UPDATE

I haven't done as much work as I'd have liked to for the past week or two, but this is a run-down of everything I've done since the last update:
1. Yesterday, I began reading through The Writing Book by Kate Grenville. I haven't tried any of the writing exercises yet, but I skimmed through some of the ideas presented about writing.

2. Lately I've done a little bit of thinking about the actual storylines of the short stories I intend to write. I still haven't decided.