Progress Report: Week 2 November 2013

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Another week of illness and change. I managed to miss two of the three usual classes this week AND take two days off. Bit of a downer, after starting the week so well.


Overview

New words produced: 3,441
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 1 (1-4 variations)
Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Publishing Tasks

Created 1 blog posts for this blog;
Created the book cover for C.M. Simpson’s Death Comes in Bone;

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

SciFiNovel9A: A time-travel novel with an alternate world past setting.
ShortStory111—An Invitation to Fly: About an invitation to fly
ShortStory112—Space-Hulk Rescue: science fiction about a salvage survivor
ShortStory113—A New Start Endangered: science fiction about the end of a parlay
ShortStory114—The Wind and the Dead: a zombie flash fiction story
ShortStory115—The Zombies and the Dogs of War: another zombie flash fiction story
ShortStory116—The Dragon and the Sky Trolls: a science flash fiction tale involving a dragon
ShortStory117—No Good Deed…: a paranormal urban fantasy flash fiction about the Otherworld, the fey queen and some trolls
ShortStory118—Hallierd and the Dead: a flash fiction about an undead attack
ShortStory119—Revenge and Stardust: more flash fiction death and revenge among the stars
ShortStory120—The Merriweather Debate: what’s in a name… or location, for that matter?
Poem188—Walk, Talk and Stay: a simple request
Poem189—Red like Leaves and Blood: about a murder scene
Poem190—Sing, Willow, Sing: about the balance of life
Poem191—To Live: about ways of living
Poem192—The Dragons and the Dinosaurs: about dragons and dinosaurs
Poem193—I Live as a Dragon: dragon-like lifestyle
Poem194—Living as the World Turns: Life in general
Poem195—Wizard, Knight and Dragon: about a wizard, knight and dragon
Poem196—Unbelievable: living through difficult times
Poem197—I saw your Star Fall: about providing support in difficult times

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