Progress Report: Week 5, March 2014

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Busy week this week - three assessments and lots of study. Not a lot of writing.

Overview

New words produced: 3,576
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 20 (all for inclusion in longer works)
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks

Annual 13: Added 1,292 words
Annual 14: Added 2,280 words

Publishing Tasks

Created 4 blog posts for this blog;

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

·         Poem327—Marital Misunderstandings: a poem about miscommunication;
·         Poem328—Skies Full of Dreams: a poem about dreams;
·         Poem329—Autumn: a poem about autumn;
·         Poem330—Rainstorm Flowers: a poem about wet weather… and flowers;
·         Poem331—When the Nightmares Come: a poem about nightmares;
·         Poem332—The Impossible: a poem about the impossible;
·         Poem333—Cityscape – Bus Stop: a poem about a bus stop;
·         Poem334—Cityscape: a poem about the city;
·         Poem335—The Redemption of Dragons: another poem about dragons;
·         Poem336—At the Dusk of Life: about different attitudes towards the end of a lifetime;
·         ShortStory240—Horsemen from the Plains: a piece of flash science fiction about holograms and raiders;
·         ShortStory241—Early Morning Silhouettes: a piece of flash speculative fiction about outsiders;
·         ShortStory242—The Hollow Hill Canaries: a piece of flash speculative fiction about canaries;
·         ShortStory243—A Stranger’s Worth: a piece of flash speculative fiction about the value of a stranger;
·         ShortStory244—A Jendavik Homecoming: a piece of flash speculative fiction about one of the ways to return home;
·         ShortStory245—The Montoya Evacuation: a piece of flash science fiction about a rescue;
·         ShortStory246—Shadows in the Glass: a piece of flash paranormal fiction about two worlds touching;
·         ShortStory247—A Predator Among Men: a piece of flash paranormal fiction about those who walk among us;
·         ShortStory248—The Death of Carthena’s Calliope: a piece of flash science fiction about a colony’s difficult start;
ShortStory249—Retribution Rides Hard: a piece of fantasy flash fiction about revenge
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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