Progress Report: Week 3, March 2014

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This week, I realised I had to step up my study in order to do more than ‘okay’—well, gee, who’da thunk? As a result, my writing has suffered. I know, check out the word count, but remember I had a long weekend last week, so I got a whole day extra. When you look at it that way, it’s not so much extra. I also slept more than wrote on the bus, so I’m a bit behind in my daily flash fiction and poetry. On the upside, however, I finished of a 60,000 words novel, made progress on two anthologies *and* had a new idea I’m pretty excited about. I also passed three mini-tests, handed in a 500-word assignment and started prepping an in-class assessment. I’m starting to realize I’m not slack, just very, very busy. And that word count? It doesn’t include the words I use in bloggery, so I guess it’s not so shabby, after all.
 

Overview


New words produced: 10,093
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 14 (1 assignment, 1 novel, and 12 shorter works for incorporation into 2 longer works)
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 1

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual 13: Added 708 words
  • Annual 14: Added 3,568 words

Tier 2 Tasks


  • RomNov14A—Country Rush: Added 5,317 words

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 11 blog posts (including this one) for this blog;
  • Cross-posted 4 blog posts for my art and photography blog;
  • Created 1 post for my art and photography blog;

New Arrivals


The following ideas arrived this week:

  • AdventureNov1A: about a lost expedition;
  • Poem321—Sometimes, Hope Needs a Little Help: about hope and determination;
  • Poem322—Partners to the End: about—what else—a dragon;
  • Poem323—Early Morning Nightmares: about things that go bump… in the early morning;
  • Poem324—Goulash: a poem that plays with words;
  • Poem325—I Live: a poem about survival;
  • Poem326—Do Not Deny Me: a poem about things that brighten a person’s life and are, therefore, precious to them;
  • ShortStory234—Fires of the Undead: a piece of post-apocalyptic paranormal urban flash fiction to do with zombies;
  • ShortStory235—Bluebirds, my Derriere: a piece of flash science fiction to do with industrial espionage;
  • ShortStory236—Freedom for a Song: a piece of flash science fantasy fiction to do with bards and technology;
  • ShortStory237—Mercy for the Slain: a piece of flash fantasy fiction to do with the undead;
  • ShortStory238—An Absolute Delight: a piece of flash science fiction set in the universe of Tarkine’s Wrath;
  • ShortStory239—The Lost Expedition: a piece of flash adventure fiction about scientific discovery and lost expeditions;
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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