CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

These guys are pretty paranoid and very noisy when disturbed, making a kind of 'kak-kak-kak' sound. As you can see, they're very watchful. These ones don't like having their pictures taken and moved rapidly away from the camera. You can find out more information about spur-wing plovers at the following sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur-winged_Lapwing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_Lapwing http://www.mdavid.com.au/birds/maskedlapwings.shtml http://australianmuseum.net.au/Masked-Lapwing/

An englyn is a form of Welsh or Cornish verse, with a reputation of being hard to master. It has several different variants, all of which are governed by strict rules. This week, we’ll look at the englyn unodl union. The englyn unodl union consists of a four-line verse. The first line has ten syllables, the second has six, and the third and fourth lines have seven. The rhyme is introduced in the seventh, eighth or ninth syllable of the first line, and repeated at the end of the second, third and fourth lines. The first syllable after the rhyme in the first line rhymes with the first part of the second line. Once again, I’ve chosen to make a longer poem from several verses that follow these rules. The Troll Lord Cometh The troll lord cometh through the pre-dawn gloam Roaming from the bridge, he mourns, night-time’s loss, the coming dawn, hides within his lair forlorn. When dusk shrouds the world in soft black and grey Away from the shadows, back, Back away, ...

This week was one of the most relaxed weeks I’ve had in a while – of course, three days of bed rest, will do that for a week, so perhaps ‘relaxed’ isn’t the right word. I also studied for next semester, played a roleplaying game, and went to sword practice. Not as much writing got done as it should have, but it was a good week. Overview New words produced: 5,319 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 18 (18 individual works for incorporation into 2 others) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 1 (2 platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual 13: Added 843 words Annual 14: Added 3,239 words Publishing Tasks Created 1 blog post for this blog; Created 1 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Chapbooks14I-K: more in the wheelchair series; DarkFantasy15A—The Salamander Chronicles: see notes Poem392—Paths of Light and Dark: a ...