CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This report sums up the writing and study progress for September 2017. It was a pretty busy month. Overall Progress for September 2017 New words produced: 30,988 Outlines and Notes: 545 Works completed: 3 (2 POLS2070 essays, 1 MEAS2004 essay) Works edited: 3 Covers created: 1 Works published: 0 (although Shades of Memory paperback was released) Works submitted: 2 (For assessment: POLS2070 essay, MEAS2004 essay) Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 10,894 University Prep and Assignments: 14,648 Study and Class Hours: 186 hours, 21 minutes – don’t ask me how many I forgot to put down, but it was a lot. 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. Cord thought boarding school was a long way from home—until she was ...

Last week saw some significant progress for the first week of September. It also saw a massive change of expected direction, with focus shifting to finding full-time work as opposed to full-time writing. I have four months to turn that around, but I’m a realist; it probably won’t happen. Ironically, that is only going to push me to try and prove myself wrong, but I doubt I can build a liveable wage from my writing in the next four months. The next twelve was a possibility. Once I start working full-time that goal will take a little longer, especially in today’s crowded market. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?   Week 1 Progress (September 3-9, 2017) New words produced: 9,171 Outlines and Notes: 0 Works completed: 0 Works edited: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 1,052 University Prep and Assignments: 2,808 (and uncounted hours) Writing News Last week saw some shorter works pro...

University break started this week, and I only have one and a half essays to write, instead of the four predicted – yay. Of course, I’ve spent a bit more time on my writing, getting ready for next year’s release schedule, since I know it’s going to be busy for 28 weeks out of the 52, I’d better work on that. I’m finding it hard to develop and maintain a writing habit with university, but it’s only for another year and a bit. After that, I get to decide what happens next, and I’m thinking writing full-time might just be it. Ask me again in six months. In the meantime, the essays took precedence, but reading and research time taken doesn’t come up as a word count. Lots of that, this week. Not much of anything else.   Overview New words produced: 5,934 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: 1,496 Back-o...