Progress Report: Week 1, April 2014

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Another busy week, with four assessment items to be completed over four days—not a lot of writing was completed. Next week, we have a mid-term break, but I have some things I need to catch up on, so there may not be much writing done then, either. We'll see. I can only do my best.

Overview

New words produced: 2,563
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual 13: Added 453 words
  • Annual 14: Added 1,405 words

Tier 4 Tasks


  • YANovel18A—added 585 words

Publishing Tasks:


  • Created 1 blog post for C.M. Simpson blog

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

  • YANovel18A: about a girl trying to protect her little brother and find him a place of safety;
  • YANovel18B: about a girl searching for her family;
  • Poem337—Death of Dreaming: about life’s disappointments;
  • Poem338—Colour our World: about colours and their meanings;
  • Poem339—Discovering another Path: about looking for alternatives in life;
  • ShortStory250—The Eviction Notice: a piece of flash science fiction about rivalry in the race to colonise another world;
  • ShortStory251—In Search of Dragons: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about the search for a dragon;
  • ShortStory252—Illicit Cargo Survives Wreck 216: a piece of flash science fiction about a crashed cargo ship;
  • ShortStory253—Forest Perch: a piece of flash science fiction about a rescue;
  • ShortStory254—Out of Darkness: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about honouring one’s debts.
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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