CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

On 29 September 2012, I posted a set of goals. Here’s where they’re at one month later: Completed Release one novel as PenName2: 1/1 released ( SecondhandSweetheart – Madeleine Torr ). Progressed Release five novels as C.M. Simpson: 1/5 released ( Fisherpriest ) Re-release 2 novellas under PenName3: Novella7A: editing complete, now only awaiting new cover art; Static Release five anthologies : 4/5 released. The status remains the same with the final one still requiring the completion of four short stories. Re-release 2 novellas under PenName3: Novella6A: complete, but still awaiting rewrite and new cover art; Re-release one novella under PenName1: Novella8A: complete, awaiting rewrite and cover art;. Release one new novella under PenName1: Still deciding on which one to complete. Additional Tasks Completed Re-edited, re-formatted and re-uploaded the four anthologies and all 26 individual titles ; Undertaken the terribleminds blog flash fiction ...

1415-1515: Mashpunk—Does steampunk play well with others? with Louise Curtis, Conor Bendle, Marilyn Pride and Rik Lagarto Panelists (from left to right): Louise Curtis, Marilyn Pride, Rik Lagarto The panel started out by giving a couple of broad definitions for steampunk, and then went on to discuss some other kinds of ‘punk’ I hadn’t heard of: trenchpunk and dieselpunk. Examples of steampunk novels included Mortal Engines and Lark Light by Philip Reeve, World Shaker by Richard Harland, Blaze of Glory by Michael Pryor and Leviathan by Scott Westerfield. The panel also went on to discuss favoured steampunk tropes and moved into the main focus of what genres would best get along with the steampunk genre. 1515-1615: Other entities—Fantasy beyond dragons, fairies, kings and queens with Katie J. Taylor, Lily Mulholland and Tor Roxburgh The discussion opened with what creatures they had chosen to write about and why. All had chosen creatures that were ‘off the beaten...

Fisherpriest is the first novel in a series of books set in an alliance of kingdoms located in the south of Tzamesch's main continent. It focuses on a priestess's journey to discover who she really is. First Paragraph I did not know, when I created the fisher priests, that they existed, and it was certainly never my intention to become one. Overview: When the two halves of her soul rejoin, Linna finds herself in a city she does not recognize on a world she thought existed only in her imagination. To make matters worse, the god she serves has rejected her, and she is captured and sold to four princes from a distant land, who require a priest of the sea. What starts out as a journey to regain her deity’s approval, soon becomes a flight for her life. With one prince at her side, and unspeakable evil at her back, Linna embarks on a journey where she must survive pursuit by the purist Silver Mountains tribeselves, and captivity by the cave spider...