Welcome to week six! Sorry for the lateness again. Yesterday was an important day for me, and I wasn't home for more than a couple hours on either end.

Your quest is to write a 500 word short story on the theme of sacrifice.

BONUS weekly challenge: Participate in the Sci-Fi Drabble Contest!

As always...




Also, I would like to remind everyone that any weekly challenge pieces that are posted on the forum will be eligible to be featured in our newsletter once it gets off its feet. Please post a link in this thread if you would like it to be considered.

If you could write your sign-up post in a similar format to the following, it would be appreciated:
Goal: weekly challenge (or whatever you decide to do)
Timezone: PDT

On your mark! Get set! Go!!! *fires pistol*





Participants for the week of May seventh through eleventh:
Elly: (EDT)
 Bonus weekly challenge COMPLETE
 Main weekly challenge COMPLETE
 Personal challenge - 100 words on unnamed sci fi novel COMPLETE
Katie: (CDT)
 Bonus Weekly challenge COMPLETE x4
 Personal Goal: Write at least three blog articles COMPLETE
Lycanis: (PDT)
 Weekly goal COMPLETE
 Bonus weekly goal COMPLETE
 Start work on Human phonetic system COMPLETE
Azlyn: (MDT)
 Goal: Bonus Weekly Goal COMPLETE x2
 Personal Goal: Finish writing out phonetics COMPLETE
Katharina: (CDT)
 Personal goal: Re-write 4 scenes in my contemporary fiction WIP. COMPLETE
 Bonus Weekly goal COMPLETE x3
M/L/S: (EDT)
 Weekly challenge
 Bonus challenge
Aubrey: Revise the Debugger short script (CDT) COMPLETE

Goals: Bonus weekly challenge,
Main weekly challenge
and
Personal challenge - 100 words on unnamed sci fi novel

EDT

*scrambles in to regain some lost points*

Goal: Bonus Weekly challenge
Personal Goal: Write at least three blog articles
Time Zone: CDT

Weekly and bonus weekly goals
Start work on Human phonetic system...I don't know how to measure progress on that sort of project...but I'm gonna say at least get a bunch of sounds figured out that are allowed in it.

Timezone: PDT

Oooh! We get points for participating in the contest?

I finished the drabble! Of course, I'm sure it needs polishing...

*not to be outdone by Wolf* Finished my drabble, too!

Good job!

Okay, here are my goals. My personal one is a little like Wolf's, except that I already have half the phonetics written out and need to stop procrastinating and do the other half.

Goal: Bonus Weekly Goal
Personal Goal: Finish writing out phonetics
Timezone: MDT

Personal goal: Re-write 4 scenes in my contemporary fiction WIP.
Bonus Weekly goal
Time Zone: CDT

YAY! Does that mean you will join HWSF? ^^^_^^^

Yes, I did. But I will definitely not be on there very much. I hardly have time for anything else .

Goal: Weekly challenge and Bonus challenge
Timezone: EDT

*Grins broadly and shuts mouth to keep self from mentioning how you had said the same thing with joining fantasy*

*scurries in, muttering to self* Well, I am in a state of disrepair over this, amn't I? Keep forgetting to properly update y'all. My deepest apologies.

I did not work on Peter's Angel at all last week. It was too busy with the garage sale, and what writing time I had I was too drained to do the heavy writing required for Peter's Angel. However, I am back with it this week. A break was probably good, since I'd been working on it solid for a few months...

I did write last week, though. I did about 77 pages of script. Does that account for anything? *grins*

I'm not setting a goal for Peter's Angel this week. Instead, I have a short script that needs rewriting, so...

Personal goal: Revise the Debugger short script
Timezone: CST

Finished my drabble! Now, on to phonetics... *wants to procrastinate*

Good job Rose! And good job Aubrey for getting writing done even though it wasn't the same writing as your goal.

I've gotten some sounds for each letter (that I'm going to be using very much, some I've left out entirely at least for the time being), but tomorrow I'll have to add a few more and then start figuring out what some of the sounds will be used for.

*is hoping to get inspired for the shortstory part of the weekly goal*

Did I? Well, I'm not over here as much as I am on HF. On HF I actually try to keep up with everything. Over here, it is only some select thread. Plus, I have HF and F as two of my tabs that open every time I open FireFox, so they kind of stay stuck on my brain. Sci-fi, I will not do that with .



Good job, Aliza! No procrastinating allowed! *Hands Aliza a sword to slay the dragon with*

Finished my short story! The drabble and short story are incorporated, in a way. The short story is the longer version of the drabble.

The short story has 599 words. I got a bit carried away.

Now... *goes to write on her novel* I posted the drabble on the submissions thread on SF, and I'll post the short story here, even though it's SF.

*Grins* That you did.

*Takes sword and charges into doc*

Well, I just finished the 500 word story...maybe. I have 501 words, but the story "ends" right when you can tell the MC is going to be sacrificing basically himself for his wife...do I have to write the sacrifice actually happening or is it enough to imply that it was going to happen?

I would think implying is perfectly fine, but you'll have to check with Zoe to be sure.

1 blog post done! http://katielynndaniels.com/wordpress/2 ... -avengers/

Two blog posts done!

Three blog posts done! Now to get on with that contest thingy.

I finished a second drabble!

*has finally edited everything in*

Azlyn: Yup! It's my way of helping them get entries.

Lycanis: Implying is fine. Depending on the story, I think it can actually make it stronger.

Katie: *looks* *rubs eyes* *looks again* Did I imagine it, or did you have another post that you deleted? I thought you said you did a whole bunch of drabbles, but maybe I mixed up three blog posts with drabbles...

*also rubs eyes*

I did. I had a fourth post in a row that said I entered four drabbles in the contest, and now I'd finished the challenge for the week and could relax. I sure didn't delete it, but apparently someone did.

*suspicious*

Odd... *edits Katie's drabbles into the tally*

I finished a drabble (I think, I need to type it up yet ). Now to get to work on my personal goal.

Good, then I've accomplished that goal, done the drabble, and achieved my personal goal as well. I just might decide to do another drabble, but might not since I'm on vacation right now.

208/100 words for my unnamed SF novel.

Finished my phonetics!

Good job, Elly and Aliza!

I failed on both counts.

I finished! Four scenes rewritten, and three drabbles submitted. Yippee!

*random squeal of distress and frustration* I almost forgot to come in here and let y'all know that I completed my weekly challenge! Just made it. *gasps for breath*

Good job! I'm glad you remembered!

This week is now complete.

Check out the scoreboard, and post next week's goals!