Progress Report: Week 2 May 2014

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A better week, this week, but I’m not as sick and I’ve had a couple of mornings on the bus, which seems to be where most of my writing gets done during semester.

Overview


  • New words produced: 3,140
  • Old words revised: 0
  • Works completed: 19 (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 470 words
  • Annual 14: Added 1,953 words

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 4 blog posts for this blog;

New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

  • Poem360—Trolls: a didactic cinquain about trolls;
  • Poem361—Starships: a didactic cinquain about space colonisation;
  • Poem362—Dragons: a didactic cinquain about dragons;
  • Poem363—Pixies: a didactic cinquain about pixies;
  • Poem364—Dreams: a didactic cinquain about dreams;
  • Poem365—Defiance: a didactic cinquain about being different and choosing your own road;
  • Poem366—Goblins: a grammar cinquain about goblins;
  • Poem367—Colonists: a grammar cinquain about space colonists;
  • Poem368—Dragon Up: a tanka about a dragon’s overflight;
  • Poem369—Modern Lurker: an urban paranormal tanka about trolls;
  • ShortStory270—Prey Selection: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about witches and trolls;
  • ShorStory271—Chancing the Storm: a piece of flash speculative fiction about family;
  • ShortStory272—Simple Joys: a piece of flash speculative fiction about hope and joy;
  • ShortStory273—Another Morning’s Commute: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about zombies;
  • ShortStory274—Golden: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about the pixie dust world;
  • ShortStory275—Morning Gauntlet: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about trolls;
  • ShortStory276—Ten Minutes before Sunrise: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about pre-dawn dangers;
  • ShortStory277—For Want of a Hat: a piece of flash urban paranormal fiction about the need for a hat;
  • ShortStory278—Cloud Rider: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about witches
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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