Progress Report: Week 1, January 2013

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Progress Report: Week 1, January 2013

I had a few extra days off this week, so tried to work my way ahead on the project timelines.

Current Tier 1 Projects

The following ‘must do’ work was completed on my current projects this week:

  • DarkFantasyNovel1A-Shadow’s Rise: released under C.M. Simpson in five formats. Revised 22 chapters, formatted, reviewed and released novel. This project was completed 30 days ahead of its timeline.

  • DarkFantasyNovel1B-Shadow Trap: to be released under C.M. Simpson. Revised first 7 chapters as part of Edit1. This project is currently 35 days ahead of its timeline.

  • RomanceNovel14A: to be released under Madeleine Torr. Revised 4,000 words, and added 4,000 words. This project is currently running 3 days ahead of its schedule.

Current Tier 2 Projects

The following ‘sincerely hope-to-do’ work was completed this week:

  • ChapterBook2: to be released under Carlie Simonsen. Revised 2,500 words, and added 5 black-and-white ink drawings. This project is currently 3 days ahead of its timeline.

  • Annual1: to be released under C.M. Simpson. Added 5,000 words. This project is currently running to time.

Current Tier 3 Projects

 Nil progress this week.

Publishing Tasks

This week I completed the following publishing tasks:

  • Formatted and released Shadow’s Rise for CreateSpace in large and normal print;

  • Formatted and released Shadow’s Rise for Kindle;

  • Formatted and released Shadow’s Rise for Smashwords;

  • Formatted and released Shadow’s Rise for Kobo;

  • Formatted and released Shadow’sRise for Drive Thru Fiction;

  • Updated Goodreads for Shadow’s Rise

  • Updated Shelfari for Shadow’s Rise

  • Updated Linked-In for Shadow’s Rise

  • Updated Pinterest for Shadow’s Rise

  • Updated  my blog and the publishing blog

  • Updated the Fantasy page on the publishing blog, and the Tales of Tzamesch page here.

Craft Development

I have added a new challenge, writing to order as part of craft development and attempting, where possible, to submit something new to a different market every week. The only condition is that I have to finish the week’s work in all tiers first, so, on weeks where the work is not done, no writing to order will be done.

New Arrivals

Titles that already existed but hadn’t been added to the records and assigned a number:

  • RomanceNovel4A: a novel of romantic suspense.
Location: Canberra ACT, Australia

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