CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week, I tried to increase my fitness routine—and, even though it is summer, I tried to incorporate my walking into my drop-off routine, aiming for a regular two-hour walk straight after school drop off. I lasted three days, before I started to get sick. It might have been okay if the temperatures hadn’t reached over twenty-nine degrees Celsius, before I was done, on each of those days, but it did, and the rest of the week was warmer. On th fourth day, I had mild flu-like symptoms, so I rested for most of the day, but did some vacuuming and gardening in the evening, instead. On the fifth day, I was short of breath, and realised I was reacting to something local, but couldn’t pin-point what. As far as I was aware, I’m not asthmatic, although I may have become hay-feverish since coming to Canberra. Again, I rested, inside, away from the pollen, during the day, but gardened in the evening cool. I was still not a hundred percent on the seventh day, but took a short walk, nonetheless...

Well, still getting back into the routine of writing full-time. Studies are over, but the results aren’t in. I got a fair amount done – more than I thought I had. This week, I took a couple of long walks for fitness, and caught up on a few things around the house, while I worked out some plot-knots in my NaNo novel. And I revamped the writing and publishing schedule to something more realistic, as I relearned limits within the framework of real life.   Overview New words produced: 21,747 Old words revised: 5,914 Outlines and Notes: 377 Works completed: 21 (for inclusion in 5 different collections) Works revised: 1 (partial, prior to continuing) Covers created: 1 (for this week’s release: The Sevarine Sidestep ) Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 440 University Prep and Assignments: 0 Stepping Up Challenge Update As this challenge becomes less relevant to the direction I’m headed in, I will consider discontinu...