Progress Report: Week 1 June 2014

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I had two end-of-semester tests this week and took time off work to study for them. The following words were achieved once the study was done—a kind of warped reward. Of course, the only way to get the words down, was to go through my older records and transcribe them to digital form. I’m still not sure if that’s cheating or not, but it’s still a task that needs to be done, and I have salvaged more than a few ideas that bear more development. The new ideas were all written on the bus, while travelling to and from work. I really like the bus.
 

Overview



New words produced: 2,147

Old words revised: 20,418

Works completed: 0

Works revised: 0

Covers created: 0

Works published: 0

Works submitted: 0

Competitions Entered: 0


Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual 13: Added 376 words
  • Annual 14: Added 1,1771 words

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 2 blog posts for this blog;

New Arrivals




The following ideas arrived this week: 
  • Poem379—My Books are like Lovers: a reflection on the place books hold in our lives;
  • Poem380—The Salt of the Earth: about people;
  • Poem381—In the Morning Dark: about riding the bus in the morning;
  • Poem382—When our Children are Gone: about life;
  • ShortStory309—Chelovan’s Risk: a piece of flash fantasy fiction incorporating dragons;
  • ShortStory310—The Lions of Melicia Came From the Sky: a piece of flash science fiction about a crash landing;
  • ShortStory311—Aderok and the Spider: a piece of flash science fiction about a spider;
  • ShortStory312—Banking on the Snow: a piece of flash thriller fiction;
  • ShortStory313—Persuasion: a piece of science flash fiction about a deal;
  • ShortStory314—I’m not Writing about You: a piece of flash speculative fiction;
  • ShortStory315—The Bus Driver and the Pixie: a piece of flash urban fiction;



The following ideas were found, dusted off, extended and assigned a number in the work file:

  • FantasyNovels 2B-2E
  • RPGAdventure24A: An urban adventure designed to take characters from 1-20.
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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