Progress Report: January 1-6, 2018

I spent most of this week trying to get a handle on how to approach the year of publishing ahead. It wasn’t until I set some goals, and added in a couple of challenges that I even got a clue. Now, as the last day of that week closes, I think I’ve got a fair grip on how to approach the year ahead. My guess is that it will last as long as the first curve ball, and then I’ll have to reassess and rejig, but that’s life in general. Here’s hoping I’ve got things somewhere near about right.
 

Progress: January 1-6, 2018

• New words produced: 3,356
• Outlines and Notes: 1,558
• Words compiled: 112,273
• Works completed: 0
• Works edited: 0
• Covers created: 0
• Works published: 0
• Works submitted: 0
• Competitions Entered: 0
• Bloggery: 4,090

Goal Progress

Publish Fortnightly: Fortnightly pre-releases have already been uploaded to the end of January, 2017. Stories have been written to cover the release schedule to the first week of February 2017. This goal is currently on track.

 
Short Story/Month Goal: So far, the short story, The Queens’ Game, has been released for January 2017, and  stories have been written, but not yet published, for February through to June, 2017: Reluctant Liaison, Memory’s Vampire, Dreams of the Serpent, Destiny’s Queen, and Harper’s Choice. This goal is on track.

Chapter Book/Month Goal: So far, one chapter book, In Full Flight, has been uploaded for pre-release on January 20, 2017. This goal is currently on track.

Novel/Quarter Goal: So far, I have released 1 young-adult novel for Quarter 1, A Planet’s Ransom. This goal is currently on track.

Publishing 12-Months Ahead Goal: I am going to follow the same pattern for next year’s work, as I am for this year. This means publishing 12-months’ worth of short stories and 12-months’ worth of chapter books, and 1 novel each quarter. I have started by collating the first collection.

Finishing-Series-I-Have-Started Goal: At the start of the year, I named several series that I wanted to advance. For C.M. Simpson, these were the: Freeman, The Priestess, the Prince & Dragon, Aggie & Tams series; and for Carlie Simonsen they were the: Wings and Tag Man One series. So far, I have uploaded In Full Flight for pre-release, for the Wings series. This goal is on track.

Finishing-Novels-Started-2017 Goal: At the start of the year I said I wanted to finish some novels started last year. I mentioned Mack ‘n’ Me, Arach. I forgot about  the second book in the Aggie & Tams series, the second book in The Priestess, Prince & the Dragon series. I have yet to start working towards this goal.

Anthology Challenge Progress

The Anthology Challenge is to release one collection of short work each month in 2019. When I began this challenge, I had completed four collections, but had to compile, cover, edit and upload any. The current status for each collection is as follows:

January—Short Work for 2017, Volume 1: Completed and collated at 98,000 words, requires cover, front and end matter, editing, formatting and publication;

February—Short Work for 2017, Volume 2: Completed, requires collation editing, and publication;

March—Tales from Odyssey: 79,824/90,000 words;

April—An Anthology of Bloodlines: 46,510/90,000 words;

May—Pixie-Dust Dreaming: 53,020/90,000 words;

June—The Story-Match Challenge 2015: Completed at 102,655 words, requires collation, editing, and publication;

July—The Story-A-Week Catch-Up Challenge 2016: Completed at 91,491, requires collation, editing and publication;

August—Another Anthology of Dragons: 43,311/90,000 words;

September—Tales from When the Trolls Came: 21,815/90,000 words;

October—Stories from the Lizardine: 31,493/90,000 words;

November—Tales from Tallameera: 19,902/90,000 words; and

December—Another 366 Days of Poetry: 0/90,000 words.

Extension—Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction: 0/90,000 words.

Chapter-Book-Collection Challenge Progress

The Chapter-Book-Collection Challenge is to release one collection of chapter books each month in 2020. When I began this challenge, I had not completed any of the proposed collections. The current status for each collection is as follows:

January—Wings: 3 of 4 proposed volumes completed; existing stories compiled with updated front and back matter;

February—Rocky: previously known as the Otherworld series; 5 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

March—Wheelchair Romance: currently included in the Wheelchair Adventures series; 3 of 4 proposed of volumes completed;

April—Granny Finds Adventures: 0 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

May—Tag Man One: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

June—Long Hair Collected: 1 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

July—Ribbondrake Riders: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

August—On Patrol Collection: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

September—Running with the Pack: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

October—Traveller’s Tales: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

November—Marcus Drain’s Collected Adventures; 0 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

December—The Dear Tiger Letters: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed.