Progress Report: Weeks 4 October and 1 November 2012

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This week I returned to work after a four-week break. The break was wonderful, and, even though I probably spent more time on games than I should have, I got a bit of an idea of what an independent publisher could achieve full time. Granted, the last four weeks have been a lot more about the independent-publishing process, than about the actual writing, but I have still gained an inkling of what I could be doing if I wasn’t working full-time. Still, we play the hand we’re dealt, and some of us happen to like our day jobs. It all depends on where we’re at for now. So, what exactly have I achieved this week? Let’s see:

Current Projects

In the last two weeks I completed the following on my current projects:

  • Edited RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart for PenName2;
  • Edited Novella7A for PenName3.
  • Completed 250 words on my NaNoWriMo novel, which shall henceforth be called Steampunk7A.
  • Began outline for RomanceNovel1C.
  • Submitted proposal and outline for RPGAdventure9A.

Publishing Tasks

The following publishing tasks were completed this last fortnight:

  • Formatted and uploaded RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart to CreateSpace in both large and small print formats;
  • Formatted and uploaded RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart to Amazon and Smashwords
  • Formed C.M. Simpson Publishing;
  • Added Madeleine Torr page to this blog;
  • Created author pages for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog, then turned them into genre pages;
  • Created 8 blog posts for this blog and 2 blog posts for C.M. Simpson Publishing;
  • Created author page for C.M. Simpson Publishing;
  • Created first black and white line drawing for Chapbook2 for PenName4; there are currently 10 chapbooks written and awaiting b&w internal art so I probably won’t start releasing those until around April or May 2013. Watch this space.

Craft-building Tasks

Craft-building tasks this fortnight consisted of:

  • Completing one terribleminds flash fiction challenge.

Backburner Projects

I did not advance any backburner projects this fortnight.

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived for development this fortnight:

  • Steampunk7A: Australia, steampunk, land barons, dinosaurs, bushrangers and really big wombats.
  • Novella8A: for PenName1, about unseelie fae.

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