress too!) so I now know most of what’s going to happen. I just have to write it up. Also finished the flash fiction story for the May Flash … Continue reading →

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Mystery Progress Report, May6, 2020 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on May 6, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Worked on the mystery story tonight/this morning. Actually fixed a couple of little plot points. Progress! And, I finished the Flash Fiction story for Friday, titled “Sojourn in Brooklyn,” in which the wandering Bryce Going goes East and we find … Continue reading →

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Mystery and Progress Reports, May 4/5, 2020, by Jeff Baker

Posted on May 5, 2020 by jeffbaker307

I realized that I haven’t been writing many mysteries in the last couple of years, so I wrote out a short list of some unfinished ones and plan to finish one or two by the beginning of Fall.  Did some … Continue reading →

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Progress Report: April 30-May 3rd or thereabouts, from Jeff Baker.

Posted on May 3, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Last couple of days I plotted out a story that’s due by the end of August for a Halloween anthology. Even though I said I wouldn’t get in an anthology deadline like that again until a few other things straighten … Continue reading →

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Today’s Progress Report by Jeff Baker (4/29/20)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Wrote about a page (in various chunks on different parts of the ms.) and now I have about 1,100 words. Not bad, for something that started out as an idea from a dream that I wrote down about four years … Continue reading →

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More dirt on progress, April 26/27, 2020 by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 27, 2020 by jeffbaker307

It’s about 5:30 in the morning, April 27, 2020. Yesterday (26th) I worked of the Friday Flash Fiction story for this week (“Midnight Basketball”) and surprised myself by writing the closing line on “A Fistful of Garlic.” I also did … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, April 25, 2020 by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 25, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Wrote some on one of the three or four stories I have in progress, and started next week’s Friday Flash Fiction story, based on a dream I had a while back. Oh, and I added some notes to another story. … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, April 23/24, 2020 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 24, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Did some plotting on the full-length Bryce Going story and then wrote about two pages. Also re-titled it as “Rest on the Flight Into Egypt.” the other title didn’t have anything to do with the story and I couldn’t work … Continue reading →

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Finishing Stuff; a Progress Report by Jeff Baker, 4/19/20. (Note; I haven’t finished anything!)

Posted on April 19, 2020 by jeffbaker307

April 19, 2020 I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t start any new story until I’d finished what I was working on. Largely, I’ve kept to that, except for a few starting paragraphs that I typed up … Continue reading →

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