Progress Report: Week 3 July 2013

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This was part of the ‘computer-broken’ time. I still got some stuff done, but not as much as I needed to. I have also embarked on the somewhat ambitious goal of writing a poem a day, as of Monday, July 15, 2013. Anyone know anything about poetry?

Overview

New words produced: 11,708
Old words revised:3,364
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations)
Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

 

Tier 1 Tasks

  • Revised SciFiNovel1A Chapters 11-15

Extra Tasks

 These aren't really 'extras'; they're just tasks I know I have coming, but haven't really scheduled for. Here's what I completed 'ad hoc' this week:
  • Added 3,108 words to Novella21A for PenName1;
  • Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology6—An Anthology of Gods and Older Magic;
  • Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology10—An Anthology of Ancient Egypt;
  • Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology 19—Another Anthology of Dragons;
  • Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology34—Another
  • Anthology of Battle;
  • Began format, compilation and edit of material for Annual13.

  Publishing Tasks

 On the independent publishing front, I completed the following this week:
  •  Created 4 blog posts for this blog;
  • Created 1 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog;
  • Uploaded 32 titles to Kobo on behalf of C.M. Simpson Publishing, including titles from C.M. Simpson, Carlie Simonsen, and Madeleine Torr.

    New Arrivals

    The following ideas arrived this week:
  • Annual13: about poetry;
  • Annual14: about flash fiction;
  • Annual15: about war;
  • CrimeNovel7—Redevelopment (working title);
  • SciFiNovel8A—Calliope (working title);
  • Poem37—Duct Tape and Tar (completed);
  • Poem38—Dragon Bait (completed);
  • Poem39—Old Gods, New Servant (completed);
  • Poem40—Pharaoh’s Prayer (completed);
  • Poem41—The Four Winds (completed);
  • Poem56—What if there were Velociraptors?
  • NonFiction1C—about tourists. 
Older work rediscovered, revised and recorded:
  • Poem42—At the Patriarch’s Funeral (completed);
  • Poem43—Ayam-ayam Menakut Harimau
  • Poem44—Beasts in my Office (completed);
  • Poem45—Calling the Words (completed);
  • Poem46—Ironing to Dream (completed);
  • Poem47—Overwhelming Kindness (completed);
  • Poem48—Surviving a Walk in the World (completed);
  • Poem49—The Base Protector (completed);
  • Poem50—The Dead and the End of a War (completed)
  • Poem51—The Elders are Sleeping (completed);
  • Poem52—The Sand and the Sea (completed);
  • Poem53—The Youth (completed);
  • Poem54—Wasted: A Poem for Two Voices (completed);
  • Poem55—We Hunt: A Poem for Two Voices (completed);
  • Poem57—White Moon, Blue Sky (completed);
  • Poem58—Defiance (completed);
  • Poem59—Golden Sun in Radiance Descending (completed);
  • Poem60—Surviving the Seasons (completed);
  • Poem61—When the Seasons fall Down (completed).

Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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