CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I’ve been wanting to write a story for ANZAC Day for weeks, but just couldn’t think of anything that brought together the ideas that the dead must be remembered, and their deeds not forgotten, that the service of a warrior is not degraded by the fact that he fights in a war, but that a warrior’s honour is upheld by the manner in which he conducts himself in that war and the reasons for which he fights—and by the idea that all wounds heal, that enemies can find a foundation for mutual respect and understanding, even if friendship comes generations later. Today, the scene in the first two paragraphs came into my head and combined with images from the dawn services, the ideas above, and nation-wide memorials to produce this. I can only ask forgiveness that it is not a historical piece. This story is set on Aquamarine, the lizardine homeworld, after the events described in The Reptiles’ Blade .   The First to Remember A shot rang out, earlier than those scheduled to honour

I've just finished putting Anna and the Rock Dragons out on Smashwords in all formats . It's not a bad way to start the day. When Anna heads out to her family’s country cottage for the holidays, she has no idea what lies in store. Chosen as the Key Bearer and Door Finder for a race of exiled dragons, Anna soon finds herself being hunted by a nightmare from local legend, while racing against a mining magnate set to make his fortunes by turning the dragons into crystal. Will she survive long enough to find both key and door in time to help the dragons escape, and then live to tell the tale?

Well, not much of a break – study took over the last week and did not show results justifying the effort put in. The gamble of not dropping the subject has not paid off, and a lot of writing time has been lost. I am switching focus.   Overview New words produced: 0 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 400 Publishing Tasks Created 1 blog posts for this blog; Created 0 blog post for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog ; Created 8 blog post for the C.M. Simpson Art and Photography blog ; Completed the Anna and the Rock Dragons release on CreateSpace Completed the cover on Ducky New Arrivals The following poems arrived last week: Nil

Yay! Ducky is now up at Smashwords and available in multiple formats :-) Three characters, a dead duck, and a plague-devastated city. What more could you ask for? A post-apocalyptic short story of a ghostly girl, a pandemic and regret, told from three viewpoints.