Progress Report: Week 2, January 2015

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Well, the internet died this week so I couldn’t do any releases, but I could do more writing and formatting, so that is what I did. Here is what was achieved between January 4-10, 2015.

 Overview

New words produced: 5,898
Old words revised: 38,427
Works completed: 11 (11 poems)
Works revised: 2
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0
Bloggery: 1,870

Tier 1 Tasks


  • TweenNovel1A—Orb Wielder: Revised 860 words;
  • YANovel26—Pyrie: Revised 36,291 words; added 3,200 words;

Tier 4 Tasks


  • Annual25A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2014, Vol.1: organised;
  • Annual25B—C.M. Simpson Short Stories and Poems from 2014, Vol. 2: organised;
  • Annual25C—C.M. Simpson Short Stories and Poems from 2014, Vol. 3: organised;
  • Annual27—366 Days of Poetry: completed poetry to late January

Publishing Tasks


  • Created 2 blog posts for this blog;
  • Formatted Annual12B—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013, Vol. 2 for CreateSpace large-print print-on-demand

New Arrivals


  • Annual25A—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014 Vol.1: speculative, real world derivative and horror volume;
  • Annual25B—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014 Vol.2: science fiction volume;
  • Annual25C—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014 Vol.3: fantasy volume;
  • Annual26A—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2015 Vol.1: speculative, real world derivative and horror volume.
  • Annual26B—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2015 Vol.2: science fiction volume
  • Annual26C—C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2015, Vol.3: fantasy volume
  • Annual27—366 Days of Poetry: poetry volume for  2016;
  • Annual28—366 Days of Flash Fiction: flash fiction volume for 2016;
  • Poem445—In Spite of You, I Fly: a poem about failure and success;
  • Poem446—The Colonist’s Wish: a science fiction poem about why people might colonise;
  • Poem447—Australian Corvids: a poem about Australian corvids;
  • Poem448—A Warning from Below: a fantasy poem about subterranean danger;
  • Poem449—Slavery and Freedom: a poem;
  • Poem450—Seasons of our Lives: a poem about life;
  • Poem451—Lighting my Way: a poem about the times of day;
  • Poem452—Tribute to the Dead: a poem for the dead;
  • Poem453—Je Suis Charlie: a poem about the events around Charlie Hebdo;
  • Poem454—Unicorns and Butterflies: a poem about unicorns and butterflies);
  • Poem455—Life, Lies and Christmas Pudding: a poem about how Christmas pudding represents the lies and life;
  • Poem456—A New Year Stalks the Stage: a poem about the new year;
  • Poem457—Watch Ye Well, the Raven: a poem about a raven legend from North America

Old work assigned a code:

  • YANovel26—Pyrie: about a young woman who copes with the threat of her father by imagining she is protected by warriors.
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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