CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

An overview of what was completed in April 2025 Work Routine: shifting task order established to allow for day-to-day priority shifts, pivot from video production focus to book production focus almost complete, Exercise Routine: Check (established 1 x 20 -minute intensive, working on establishing a second 20-minute session) Total at-desk hours: 992 hours 53 minutes (tasks were worked concurrently where possible to optimize time) Time spent in administrative tasks: 55 hours, 36 minutes Words (novels): 20,193 - 15,366 (YA), 4,827 (Novels) Words (poetry): 846 Words (short stories): 2,270 Words (flash fiction): 2,990 Words (book notes, front and back matter): 6,734 Words (gameplay video blurbs): 23,225 Words (reading video blurbs): 13,624 Time spent in video production: 198 hours 46 minues Gameplay & Readings videos created: 111 Gameplay & Readings videos edited: 135 Gameplay & Readings videos published: 77 Time spent editing books:   1 hour 35 minutes Time spent for...

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...

Last week, I was still working catch-up. I’m happy to say that part of recovering from being sick is almost over. I finished a novel, published a novel, and did the word count for what should have been another completed chapter book… it’s not going to be a chapter book. It was also a disrupted week, which included Mother’s Day, two outside appointments, and a couple of family and social engagements. Catch-up aside, I need to give myself a little more lead time so I can absorb more things like this, more easily. That should be built in, inside the next two months. These two factors have made me revamp my publishing schedule. There’ll be more news on that, and on how this affects my goals, later on this week. In the meantime, things got done, and this week, I will get more things done. Here is a brief summary of what was accomplished in the week just gone: Progress: May 13-19, 2018 New words produced: 22,226 Outlines and Notes: 2,385 Words compiled: 0 Works...