CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Today, I got into a bit more cover design . Actually, I've spent all week doing cover design for my dark fantasy trilogy, and edits for DarkFantasyNovel1A. Today, I completed the cover design and second edit for DarkFantasy 1A and uploaded the first print version to CreateSpace, where it is being processed prior to one final edit and then release. The large print and e-book releases will shortly follow , and probably be out early next week... and then I'll complete the cover for, and start edits on, DarkFantasy1B. In the meantime, let me share the cover joy for DarkFantasy1A- Shadow's Rise : EBook Cover                                                AND                       Print Cover My other cover update is for Hunters of the Nile , Eleanor Maine's erotic timetravel romance set in Egypt. We decided the cover needed to be a bit more indicative of the genre, so we added some abs, and now it looks like this:

Are you ready? Here they are. Enjoy. Craft Chuck Wendig on a different way of thinking of, and representing, characters in story: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/12/03/in-which-my-toddler-helps-me-think-of-character-in-a-new-way/ Katharine Britton on the line between fiction and non-fiction: http://authorsoundrelations.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/katharine-britton-buttercup-principle.html  Publishing Dean Wesley Smith on the six routes to publishing and why there is no ‘right’ way any more: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8272 Alex Mutter on a new mobile independent publishing platform launching in Russia: http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/12/mobile-self-publishing-platform-xinxii-launches-in-russia/ Andrii Degeler on self-publishing platform launched in Russia: http://thenextweb.com/2012/12/04/self-publishing-platform-xinxii-enters-russian-market/  Fodder Paul Sawers on John McAfee in Guatemala: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/04/john-mcafee-co

So, yesterday was the first day of December, but because it falls on a Saturday, it counts as the end of the first week of December—there’s logic in there somewhere; I’m sure I’ll see it someday. Anyway, I got no writing done at all for four days this week. Progress was still made, but this reduction in writing time is looking like it could become permanent. I guess it’s okay, though. Progress will still be made, and projects will still be finished, just not as quickly as I’d like. Life goes on. Current Projects DarkFantasy1A: Revised Ch.21-26; added 18,000 words. I am now 2,000 words ahead of where I was at this point in the original novel—and that is with the large bleeding chunks I’ve torn completely out of it. The good news is that I’m have just on 11,000 words to revise and should have this draft completed this weekend, meaning I can get started on the editing, with a view to cover design and upload within the next fortnight. Yay. The bad news is that I now have 29 days