CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Another quiet week with much achieved.   Overview New words produced: 14,927 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 7 (all for inclusion in larger bodies of work) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 1   Tier 4 Tasks Annual1: Added 1,000 words   Extra Tasks ShortStory39 (was ShortStory37 )— Death Comes in Bone : Added 5,800 words Publishing Tasks Created 2 blog posts for this blog; Submitted 1 entry to 1 competition   New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Poem159— Through my Window to the Stars: just thinking; Poem173— The Way Ahead : a poem exploring options for the future; Poem174— Assassin : a poem describing assassins; Poem175— Succubus : a poem describing succubi; ShortStory83— The Calm Within the Storm : a piece of cliff-hanger flash set in the eye of an intensifying storm...

This week, we had to randomly roll a conflict and centre our story around it. I rolled 'dark secret revealed' and this is what came out. Once again, I had no idea what to write when I sat down to write this, but once the first sentence had arrived, the story followed. No Secret Safe The first secret was revealed at dawn. Sigrun sweated, hearing her littlest sister deliver it to her father’s fiercest friend and most deadly foe, felt her stomach grow cold. Now Valgerd had what he needed. Sigrun stood a jug of mead on the tray. She did not know when her father and Valgerd’s friendship had soured; she only knew it had. She could mark the day Heldar started keeping secrets from his friend. They had hoped, but not known Ieitha would find her gift so soon, or that she would be alone when she revealed the vital thread. Sigrun shivered as Ieitha’s piping tones filled the hall. “The one you seek. She hides in shadow, but revels in the light. She will put a torch to t...