CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week consisted of one exam, and the start of one final essay, as well as the last round of classes. It was busy. I had exams coming a fortnight later.   Overview New words produced: 985 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: 4,937 plus a lot of uncharted study Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil New Writing Nil Publishing Tasks Nil New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and were completed: ShortStory605— Public Life : a piece of flash fiction about living in the spotlight; ShortStory606— The Invisible Refugees : a piece of flash fiction about refugees; ShortStory607— Snake Treasure : a piece of flash fiction about snakes and what they treasure

The second-last week of October was an odd one. To be honest, I can’t remember exactly what it was about, except that it was busy. Overview New words produced: 1,098 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 0 University Prep and Assignments: lots of untracked study Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Nil New Writing Chapbook5B— Rocky and the Great Teddybear Rescue : Added 1,000 words Publishing Tasks Nil New Arrivals The following pieces arrived last week and were completed: Poem646— The Rise of Dragons : a poem about dragons; Poem647— Draconic Emergence and Education : a science fiction post-apocalyptic poem about the rise of dragons; Poem648— Dragons and Mankind : a poem about what happens when dragons and mankind meet; Poem649— The Zombie D...

It's been a while since I did one of these. I've had them prepped and ready to go, but I underestimated the end of the year, so this is what I got up to in the third-last week of October, 2015. Here's what I was thinking as I wrote this way back then: Busy week. Lots of study. Lots of writing. First exam in 3 weeks’ time, and 1 more essay to write. Overview New words produced: 12,928 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Outlines: 486 Bloggery: 219 University Prep and Assignments: 829 Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Nil Finish Annual27— 366 Days of Poetry: release date changed from December 2015 to January2016; January through March complete. Annual28— 366 Days of Flash Fiction : release date changed from December 2015 to January 2016; January complete. New Writi...

After last week’s success, life happened and I got sick again, so I had to prioritise my school work, so not much on the publishing front, but we’re getting there. I’m hoping for a quiet 5 weeks leading up to exams, but we will see, and we will deal. So, what got done this week? Stuff!   Overview   New words produced: 0 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 1 Works published: 1 (for release 04/12/2015) Works submitted: 6 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 822 University Prep and Assignments: 3,716 Back-on-Track Challenge: Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following: Chapbook5E— Rocky and the Spacefarer’s Christmas due out 04 December 2015, and on track. As announced yesterday, the cover is complete. Final edit and format have been complete for seven platforms. Pre-order uploads are also complete, so you should soon find this younger young adult science fiction chapter book availabl...