CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Just approved - the cover for the final collection to come out in August: the one containing all the short stories and poems published in 2015 and 2016: Seventh sons and space colonies, bird flu and poetry from the stars, flying ships, early Australia and fairy, pixies and elves in modern urbania, all can be found in this collection of poems and tales.

Aftermath: When the battle is over, read or paraphrase the following, altering it to fit the circumstances: With the Setites, and the dragon freed, you head for the surface. This time, though, the tunnels seem darker than before, and you catch a faint whiff of taint. What were the Setites doing? And, even as you wonder, the darkness twists, and you find yourself right back where you started, leaving the library, with the sound of sirens rising in the distance. If you don’t go soon, you might have some explaining to do. Play out the end of the scene according to the PCs’ decisions. They can leave before the authorities arrive (and they may wish to, if they are trying to leave with the book in their possession), or they can stay and try to explain things to the police and/or LN7. NOTE: This adventure is not sanctioned in any way, shape or form by Fantasy Flight. It is not an official product, and I am in no way affiliated with them or they with me. There is no relation...

Finally! This collection took its own sweet time coming together, but I finalised the last edit and upload, today. It's chock-full of fantasy, with a strong focus on trolls, pixies, and dragons, and includes many of the short pieces that helped me build the pixie-dust and troll-hunter settings. You can currently find it up for pre-order on Smashwords, and it's ready for distribution via Draft2Digital, CreateSpace, DriveThruFiction, and Amazon. There is a print-on-demand version in both large-print and mass-market paperback coming, too. A collection of flash fiction, short stories, poems and essays where the genres of fantasy and urban fantasy explore depression, fear, facing the unexpected, and working through difficult situations. It is of adapting to a changing world, to dealing with fear, and about exploring a world where trolls, pixies, unicorns and fairies might be real. This collection is about the myths of the world, the fairytale world, the never was, and might ...

July had three weeks of mid-semester break, and one week, two days of university semester in it. It’s a little daunting to think I will have to achieve this much, or more, during August, in order to keep myself on track. Overall Progress for July New words produced: 43,275 Chapter Book: 7,042 Flash Fiction: 10,169 Novel: 5,459 Novella: 6,910 Poem: 2,523 RPG: 1,408 Short Story: 9,764 Outlines and Notes: 2,597 Works completed: 38 (1-chapter book; 20-flash fiction; 16-poems) Works completely edited: 3 The Contract -on behalf of Ellie Moonwater (released July 28, 2017); Freeman’s Choice (due for release: August 5, 2017) , C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014, Vol. 3 – Fantasy & Urban Fantasy (due for release August 18, 2017) Covers created: 2 Freeman’s Choice, Fate in the Sun Works published: 2 The Contract -on behalf of Ellie Moonwater (released); Freeman’s Choice (available for pre-order). Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Blo...

Even though last week was the first week back at university, I still managed a bit on the writing and publishing front – but now I know I’m in for a heavy few weeks. This semester, with no supervisors anywhere to be found for any of the nine questions I’d be interested in chasing for an Honours or PhD, I’m gearing up to go writing full-time next year. This semester, I can’t afford to put my writing and publishing on the back-burner in favour of my academics. Things are going to get “interesting”.   Week 4 Progress New words produced: 6,329 Outlines and Notes: 0 Works completed: 1 ( Wheelchair Mermaid ) Works completely edited: 1 ( C.M. Simpson: Short Works from 2014, Vol. 3 – Fantasy & Urban Fantasy ) Covers created: 1 ( Fate in the Sun ) Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 6,150 (all now deleted as I cannot sustain the work required for that series of blogs for the next four months) University Prep and Assignments: ...