CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Last week’s progress report. Late again, as usually happens when I try to increase one or another part of my routine. I focussed on completing the NaNoWriMo quota this week, after a fairly rough and inconsistent start. Finally, seemed to put it together this week, so it was done. Anyway, that happened, and I got some gardening done. Overview New words produced: 24,863 Old words revised: 0 Outlines and Notes: 912 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 1 Covers created: 1 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 1,164 University Prep and Assignments: 0 Stepping Up Challenge Update Languages: Nil progress Non-Fiction Reading: Nil Ingress Updates No new challenges for me. PokemonGo Updates Nothing new to report Publishing Tasks Created 4 blog posts for this blog; Updated royalty records; Created the cover for The Sevarine Sidestep New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and are ...

And it's done! Yesterday, I completed my 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo, but the book isn't finished. It's nearly finished, and I'm aiming to have it done by the end of the month so I can add it to the publishing queue for next year.

Yeah, I know; it would probably have been more interesting if I’d started posting these earlier, but I was kinda busy, so it didn’t happen. I’ll try and do better next year. Anyway, I decided to try NaNoWriMo this year, despite not completing it last year. Here’s what’s happened, so far: Project Title: Shades of Memory Project Blurb: When Aggie Dormain arrives in Canberra to paint some old diggers, she does not expect to meet an out-of-work archaeologist investigating an alien conspiracy, much less to be pulled into an adventure that would give Indiana Jones a run for his money. Project Description: A crime noir novel of between 50,000 and 60,000 words set in an urban fantasy world, where conspiracy theories have some validity and maybe a bit of a thriller as well. Progress so Far: November 1-3: Nil words on Shades ; take-home exam started, completed and submitted; November 4: 5,146 words completed on NaNo novel; November 5-8: Nil words on Shades ; take-...