CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I didn't think I'd get any cover work done, but I found some time to get stuck into a project that I'd been wanting to do for the last six months, which was to rebadge one of my older fantasy novels, because it deserved better than my first effort. New cover with new title and pictures for The Priestess, the Princess and the Dragon. After that, I started lining up the projects I wanted to do next.

Busy week – even with no work. It was Christmas, and then there was writing, and assignments to do. It was a nice week. Overview New words produced: 7,718 Old words revised: 19,191 Works completed: 9 (9 shorter works to go into several longer works) Works revised: 2 (2 shorter works to go into 2 longer works) Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual13: added 494 words; Annual14: added 3,072 words; Tier 3 Tasks Novella2B: Added 5,526 words; Novella2B: Edited Chapters 1-7; Publishing Tasks Created 3 blog posts for this blog; New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Poem254 (Equines of Auril): about different kinds of horses found on a colony world Poem255 (Trolls in Summer Twilight): a poem about trolls in summer Poem256 (Who is that Masked Man): a poem about a superhero father Poem257 (Christmas Eve Puzzle): ...

Here are the books I've read this month. It's a bit of an eclectic collection but variety is the spice of life, right?

These are the blogs that made me stop and read all the way to the end, in December 2013. Enjoy! Writery Bits Here are some sites likely to interest writers: http://conflux.org.au/conflux-writers-day-2/ : About a writers' day in Canberra, ACT, Australia; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amie-kaufman/why-everyone-should-read-_b_4414521.html?utm_hp_ref=tw : About why reading science fiction is important; http://www.indierecon.org/2013/09/mark-your-calendars-indierecon-2014.html : an on-line writers' event; http://jwmanus.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/calibre-word-and-mobi-a-tale-of-three-programs/ : advice on converting to different publishing formats; http://www.writersofthefuture.com/node/773 : Winners of the Writers of the Future 4th quarter; http://kriswrites.com/2013/12/04/the-business-rusch-the-fierce-urgency-of-now-discoverability-part-3/ : Advice on the business of writing; http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=11059 : exploding writing myths about misunderstood aspects o...

You can find the links to each of the preceding episodes of the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. Warning: Due to a lack of playtesters, this section has yet to be tested. GMs may need to adjust opponents to suit the level of your PCs. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT                 SCENE 4C – MUSEUM INVESTIGATION It was surprisingly easy to gain an interview with Professor Angelina McKay. She was ‘between projects, you know’. Her office ...

After repeated customer feedback, indicating there was a large proportion of customers who would not buy Fisherpriest because it might belong the the Christian fantasy genre, I decided to change the title. I was also unhappy with my original cover, and decided now was the best time to change that, too. So, please welcome The Priestess, the Prince and the Dragon , with its new cover. If you have already purchased Fisherpriest , you do not need to purchase The Priestess, the Prince and the Dragon as well. The content, apart from the title page an explanation in the Author's Notes and an updated Other Works by this Author page, remain the same. The story is unchanged. 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...