Microdosing In The FORGED World: What You Missed, Part 1

In case you weren't here earlier

To learn more about the FORGED series, visit the Table of Contents.

What you missed from 2024

Since more than half of you were not subscribers until after I sent out the newsletter I’m highlighting this week, I wanted to make sure you saw this fun experiment I conducted. Between July 8th and August 7th, I created flash fiction notes using daily prompts from the king of Microdosing,

Miguel S.

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THE FICTION DEALER

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At the time, I still hadn’t figured out the ‘identity’ of my weekly newsletter. I was also feeling a LOT of isolation, as a writer and because of a change in my job. The belief that I was writing to the void was a bit paralyzing.

Then, at the end of June/beginning of July, I took notice of the engagement and camaraderie surrounding the daily prompts. It piqued my interest! So, I hopped on board.

I’d just come off of a month-long, self-imposed challenge of writing a 30-word poem every day for 30 days. I decided, “What the hell! Let’s do another 30-day challenge!”

And so, I started using the daily prompt to spark my creativity.

Success!

Over the 30 days, I wrote 25 flash fiction notes, all set within the world of the FORGED Series. That in and of itself was a gratifying accomplishment.

But you know what was even more uplifting? My compilation at the end of the challenge generated six new subscriptions! (Thanks for joining the fun

Gloria Horton-Young

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Larry Hogue

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Tracy Mansolillo

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Mama Says

, MH, and

svndavn

! ) Talk about a nice bonus.

So here it is…

The newsletter you may have missed. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the world of the FORGED Series! ⤵️

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A Favorite

At some point, I’d made a quip to Miguel complaining that instead of coffee, he should have used tea for a daily prompt, so when he gave “TEA” as the microdosing word, I had to participate!

Note posted on 7/25/24.

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Taking it one step further

The week following the compilation, I explained my reasoning, my process, and the lessons learned. If you are curious about the how and the why (and more), check out this one too! ⤵️

Analysis of the look into the world of the FORGED series

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Questions

1. Which microdose submission did you like best?

2. I’m still gathering topic ideas for next year. What do you want to know more about? Have any questions for me?

3. How many newsletters do you subscribe to? If you enjoy learning about the world of the FORGED Series, make sure you are subscribed! What does this button say? ⤵️ If it doesn’t say “✔️ Subscribed” click the button!