Progress Report: Week 1 February 2014

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Yes, I know it’s technically only got one day of February in it, but the rule of thumb is that, if the Saturday is a day of that month, then that week belongs to that month—even if it’s only one day. So, now that’s clear, here’s the progress made this week:

Overview

New words produced: 5,859
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 13 (12 for inclusion in longer work)
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 1 (5 variations)
Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Anthology13: Added 547 words
  • Anthology14: Added 2,396 words

Tier 2 Tasks


  • RomanceNovel14A—Country Rush: Added 424 words;

Tier 3 Tasks


  • Novella2B: Added 2,492 words.
 
 
 

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 12 blog posts for this blog;
  • Updated LinkedIn, Pinterest and Facebook;
  • Activated An Anthology of Blades on OmniLit, Amazon Kindle and CreateSpace;
  • Activated The Reptiles’ Blade on CreateSpace;
  • Created Cover for Ellie Moonwater’s Candy Cane Dancer for C.M. Simpson Publishing
  • Created 1 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog and updated another;
  • Updated C.M. Simpson Publishing page on Facebook.

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

  • Anthology47: themed flash fiction;
  • Anthology48: steampunk;
  • Anthology49: Victoriana;
  • Anthology50: thematic work;
  • Poem282—Diamonds: a cinquain about diamonds;
  • Poem283—The Gone and Future Dreaming: a contemplation of hopes, dreams, futures, what’s missing and what needs to be done
  • Poem284—Rose-Death Summer: a poem about roses in the Australian summer.
  • Poem285—Winds from the Four Quarters: a poem about the wind in an Australian summer.
  • Poem286—Night-Dancing Pixies: a butterfly-type cinquain about pixies dancing at night.
  • ShortStory202—The Man from Juniper Wood: flash speculative fiction about a messenger;
  • ShortStory204—Of the Land: a piece of flash science fiction about belonging;
  • ShortStory205—Valentines: a piece of flash horror fiction about zombification;
  • ShortStory206—The Spur-Winged Traders of Calemkaspia: a piece of flash science fiction about creatures on another world;
  • ShortStory207—Tiny and the Lake: a piece of flash urban futuristic fiction about the pursuit of a data thief;
  • ShortStory208—Rose-Thorn Fairies: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about the involvement of thorn fairies in the pixie-dust world;
  • ShortStory209—Banana-Based Ingratitude: a piece of flash horror fiction involving zombies and bananas.
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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