CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s short story takes us f rom a fantasy setting where dragons rule the air and ancient artefacts are tightly controlled to a science-fiction world where one colonist's plans are derailed by family politics and big corporation enslavement. Welcome to The Sevarine Sidestep. What do you do when your brother betrays you, and you end up on another world, in the employ of a company whose recruiting methods leave a lot to be desired? Well, I guess you keep your head down, while you try to figure out a way to get back home. And I sure miss home, right now. The Sevarine Sidestep (Extract) The dogs were magnificent, with chestnut coats and fine, brushy tails that waved like pennants behind them. They raced ahead of the skimmers, matching the machines for speed, and outdoing them in nimbleness. They were everything a scharfhond should be. I’d have felt better taking the fliss, rather than the skimmers, but Joel said the raptors were out...

The Sevarine Sidestep released today. What do you do when your brother betrays you, and you end up on another world, in the employ of a company whose recruiting methods leave a lot to be desired? Well, I guess you keep your head down, while you try to figure out a way to get back home. And I sure miss home, right now.

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 ...

Just received the cover for this Friday's science fiction short story release: The Sevarine Sidestep . Pretty cool. What do you do when your brother betrays you, and you end up on another world, in the employ of a company whose recruiting methods leave a lot to be desired? Well, I guess you keep your head down, while you try to figure out a way to get back home.