CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

  It’s been awhile. I’ll make no excuses, but will acknowledge that the ongoing Life changes are making it hard to focus and establish any sort of routine. Progress was as follows: 1. Re-establish writing habit: Partially achieved, although publishing progresses 2. Establish exercise habit: Not achieved, life, illness and multiple medical appointments 3. Alter dietary habits: achieved 4. Sleep habits: not achieved: Life, and the need to get things done overrode commonsense and planning; 5. Back-list publication: progressing: Static: 3/20 short stories published, 1/8 novels in formatting; 6. Progress on outstanding series: – publishing takes precedence; 7. Establishment of new projects: publishing takes precedence; 8. Maintain 2 gameplay videos/day release: Some catch-up and forward planning achieved, to whit: 122 videos recorded, 52 videos edited, 123 videos formatted, 120 videos uploaded, 114 videos published 9. Finalize recording for gameplay series: 1 se...

Just a quick note to let you know the next two 3rd Ed. releases in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series (Mack and Me: Blaedergil's Host, 3rd Edition, and Mack and Me: Arach, 3rd Edition) are available for FREE in the latest IASFA science fiction promotion. There are a lot of good books in this one, including titles from, among others, G Cockel, Julia Huni, Ginger Booth, Audrey Sharpe, Drew Avera, Tom Dell'Aringa, Laurence M. Schoen, and John Triptych...and a three-book omnibus from one of my favorite series, Darklanding , by Scott Moon and Craig Martelle. You can find it here: https://iasfa.org/mar26/ (NOTE: Ignore the 2nd edition cover for Book 3: Arach; I have checked and the link is to the 3rd Edition. Please enjoy.)

 So, I've just released  Mack and Me: Arach , and I'm working on the format for the next book in the series, and I get to the part where Cutter is watching the  Shady Marie  being boarded by a werewolf hunt squad with only Rohan to greet them: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------  I watched as Rohan twisted in its grip, and lashed out, again. This time, he caught the wolf in its other leg. He missed the knee, but it was a good hit, anyway, and he was still pulling away, tearing his shirt collar out of his captor’s grip, and running at the warrior holding his dog. Cascade turned his head, and whined, and Rohan slowed, noting the long arms wrapped around the animal, the blaster protruding from under Cascade’s body. “He’s okay?” and he stopped, as the wolf nuzzled the dog’s ear. “Good dog,” it said, its words thick with teeth and gutturals. Cascade whined, and licked its nose, before going limp, again. Rohan star...

With the arach plot on K'Kavar defeated, and the events of Mack 'n' Me: Arach behind them, Mack and the crew head out on some mandatory, and much-needed, R&R, but the evening does not run smoothly, and the team must move quickly to survive it. Links to stores can be found at this Books2Read site:  https://books2read.com/u/479xQ7 . What's it About? When a night out on the town ends with Mack, me and the crew in cuffs and being retrieved, I get ordered to make some mischief, but how can I do that, make sure I get Mack and the rest of his crew back, rescue Rohan, sidestep Delight, and somehow not crash us into yet another planetary surface? Mind the shuttle, indeed! How Does It Start? Mack met me the second I stepped into the teleport center, sliding in front of me and laying a hand on my shoulder. I looked down at the hand, then up at him. “We’re all supposed to be on leave,” I reminded him, frowning. “And?” he asked, in a since-when kind of way. I mad...