Scott Kujawa's Stories

Virus update before I get to my book info, gaming, and reading. In my county, there’s now 1000+ cases compared to the 700+ from last week. We’ve had seventy-one people die. Trader Joe’s now makes you wait outside because only a certain amount of people are allowed in and you must have a mask. Other stores are asking people to wear masks, but it’s not enforced. It should be enforced, but meh. Our stay at home has been extended to May 13th.

I finished Bess’ and Mira’s story on Wednesday. Completed the self edits. Gave to my reader. Corrected the errors she noticed. Sent to paid editor. I’m waiting for it to be returned. I plan for a May 10th release.

After finishing their story, I took two days off from writing. Tomorrow I plan to delve into the next two short stories. I need nine days of 1k words to finish part four of Cleo and Petra’s. I might do 500 words in part three of Crimson Rose. Otherwise, I’ll move it to my 1k words slot and get it done in twenty days. I think I’m going to return to Ellyville and write book three to finish the trilogy. It’ll give me a bundle also since I don’t have any for this year.

I uploaded my thirteenth video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about on there is the same as what I did here.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. I’ve finished my play through with Amara. Right now, I’m almost done with the casino. I’m eager to see the other download content with her. Once done, I plan to return to Fl4k. I lost myself in playing Final Fantasy 7 Remake. What a beautiful game, graphic wise. And the story was excellent. As for my puzzle, I’m almost done! Might start a new one next week. I have pictures on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

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Amazon is quick tonight. They published my book already.

I made changes to my web site. Fixing missing buy links, adding sub links to the series missing them, and added the cover and summary for the second story of Crimson Rose.

Last week I mentioned what’s happening in New York. In my county, there’s now 700+ cases compared to the 500+ from last week. We’ve had fifty people die. I went to a grocery store yesterday for a few things. Most of the same things which have been gone for a month are still not on the shelves. Our county officials say we have another six to ten weeks of dealing with the virus. Watching the numbers rise across New York State is hard to deal with. Sigh.

Bess’ and Mira’s story is coming along. I’ve reached 37,000+ words in it. I’m working on the self editing and giving the printed pages to my reader. I’d like to finish this story around mid-week so I can send it to the paid editor to tighten it up. As for the word count this week, I added 5,465 words.

I added 405 words to Cleo’s and Petra’s forth short story. I plan to move this into my 1k word slot later this week or next. It’ll take me nine days to reach the word count goal.

I uploaded my twelfth video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about on there is the same as what I did here.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. I’ve been playing Amara to finish another play through. I’m near the end of the main story, which means I can play the download content soon. I’ve been playing Animal Crossing. My island is coming along. Final Fantasy VII remake has been ordered and it should arrive later this week. I haven’t had a lot of time to work on my jigsaw puzzle, but I squeezed in time to do so at night. I’ll keep posting new pictures on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

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Wow, April already? Huh. March went quick.

Last week I mentioned what’s happening in New York. In my county, there’s now 500+ cases compared to the 200+ from last week. We’ve had nineteen people die. Down state is worse. Sigh. I went to a grocery store before writing this. It’s been a month since this spread around here. TP is gone. Cheese is gone. Baking supplies is gone. Soup is gone. Noodles is almost gone. Rice is gone. It’s still anxiety inducing to go a store. Argh.

Bess’ and Mira’s story is coming along. I’ve reached 31,900 words in it. I plan to add another 8,000 to 9,000. I’m still ahead of my schedule. As for the word count this week, I added 5,520 words. I have a cover for it, so yay! I should finish this story in about a week or week and half.

I plan to return to my other stories in April… if things work out. I’ll have to see.

I uploaded my eleventh video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about on there is the same as what I did here.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. Since they released a new level limit cap and the second download content, I’ve been playing Amara again. I’m getting through the current play through before returning to the download content. In the morning, I’ve been playing Animal Crossing. My jigsaw puzzle is coming along. I keep posting new pictures of it on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Reading for the week:

Sunday means another writing update.

Last week I mentioned what’s happening in New York. There’s now 200+ cases compared to the 100 from last week. We’ve had our sixth death today. If you’re not aware of what’s happening around NYC, well… it’s a mess. Sigh. April is going to be the month when things turn worse. We’re about two weeks from reaching peak, so I’m concerned how bad its going to be upstate.

Bess’ and Mira’s story is coming along. I’ve reached 26,000 words in it. I plan to add another 15,000 to 20,000. I’m still ahead of my schedule. As for the word count this week, I added 5,600 words.

I plan to return to my other stories in April… if things work out. I’ll have to see.

I uploaded my tenth video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about on there is the same as what I did here.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. Since they released a new level limit cap and the second download content, I’ve been playing Amara again. I’m going to return to playing Fl4k soon. I gave in and ordered Animal Crossing, which should arrive this upcoming week. I started another jigsaw puzzle and been posting pictures of it on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Reading for the week:

Another weekend.

Its time. I need to add something about the situation in New York. I know things in NYC are not going well, but the spread upstate continues. We might reach 100 cases tomorrow. 300 are in isolation. Groceries stores are still sold out of rice, noodles, soap, and many other items. This has been going on for two or three weeks now. Sure, these items are restricted to one per person, but the shelves are still empty. I know, I went to the store before posting this. Yesterday, I went to BJ’s and the same items are gone.

As for book news. I’m at 20k words in Bess’ and Mira’s new story. I added 5,400 words to it this week. I have the rest of the month and April to finish it. I’m thinking I’ll be done mid-April.

I plan on working on part four of Cleo & Petra’s story. And part three of Crimson Rose. As for the next novel, I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll return to Ellyville to write book three, which means I can make a trilogy. Or work on part two of Acinonyx. I’ll figure it out. I have the suggested edits for part two of Crimson Rose, which I plan on going through this week or delving into next weekend.

I uploaded my ninth video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about on there is the same as what I did here.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. I’m still playing Fl4k. I’m finished with the first play through. I also played more of Diablo 3. I started another jigsaw puzzle this week.

Reading for the week:

Update time!

Tonight I plan on publishing Cleo’s and Petra’s new short story. The first story for Crimson Rose has been updated with the suggestions an editor made. They also have part two.

I’ve hit 15,000 words in Bess’ and Mira’s next story. This novel is coming together. I should have it finished in April. I hope the editor has time to look it over before I publish it in May. This week I added 5,100 words to it.

I uploaded my eighth video on my Youtube channel. It’s a short video this week because there’s not much to talk about.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. I’m still playing Fl4k. I’m almost finished with the first play through. I also plan to start another jigsaw puzzle this week, if I find the time.

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Another weekend, another update.

I finished the second story in Crimson Rose. Self edited it. Printed. Gave to my reader. Sent to the editor. It’s on track for my April release.

Petra and Wren pestered me this week, so I started their new short story for Cleo and Petra. This will be story four. I was going to release story three today, but I’m holding off to see if the editor can squeeze it in and send it back to me by next weekend.

Bess’s and Mira’s novel is at 10k words. I added enough words to hit this goal. So yay! I’m working on more of this over the next two months.

Another new story idea came to be the other day. I wrote about it on Twitter and Facebook. I’m not sure when/if I’ll get time to work on this, but I’ll see what happens during the year or next year.

I uploaded my seventh video on my Youtube channel. Most of what I talked about this week is my adventures in editing.

Gaming news. Borderlands 3. I’m still playing Fl4k. I’m getting close to the finishing my first play through. This isn’t gaming news, but I finished one of the jigsaw puzzles I got a few Christmas’ ago. I’ve posted the pictures of the dragon puzzle on my Facebook page, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram if anyone is interested.

Reading for the week: