One Month Of Storytelling

I have been successful in keeping both of my New Year's Resolutions so far this year. Reading the New Testament has been easy, since it's just five chapters a week. Writing a story for Ficly every day has been a lot more challenging. I feel most comfortable writing suspense, science fiction, or fantasy (basically the stuff I read). In writing these stories I've tried to branch out from my comfort zones and write a wide variety of settings and characters, and I believe I have succeeded.

I've run the gamut from blackmail in "Valuable Information" to fantasy in "The Flying Prince." I've written in the familiar science fiction genre with "Ambush at Corbin," and I've narrated the completely random in "Road Trip." I've also attempted some humor with "Alien FAQ" and some philosophical navel gazing with "Dreams." This exercise has really been useful for me as I attempt to keep from retreading the same ground over and over and boring any readers I may have.

It's been an interesting month, and I'm hoping I can keep this up for the rest of the year. I haven't felt like I've come close to running dry on the creative tap yet, and I'm hoping that won't happen for a long time yet. For those of you who are just now learning of my quest to write a story for every day this year, I have provided a table below with links to all of my work for January. If you'd like to follow my progress as I continue through the rest of the year, I post daily updates on Twitter and Facebook.

Date	Story	Genre
January 1	Valuable Information	Suspense
January 2	Wings	Fantasy
January 3	The Deal Is On Hold	Urban Fantasy
January 4	Into The Wood	Fantasy
January 5	The Puzzling Plight Of Reginald T. Badweather	Humor
January 6	A Night At The Fair	Romance
January 7	Alien FAQ	Humor
January 8	Savage Winter	Thriller
January 9	Hasty Preparations	Fantasy
January 10	Road Trip	Humor
January 11	Dreams	Inspirational
January 12	Ambush At Corbin	Science Fiction
January 13	Not According To Plan	Alternate History
January 14	The Flying Prince	Fantasy
January 15	If Mel Brooks Was Mayor	Humor
January 16	Midnight In The Garden Of Eden	Humor
January 17	Two Roads Diverged In A Wood	Fantasy
January 18	Stockton's Hoard	Adventure
January 19	One In A Million	Generic Fiction
January 20	Deliverance	Zombie
January 21	Severed Ties	Adventure
January 22	The Measure Of A Man	Western
January 23	Meta Poem	Poetry
January 24	Dirty Laundry	Urban Fantasy
January 25	The Promise	Generic Fiction
January 26	A Lover Scorned	Suspense
January 27	A Conversation	Humor
January 28	Results	Micro Fiction
January 29	Disillusioned	Generic Fiction
January 30	Shared Guilt	Generic Fiction
January 31	Long Gone	Science Fiction