CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This month I have TWO titles to in the IASFA's cross-genre free and 99c sale - which you can find at: https://iasfa.org/feb24 . What is the IASFA, you ask? Good question. IASFA stands for the International Association of Science Fiction Authors - and includes other genres to boot. For instance, this month we're taking a walk on the wild side and blending our science fiction with our fantasy, or our urban fantasy with our science fiction, or our time travel with... You get the idea. The IASFA supports authors regardless of what stage of career they are at, and have a mailing list with some book giveaways for subscribers. This promotion is in addition to that, and will, in exchange for you joining the list, provide you links to a wide of titles that vary in price from FREE to 99c. I have added two titles, The Unwanted, a werewolf mercenary novel from the Odyssey universe, and Harper's Choice, a science-fiction urban-fantasy short story from the Pixie Dust universe. Both may ...

It's taken me a while to get back to this book and continue writing. As I create this post, The Undiscovered is half-way complete for the expected word count of 80,000 words. If the story runs longer, then that completion will take a little longer, but I've recommenced work on it. As to what I've been doing since the last post for it. Well, On the writing front, I've ghosted another half dozen or so books, completed a couple of collections, reworked the release schedule for this year into something more realistic, and published a book a month out to April 2022. I've also continued to establish my first Youtube channel for gaming, while I plan a second channel dedicated to my writing. On the personal front, I moved into a place of my own, had two weeks of strong reactions to my covid inoculations, dealt with a couple of things on the family front, and started settling into a new town. It's been a whirlwind few months, and my contracts had to come first. Now, as ...

Not so many words done, today. There was admin I've been putting off so that I could get a writing habit going. I'm three days into the new habit, and the admin couldn't be put off any longer. Still, I hit the minimum on the work-for-hire, and still wrangled a thousand for the novel, as well as dealing with a goodly chunk of the backlog. Starting Words: 16,081 Finishing Words: 17,224 Words Written: 1,143 Other Words:  5,416 words Other Project/Project Aspects Advanced: 1 (work-for-hire) and 1 blog entry Excerpt: In which Oliver realizes Belle has secrets... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “You were a costume designer!” Oliver protested. “You have no idea how this world operates.” This time the glance Belle cast at Enshevra was more coquettish than anything else. “I’m guessing you’ve read my file by now?” The wolf caught Oliver’s startled glance and had the grace to look away...