CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This novel is slowly reaching its conclusion. Of the 80,000 words I slated for it, it is now 80,800 words long and inside the last few thousand words. My deadline for finishing is June 15. Here is a brief excerpt from yesterday's writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It won’t take them long to work it out.” Tens’ voice was an unwelcome rattle in my head. “Take out the Rennet’s World wolves. Keep the children safe. Don’t let them be taken.” Taken. I got it. Only way I could guarantee hitting a Rennet’s World squaddie and not touching the kids was if I used the sword or shot them in the head. The two things couldn’t be mutually exclusive, right? “Cutter…” Mack was starting to sound tired. I wondered if he needed some milk and cookies, or maybe a sleeping buddy. Ooh, a sleeping buddy… I bet we could— “CUTTER!” came in five shades of mortified from four different directions, b...

Mac k 'n' Me: The Transporter's Favour is Book 4 in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series. Mack 'n' Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9 is Book 5. According to Transporter's , Wolves was supposed to be released in January 2019, something it was on track to do, until my world slid sideways and then got busy in June 2018... ...which was when I went in to have a skin lesion checked - and then removed. It turned out to be precancerous, with me receiving that news on the same day my mum told me she'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer and wasn' t expected to see Christmas. That was pretty devastating. A week later, the doctor called and told me they hadn't removed the lesion properly and would have to reopen the nearly healed wound. Fantastic... especially when the second incision almost healed only to reopen a couple of hours after the stitches were taken out. Not so great. I followed that with a week of the flu and then gave myself a case of Tenn...

I've been a little busy lately - which is what happens when your health decides to take a holiday. I've been catching up, and slowly recovering from a few weeks' back pain, so I'm behind in my progress reports. I'll give you a quick overview of the last three weeks, and then head back out the door, because I'm still in the middle of finalising Blaedergil's Host for release next Friday. Here's hoping your last month has run a good deal more smoothly! Progress: April 15-21, 2018 New words produced: 18,534 Outlines and Notes: 138 Words compiled: 0 0 Works completed: 0 Works edited: 0 () Covers created: 0 Works published: 1 ( Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins ) Works formatted: 2 ( The Dear Tiger Omnibus, Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins ) Works released: 1 ( Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins ) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 1,560 Hours at Desk— April 15-21: 62 hours 48 min...