Progress Report: September 01-08, 2018

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Looking Back: September 01-08, 2018
I started last week on  Saturday, September 1st, and finished it on Saturday, September 8th. It just seemed tidier that way. The week started just fine, and continued with confirmation of the acceptance of a short story in a science-fiction anthology (The Expanding Universe) and the invitation to contribute to my choice of four more anthologies with a different company—and I’ll announce who and which ones, if and when each story is confirmed acceptable. Submitting those will be this week’s focus. Unfortunately, the week ended with preparing for a house inspection, today, and some pretty bad news regarding my mother’s health, so it was a bittersweet kinda deal, overall.

Looking Forward: September 09-15, 2018
Needless to say, things will be busy this week, as I do all the bits associated with a new release, and write some short stories, as well as advancing my current novel, Mack ‘n’ Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9. I also need to compile the first three novels in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series into one volume and publish it, prepare a gift pack for my newsletter subscribers and get that out to them, and get the short story for October up for pre-order. And all that in addition to this morning’s inspection. Like I said, a busy week – but a good one, I hope.
Here’s what was achieved last week.

Progress: September 01-08, 2018

  • New words produced: 23,332
  • Outlines and Notes: 6,754
  • Words compiled: 0
  • Works completed: 0
  • Works edited: 0
  • Covers created: 3 (The Dockmaster, Mack ‘n’ Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9, The Songster & the Pirates)
  • Works formatted: 1 (The Songster & the Pirates)
  • Works published: 1 (The Songster & The Pirates)
  • Works released: 0
  • Works submitted: 0
  • Competitions Entered: 0
  • Bloggery: 7,610
  • Hours at Desk—September 01-08:  84 hours, 17 minutes
  • August Hours at Desk: 263 hours, 29 minutes
  • July Hours at Desk: 264 hours, 18 minutes
  • June Hours at Desk: 230 hours, 5 minutes
  • May Hours at Desk: 302 hours, 6 minutes
  • April Hours at Desk: 167 hours, 41 minutes
  • March Hours at Desk: 201 hours, 43 minutes
  • February Hours at Desk: 183 hours, 50 minutes
  • January Hours at Desk: 180 hours, 3 minutes
 


The Expanding Universe #4 releases ten days from now, on September 17, 2018, (United States time) and will soon be available for pre-order. However, if you’d like something to read, right now, you can find the following in paperback from Amazon - Volume 1, The Expanding Universe: An Exploration of Science Fiction Genre, Volume 2, The Expanding Universe: Exploring the Science Fiction Genre, and Volume 3, The Expanding Universe 3: Space Opera, Military SciFi, Space Adventure, & Alien Contact! on Amazon.


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