Progress Report: Week 4, January 2014

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Made the base word goal for the week—for the first time this year. My main two projects are progressing nicely, and a minor project is also advancing.

Overview

New words produced: 8294
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 11 (all for inclusion in a larger work)
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations)
Works published: 1 (5 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual14—Added 5,740 words
  • Annual13—Added 569 words

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 15 blog posts for this blog;
  • Created 17 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog;
  • Released An Anthology of Blades to Smashwords. 
  • Joined the Smashwords Affiliate Program.

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:


  • Anthology47: themed flash fiction.
  • Poem277—The Fey in Two Lands: about the fey in two lands;
  • Poem278—The Dead and the Feather of Ma’at: An exploration of Egyptian mythology;
  • Poem279—A Pixie’s Last Request: About a dying pixie;
  • Poem280—The Unicorn Dichotomy: a poetical look at the different unicorn types;
  • Poem281—Pixies in the Wood: a poem about pixies in a wood;
  • ShortStory196—The Swarm on Idragor Five: flash science fiction about a swarm on another world;
  • ShortStory197—A Hunter is Born: flash science fiction about the birth of a hunter;
  • ShortStory198—The Storm Father: flash fantasy fiction about a storm father;
  • ShortStory199—Cinnamon Pixies and Bridge Trolls: flash paranormal urban fantasy fiction pixies and trolls;
  • ShortStory200—Show-Down at the Shadow Lake: sudden paranormal urban fantasy fiction about trolls, the fey and treachery;
  • ShortStory201—Mermaids take the City: flash paranormal urban fantasy fiction about mermaids;
  • ShortStory202—The Man from the Juniper Tree: flash speculative fiction set in the world of spies.
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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