CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Last week started with a whirlwind visit from my dad, which was nice, and then it settled down a little. I decided I had to focus on my publishing obligations for December, finish the publishing for November, and then see if I thought NaNo was a wash for the year. Because I’d reached the last 10 days of November, December’s publishing moved to the top of the list. According to the original schedule, I had 1 short story ( Serpents’ Souls & Dragons’ Hearts ), 1 erotic novella for my friend, Ellie ( The Trading Game ), and 1 young adult science fiction novel ( A Planet’s Ransom ) to publish. Of these three, the first two were written, but needed the full process of editing, cover design, formatting and uploading. The last one needed to be finished. I also wanted to get my long-overdue flash fiction collection out, as well, because I’d let my flash fiction and poetry writing slip during my university years, but that was going to be a long-shot. Finally, I wanted to ge...

OMG! The New Year is here. I’m still adapting to being a full-time student once more, so I still don’t have much of a routine. That’s the main task for January. I need to establish a routine that allows for my writing, photography, art development, study and family – my very important family, who do their very best to keep me grounded and sane and whom I adore. Given I’ve been indulging rather badly in FB games and being side-tracked by little things such as sleep, family and photography, I’m still on shaky ground. Anyway, here’s what I managed to achieve in the last week. Overview New words produced: It’s hard to tell. I’m revising old work that exists only in type-written hard copy, and I keep adding about as much as I retype. To try and be fair, I’ve folded all the words into the ‘old words revised’ count below. Old words revised: 38,318 Works completed: 2 Works revised: 2 Covers created: 0—that’s for next week. Works published: 4 (3 on 1 release platform in two fo...

I designed the following covers and cover variations in December 2014:  

Work was achieved in December 2014, despite my son having surgery on a lung collapsing for the second time, and me not being very well post-resignation and post second semester. Still, I don’t think I can complain about this lot.   Overview New words produced: 2,360 Old words revised: 12,161 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 3 Works published: 1 (one additional platform) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 Tier 1 Tasks AcademicEssay3— Basofi’s Choice : selected and downloaded cover images and created cover. Tier 4 Tasks TweenNovel2A— Anna and the Rock Dragons : Added 2,000 words Publishing Tasks Selected and downloaded images for 3 covers—2 x Ellie Moonwater ; 1 x C.M. Simpson Completed cover designs for Ellie Moonwater’s next two releases. Below you can see the ebook, and large and normal print covers for both, in that order. Completed a cover design for C.M. Simpson’s next short ...