CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Last week, exams happened. No writing happened from the 8th through the 11th, but a ton of study and exam sitting did. Results are still not in, but I find myself wondering why I couldn’t get all this to click earlier. I also caught myself suppressing stories in order to be ‘disciplined’ and ‘focus on one thing at a time’. This is a bad idea for me, as I could write much more effectively on the focus project once I had the interest projects out of my head. A point to note for another day, but one I already do when I study. Overview New words produced: 569 Old words revised: 0 Outlines and Notes: 543 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: 3,204 plus uncharted hand-written notes, lecture watching, and rereading. Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil

Exams were happening in the next week. This week I had one assignment to do. I got a little admin done and tried to do some writing. I knew the next week was going to be a total wipeout, as I had three exams in three days. Overview New words produced: 10,314 Old words revised: 0 Outlines and Notes: 2,018 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 4 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: 3,204 plus much uncharted reading and hand-written notes Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil New Writing Nil Publishing Tasks Nil New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and were completed: Poem650— Best to Shun the Mermaid ’s Tail : a poem about the curse of pursuing mermaids; ShortStory608— Stepping Lightly : a flash fiction piece about having to move fast; ShortS

This week consisted of one exam, and the start of one final essay, as well as the last round of classes. It was busy. I had exams coming a fortnight later.   Overview New words produced: 985 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: 4,937 plus a lot of uncharted study Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil New Writing Nil Publishing Tasks Nil New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and were completed: ShortStory605— Public Life : a piece of flash fiction about living in the spotlight; ShortStory606— The Invisible Refugees : a piece of flash fiction about refugees; ShortStory607— Snake Treasure : a piece of flash fiction about snakes and what they treasure

The second-last week of October was an odd one. To be honest, I can’t remember exactly what it was about, except that it was busy. Overview New words produced: 1,098 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: lots of untracked study Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil New Writing Chapbook5B— Rocky and the Great Teddybear Rescue : Added 1,000 words Publishing Tasks Nil New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and were completed: Poem646— The Rise of Dragons : a poem about dragons; Poem647— Draconic Emergence and Education : a science fiction post-apocalyptic poem about the rise of dragons; Poem648— Dragons and Mankind : a poem about what happens when dragons and mankind meet; Poem649— The Zombie D

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 Writi