Progress Report Week 3 October 2012

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This week, I really got my tail into gear and worked solidly towards the goals I have set.

Current Projects

While no writing was done on current projects, DarkFantasy2A—Fisherpriest entered and completed the publishing stage, and RomanceNovel1A entered the publishing stage.

Publishing Tasks

The following publishing tasks were completed this week:
  • Wrote and scheduled 3 blog updates;
  • Edited DarkFantasy2A—Fisherpriest, and formatted and uploaded it to Smashwords (ebook formats), AmazonKindle, AmazonCreateSpace (large and small print), DriveThruFiction (pdf);
  • Created new cover art for DarkFantasy2A—Fisherpriest;

  • Finalised cover art for RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart with HelzKat Designs;
  •  Released Anthology3—An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us in small and large print paperback on CreateSpace and Amazon;
  • Released Anthology4—An Anthology of Worlds in small and large print paperback on CreateSpace and Amazon;
  • Released Anthology2—An Anthology of Battle in small and large print paperback on CreateSpace and Amazon;
  • Reformat and re-edit Anthology1—An Anthology of Dragons in small and large print paperback on CreateSpace and Amazon;
  • Created Tales of Tzamesch blog page and let it go live;
  • Created blog page for PenName2—Madeleine Torr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Craft Development Tasks

The only task I undertook towards developing my craft was the terribleminds blog flash fiction challenge. I missed both the Wednesday meeting of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Writers’Guild AND Friday’s fiction writers’ workshop at Gorman House.

New Arrivals

The following new ideas arrived during the week:
  • Nonfiction1A: to do with writers;
  • Nonfiction1B: to do with politicians;
  • RPGAdventure9A: for an October 31 deadline;
  • DarkFantasy6A-C: to do with trolls;
  • CreativeEssay6-7: trolls and dragons;
And this idea is one that’s been sitting on the backburner but not added to the list:
  • RPGAdventure10A: Tzamesch jungle adventure.
Location: Canberra ACT, Australia

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