Progress Report: Week 4, July 2015

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This was the first week back at university, so I didn’t maintain the writing speed while adding in 6 hours of travel, 19 hours of being on campus, and around 24 hours of reading and essay writing. I’ve got a bit better handle on it, now, and will make a few changes this week to accommodate the different aspects better. On the upside, I did finally get Orb Wielder out to market. Now I just have to get Pyrie, Freeman’s Choice and the three volumes of last year’s short work up and running… and I should have at least one more short essay done by the end of the week as well, possibly two, and I will have started work on a third, longer one.

Overview

New words produced: 10,715
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0
Bloggery: 1,367
University Prep and Assignments: 3,513

New Tasks


  • ShortStory494—The Magicians and the Silk Road: added 956 words
  • ShortStory495—The Plain Magician: added1,163 words
  • ShortStory496—This Year’s Starfish: Added 33 words
  • ShortStory497—Years of Voyage: Added 2,259 words
  • ShortStory501—The Heights of Winter: completed at

Publishing Tasks



New Arrivals

The following pieces arrived last week and were not completed:


  • ShortStory494—The Magicians and the Silk Road: a short fantasy story about magicians in search of the perfect cloth
  • ShortStory495—The Plain Magician: a short fantasy, science-fiction blend about dragons, starships and hope
  • ShortStory496—This Year’s Starfish: a short fantasy story about fish and stars and dreams
  • ShortStory497—Years of Voyage: a short science fiction about a colony in search of answers


The following pieces arrived last week and were completed:


  • Poem588—Twilight Comes: a poem about twilight and the battle for sleep
  • Poem589—Good Morning to the Dream Defenders: an urban fantasy poem about the battle for sleep and its defenders
  • Poem590—The Sun Has Come: another urban fantasy poem about the battle for our nighttime slumber
  • ShortStory498—When the Zombies Dance: a flash post-apocalyptic horror about zombies dancing
  • ShortStory499—Flight into the Dawn: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about werewolves and dragons
  • ShortStory500—The Cats Call Treaty: a piece of flash science fiction about cats and being trapped
  • ShortStory501—The Heights of Winter: a short science fiction story set in the Medilo, Odyssey and Miss Delight universe
Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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