CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I swear I'm going to get better than this... said every writer, ever. This year, I'm doing CampNaNoWriMo , again, with the first book of a brand new series in the GameLit genre - which is a brand new genre, for me. It hasn't got a title yet - those usually happen once the book's written, in just the same way that chapter titles are done once the chapter is written, and then only if I remember. Below you'll see the first 10 days' progress and snippets. I won't be sharing all the book, just around 150 words from each day. So far, the first words and progress for each day up until yesterday are as follows: April 1 Progress: Well, there was no fooling with this day. I had a full morning of homeschooling and doctor's appointments with blood tests attached, followed by more homeschooling in the afternoon. It was busy, and disrupted, and not many words happened. First Words from Chapter 1 - Into the Blue  The cat ran under Weyona’s feet, and...

This week’s verse takes us from  a verse that plays with repetition and rhyme spoken by a person by a waterfall to a series of Crapsey cinquains. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Vampires Uncut Vampires stylishly dressed swingingly sashay, seduce fear cut by desire bloodsuckers Nightstalkers curvaceously bestowed smile, eyes calling calming, allaying fears, soothing, soulsuckers Dracs bloodied, pale crumbling to dust fears fading, regrets growing Sun-burnt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year. ...

This week’s short story takes us from a world being raided from another dimension to what happens in the Lianreida forest when deities pay a visit to the world of Tallameera. Welcome to Gods in the Lianreida . When Larias, god of problem-solving and secrets, flies over the forbidden lands of the elves, he only hopes to discover what force is powerful enough to breach the elven magic protecting the forest. What he finds, instead, is a battle in which he is compelled to intervene, but, regardless of intent, when gods meddle in the realms of other gods, there is always a price to pay. Gods in the Lianreida can be found as part of a chapter in Shadow Trap , the second book in the Shadow trilogy. It is also available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: books2read.com/u/3J8Jwg . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?

LAST WEEK, Simone begged Tiger to get off Deskeden and go somewhere safe. This week, Tiger reveals he has located both Simone's parents and one of Simone's classmates. Chapter 8 Excerpt – Maybe More than Human Dear S.S. You forgot to tell me any dreams, so I can’t check anything else out. Right now, I know you are right about Marrietta—at least a little bit. And I know what happened at Ambron’s, and I wish I had better news. Whatever was in the jars got into the air ducts. The computer should have noticed it, but it didn’t, and the whole building was infected. Whatever experiment the company was conducting, it got into the Academy, and they got a whole lot more test subjects than they anticipated. They sent everyone to different regions of the galaxy, and told their parents or families they were on super-secret assignments. I figured out they couldn’t hide them all, forever, and that’s when I discovered the second reason Deskeden has been indic...