{"id":26592,"date":"2022-03-02T06:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2022-03-02T06:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:50:22","slug":"excerpt-sampler-of-stories-from-2022-weekend-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=26592","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Sampler of Stories from 2022 Weekend Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My exclusive <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rachelswirsky\">Patreon<\/a><\/span> content for February collects excerpts from the beginnings of five new stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I do annually, during January and February, I participated in the Codex contest Weekend Warrior run by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vylarkaftan.com\/\">Vylar Kaftan<\/a><\/span>. Participants write one piece of flash fiction each weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The stories in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/63249879\">Example Sampler<\/a><\/span> are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Thing about Timeline Collapse I Decided Not to Post&#8221; based on the prompt: write about someone moving who doesn&#8217;t want to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;An Alphabetical Guide to Potential Building Materials for Aspiring Urban Planners&#8221; based on the prompt: what is your kingdom made of?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8220;The Letters You Lost&#8221; based on a suggested title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Dear Awesomest Uncle Zarny&#8221; based on the prompt: write a letter to an imaginary relative for a special occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Thing about Things,&#8221; theoretically based on the prompt: choose a random wikipedia page&#8230; although I ended up meandering onto an unrelated subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(I released the full text of my week two story, &#8220;An Alphabetical Guide to Potential Building Materials for Aspiring Urban Planners,&#8221; on my Patreon in January.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These were a lot of fun. I seem to be playing a lot with humor right now! Maybe it&#8217;s reading all that Wodehouse and Adams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to all my patrons. All of my Patreon content\u2013including a substantial, patron-exclusive offering once a month of something like an original essay, poem or short story\u2013is available to all my patrons, no matter how much or little they contribute. Every contribution is greatly appreciated and makes a big difference to supporting my writing career!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My exclusive Patreon content for February collects excerpts from the beginnings of five new stories. As I do annually, during January and February, I participated in the Codex contest Weekend Warrior run by Vylar Kaftan. 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