CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

November had a tricky start, and was spent writing the second novel in the current fantasy series, as well as writing a piece of flash, and two short stories: one for December (coming out this Friday), and one for Fireside Creation’s upcoming Apocalyptic Space Anthology, Vol. 2 , which was accepted on Monday, making a great start to the week and the month of December: Progress: November 2018 Administrative Hours: 25 hours, 23 minutes Acceptances: 0 Bloggery: 0 New words produced: 90,979 Outlines and Notes: 14,697 Words compiled: 273,574 ( Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 ) Works completed:4 (1 short-story submission, one novel under contract, 1 piece of flash, Where Else but Waverran ) Works edited: 3 (1 short-story submission, 1 novel under contract, Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 ) Covers created: 2 ( Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 , What Happens on Axis 58… ) Works formatted: 4 (1 short-st...

Today’s new release is a short story set in the Mack ‘n’ Me section of the Odyssey universe. It takes place after Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour , the fourth book in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series , which will also be released this month. Where Else but Waverran can be found at most major ebook retailers AT THIS LINK: Snow, trolls, dustrunners, blackmailing werewolves, and mercenary elves… From the sun-drenched outback to the snows of a distant world, Mathilda Mathieson is in trouble. Dodging a drunken promise to a werewolf while trying not to coerce the love of her life, and rescuing pixies from dustrunners on a distant world are just the start. . The stakes are high. If she gets it wrong on Waverran, the unicorns and pixies won’t be the only ones to lose it all.

Given the bumpy ride so far this year, I thought it was about time I got over it and got on with it and prepared for what’s left of the year, and then get ready for year that’s coming, so this week I dedicated the time to making sure I had the books and stories out for the coming month, and I’ll be working to get January’s releases out to you, as well. These are the releases that are up and ready for pre-order for THIS MONTH. You can find them at most of the major ebook retailers via the link: December 7—THIS FRIDAY— WhereElse But Waverran ? Snow, trolls, dustrunners, blackmailing werewolves, and mercenary elves… From the sun-drenched outback to the snows of a distant world, Mathilda Mathieson is in trouble. Dodging a drunken promise to a werewolf while trying not to coerce the love of her life, and rescuing pixies from dustrunners on a distant world are just the start. . The stakes are high. If she gets it wrong on Waverran, the unicorns and pixies won’t be the only...

Despite being the month it was, November saw a return to the two-books-a-month model I’m trying to establish, so, without further ado, these are the covers that were created and the stories that were released in November 2018. You can find them at most major vendors on the links provided below: November 13– What Happens on Axis 58…   “They’re just kids,” he said. “You won’t need your blaster,” he said… “It’ll be easy…” Yeah, and when I saw Mack next he and were going to have a little chat about what was easy and what was not. With our fists, even… Because half a dozen kids on a starship to nowhere good, with some unauthorised passengers on board? Not my definition of easy—and I missed my blaster. I really, really did. November 30— Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ OdysseyOmnibus #1 From troublemaker to valued crew member, and maybe something more, Cutter’s existence aboard the Shady Marie has been one adventure after another. Taking on and taking down everything from t...

So the world went a little bit slideways towards the end of October… and I lost all my working records from the main drive – which means I lost about a week’s data, since I’d been slack and not backed up my files as regularly as I should have. Fortunately, the writing projects I’d worked on during that time had all been for external markets and had been sent off or stored off-site, so no work was lost… just a few records from the end of October and the beginning of November. Anyway, with things going haywire, what with the school-based bullying of my child leading me to commence homeschooling, unexpectedly early visitors staying longer than originally planned, and complications with my mother’s on-going illness, I had to triage everything else, so this blog went sideways, too—along with completing Book 5 in the Mack ‘n’ Me series and finishing this month and next month’s short stories. However, everything I had committed to for other people was met, and those endeavours have...