Catch-Up - Progress Report: Week 3, October 11-17, 2015

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It's been a while since I did one of these. I've had them prepped and ready to go, but I underestimated the end of the year, so this is what I got up to in the third-last week of October, 2015.

Here's what I was thinking as I wrote this way back then:


Busy week. Lots of study. Lots of writing. First exam in 3 weeks’ time, and 1 more essay to write.

Overview

New words produced: 12,928
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0
Works published: 0
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0
Outlines: 486
Bloggery: 219
University Prep and Assignments: 829

Back-on-Track Challenge:

Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following:
  • Nil
Finish
  • Annual27—366 Days of Poetry: release date changed from December 2015 to January2016; January through March complete.
  • Annual28—366 Days of Flash Fiction: release date changed from December 2015 to January 2016; January complete.
New Writing
  • Nil

Publishing Tasks

  • Created 1 blog posts for this blog;

New Arrivals

The following pieces arrived last week and were completed:
  • Poem642—A Caution on Mermaids: A fantasy acrostic poem warning of the dangers in seeking mermaids;
  • Poem643—The Mermaid Taboo: A fantasy cinquain warning of the dangers in seeking out mermaid treasure;
  • Poem644—Business in the Palace Quarter: a fantasy poem about the dealings carried out at high society gatherings;
  • Poem645—Searching the Mist: a fantasy poem about looking for someone lost in the pre-dawn mist;
  • ShortStory559—Back to the Delve: a piece of flash science fiction about re-emerging after an apocalypse;
  • ShortStory560—The Coming of the Wolves: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about a wolf rescue;
  • ShortStory561—Waiting for Mother: a piece of flash science fiction of post-apocalyptic survival;
  • ShortStory562—The Pink Unicorn: a piece of urban flash fiction fantasy about a miniature pink unicorn;
  • ShortStory563—That Accursed Rug: a piece of urban flash fiction fantasy about a rug;
  • ShortStory564—When the Birds Came: a piece of urban fantasy flash fiction about birds, trolls, elves and shape-changing snakes;
  • ShortStory565—The Prospector’s Demise: a piece of outback urban fantasy flash fiction about an enclave of pixies set in the pixie dust world;
  • ShortStory566—True Treasure: a piece of fantasy flash about fire demons and forests;
  • ShortStory567—The Ice Pixies and the Gardener: a piece of urban fantasy flash about some ice pixies coming to an understanding with a gardener;
  • ShortStory568—Life in Pikar’s Deep: a piece of flash science fiction about an alien eco-system;
  • ShortStory569—Trolls in the Sunset City: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction about a troll incursion;
  • ShortStory570—Midnight Tryst: a piece of zombie apocalypse flash fiction;
  • ShortStory571—One Cub More: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about the rescue of a wolf cub – follows on from ShortStory560;
  • ShortStory572—Salvation in the Black: a piece of flash modern fantasy fiction about mermaids facing the danger of modern seas;
  • ShortStory573—The Swarm and the Storm: a piece of flash science fiction about the dangers of a new world;
  • ShortStory574—Pack Business: a piece of flash science fiction about werewolves in space;
  • ShortStory575—The Uninvited Pixie: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction set in the pixie-dust world;
  • ShortStory576—The Weight of Living: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about living on after a loved one has died;
  • ShortStory577—Wrath from the Sea: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about mermaids;
  • ShortStory578—Halfred and the Land of Ice: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about dangers in the land of ice;
  • ShortStory579—Traderes of Terramidas: a piece of flash science fiction about traders on another world;
  • ShortStory580—Tilly Toohey’s Pterasaurs: a piece of flash science fiction expanding on the lives of the traders of Terramidas;
  • ShortStory581—The Prides of Kadesti: a piece of flash science fiction about feline shapeshifters of another world;
  • ShortStory582—Raider’s Regret: a piece of flash fiction about raiders;
  • ShortStory583—The Flowers of Rudel: a piece of flash science fiction about flowers on another world;
  • ShortStory584—A Dolphin Asks for Help: a piece of flash speculative fiction about a dolphin and a surfer;
  • ShortStory585—Treasure Hunt: a piece of flash fiction about a treasure hunt;
  • ShortStory586—Spider-Born Apprenticeship: a piece of flash science fiction about spiders;
  • ShortStory587—A Meeting of Wolves: a piece of flash fiction about werewolves;
  • ShortStory588—Climbing Til Dawn: a piece of flash urban horror fantasy about trolls;
  • ShortStory589—Raptor Reprisal: a piece of flash fiction about raptors;
  • ShortStory590—Rubbish Opal: a piece of flash steampunk fiction about finding an opal;
  • ShortStory591—Natalia’s Run: a piece of flash fiction about an escape;
  • ShortStory592—The Ants of Helical 9: a piece of flash science fiction about ants on another world.
 




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