Progress Report: January 14-20, 2018

Last week was fairly busy, as the school holidays entered their third-last week, and we had enough rain-free, cooler days to tidy the garden. I was still getting my head around writing full-time, but it seemed to be coming together towards the end of the week. This is what got done:

Progress: January 14-20, 2018

• New words produced: 14,942
• Outlines and Notes: 3,501
• Words compiled: 100,692 (Story-A-Week Collection)
• Works completed: 0
• Works edited: 1 (Reluctant Liaison)
• Covers created: 0
• Works published: 0
• Works released: 1 (A Planet’s Ransom)
• Works submitted: 3
• Competitions Entered: 0
• Bloggery: 917

Goal Progress

 Publish Fortnightly: Weekly pre-releases have already been uploaded to the end of January, 2018. Stories have been written to cover the release schedule to the first week of February 2018, and the second release for that month has been fully outlined. This goal is currently on track.

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January 2018:

Short Story/Month Goal: So far, the short story, The Queens’ Game, has been released for January 2017, and  stories have been written, but not yet published, for February through to June, 2017: Reluctant Liaison, Memory’s Vampire, Dreams of the Serpent, Destiny’s Queen, and Harper’s Choice. A seventh short story was started this week, tentatively titled River’s Edge. This goal is currently on track.

 

Chapter Book/Month Goal: So far, one chapter book, In Full Flight, has been uploaded for pre-release on January 20, 2017, and February’s chapter book is almost complete. This goal is currently on track.

 

Novel/Quarter Goal: So far, I have released 1 young-adult novel for Quarter 1, A Planet’s Ransom, and completed the first 50,000 words of the novel due for the second quarter. This goal is currently on track.

 

Publishing 12-Months Ahead Goal: I am going to follow the same pattern for next year’s work, as I am for this year. This means publishing 12-months’ worth of short stories and 12-months’ worth of chapter books, and 1 novel each quarter. I have yet to writing towards this goal, but I now have a writing schedule to work to.

Finishing-Series-I-Have-Started Goal: At the start of the year, I named several series that I wanted to advance. For C.M. Simpson, these were the: Freeman, The Priestess, the Prince & Dragon, Aggie & Tams series; and for Carlie Simonsen they were the: Wings and Tag Man One series. So far, I have uploaded In Full Flight for pre-release, for the Wings series, and am in the process of writing the second book for the Dear Tiger series. This goal is on track.

 

Finishing-Novels-Started-2017 Goal: At the start of the year I said I wanted to finish some novels started last year. I mentioned Mack ‘n’ Me, Arach. I forgot about the second book in the Aggie & Tams series, and the second book in The Priestess, Prince & the Dragon series. I am currently 50,000 words in to writing Mack ‘n’ Me, which is now slated for release in the second quarter.

Anthology Challenge Progress

The Anthology Challenge is to release one collection of short work each month in 2019. When I began this challenge, I had completed four collections, but had to compile, cover, edit and upload any. The current status for each collection is as follows:

January—Short Work for 2017, Volume 1: Completed and collated at 98,000 words, requires cover, front and end matter, editing, formatting and publication;

February—Short Work for 2017, Volume 2: Completed, requires collation editing, and publication;

March—Tales from Odyssey: 79,824/90,000 words;

April—An Anthology of Bloodlines: 46,510/90,000 words;

May—Pixie-Dust Dreaming: 53,020/90,000 words;

June—The Story-Match Challenge 2015: Completed at 102,655 words, requires collation, editing, and publication;

July—The Story-A-Week Catch-Up Collection: Completed and compiled at 96,700 words, this still requires a cover, formatting, editing and publication;

 

August—Another Anthology of Dragons: 43,311/90,000 words;

September—Tales from When the Trolls Came: 21,815/90,000 words;

October—Stories from the Lizardine: 31,493/90,000 words;

November—Tales from Tallameera: 19,902/90,000 words; and

December—Another 366 Days of Poetry: 0/90,000 words.

Extension—Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction: 0/90,000 words.

Chapter-Book-Collection Challenge Progress

The Chapter-Book-Collection Challenge is to release one collection of chapter books each month in 2020. When I began this challenge, I had not completed any of the proposed collections. The current status for each collection is as follows:

January—Wings: 3 of 4 proposed volumes completed; existing stories compiled with updated front and back matter;

February—Rocky: previously known as the Otherworld series; 5 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

March—Wheelchair Romance: currently included in the Wheelchair Adventures series; 3 of 4 proposed of volumes completed;

April—Granny Finds Adventures: 0 of 6 proposed volumes completed, but overviews are completed for the first three, and writing is almost complete on the first volume.

May—Tag Man One: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

June—Long Hair Collected: 1 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

July—Ribbondrake Riders: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

August—On Patrol Collection: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

September—Running with the Pack: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

October—Traveller’s Tales: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed;

November—Marcus Drain’s Collected Adventures; 0 of 6 proposed volumes completed;

December—The Dear Tiger Letters: 1 of 4 proposed volumes completed. The second volume of the series is currently being written.