CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Today ( March 29, 2026 (PT)  is the last day you can pick up the ebook version of  Trading into Shadow,  the first book in the Magic Below Paris series, for FREE. If you're looking for life after a different kind of apocalypse, with  hyper-intelligent cats, nanite-abilities that manifest as magic, and the ability to communicate mind to mind, then why not give it a try. You can find it here:  https://books2read.com/u/3GnYgd      

Don’t ask me where the week went. It was another stretch of disruptions and family illness, although it ended well, and we are all feeling a lot better for having remembered to rest, and for taking care of each other. Goals for March 2026, Week 4, ending March 29, 2026 1. complete, edit, and submit one short story submission (let's call it SHSTSub#2 for March) 2. write at least 4k on the draft for March ShSTSub#3 (while researching, because alternate history is a new genre for me); 3. Finalize the pre-nuke mark-up/edit, read-over edit (voiceless if I must), format, and pre-release for Book 5; 4. Remember to do the social media marketing for the books in promotions this month; and 5. Read at least half a book written by someone else. Goals Completed March 2026, Week 4, ending March 28, 2026 1. Did not complete, edit, and submit one short story submission (let's call it SHSTSub#2 for March) 2. Did not write at least 4k on the draft for March ShSTSub#3 (while res...