Progress Report: Week 3 December 2013

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A busy week, as all pre-Christmas weeks can be. One more day of work to do, and then we have some time off. I’m thinking a little bit more writing might get done, but there is also a lot of study vying for attention—and family. It will be nice to spend some time with family, too.

Overview

New words produced: 3,376
Old words revised: 1,541
Works completed: 14 (14 short works to be included in 2 longer works)
Works revised: 11 (11 short works to be included in 2 longer works)
Covers created: 1 (1-3 variations)
Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual13: added 1,750 words
  • Annual14: added 3,167words

Extra Tasks


  • Anthology32: added 2,000 words.
  • Anthology46: added 2,000 words.

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 2 blog posts for this blog;

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:


  • Anthology46: collection of urban fantasy noir (but not romantic) pieces of short fiction and poetry.
  • Poem55—The Clan-Son’s Bride: assigned an earlier number due to a duplication, this poem explores a clash of culture and expectations on a far-flung colony around a distant star.
  • Poem248—Christmas, Snow and Candy Wrappers: about aspects of Christmas;
  • Poem249—Thief’s Lament: when a robbery goes very wrong;
  • Poem250—Blood Keys and Memories: about genetic inheritance;
  • Poem251—A Not so Merry Christmas: the festive season with zombies;
  • Poem252—She has Seen the Stars: about a returned veteran;
  • Poem253—Christmas Wishes): Christmas wishes for family;
  • ShortStory158—Troll-Gate Guardian: flash urban fantasy fiction about a gate guardian’s costly error and the vagaries of working with the fey;
  • ShortStory159—Pixies in the Snow: about pixies in winter and their predators and protectors.
  • ShortStory160—Anubis and the Sleepwalker’s Friend: about a meeting with Anubis.
  • ShortStory161—New Colony, Old Threat: sometimes the ancient is not always just a legend.
  • ShortStory162—The Christmas-Party Pixie: about a pixie in a really bad place to be;
  • ShortStory163—Appleton’s Fate: about a pixie, mermaids and addiction;
  • ShortStory164—The Sky Vortex and Exploding Jelly: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction to do with a sky vortex, exploding jelly and magic.


Older works that were revised and given a number were as follows:

  • Poem3—War’s End: about one way to end a war.
  • Poem14—Totems:  about totemic symbols.
  • Poem25—Twas the Day After Christmas: About the day after Christmas.
  • Poem160—The Sky Weeps: a haiku about wet weather
  • Poem242—Respect the Grey Hairs: about the value of the elderly.
  • Poem243—A Belated Christmas Poem: about some concerns at Christmas.
  • Poem244—Through Sun-Rent Trees: about someone who is hiding.
  • Poem245—Mandalay Bottle: about a bottle left in Mandalay.
  • Poem246—A Dragons Baggins Pastiche: about Tolkein’s novel, The Hobbit
  • Poem247—The North Wind and War: about the adjustment from soldier to farmer after war.
  • ShortStory158—In the Silence: an old man’s past catches up with him.
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