CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Last December, I undertook two challenges: The Story-A-Week and Holiday Extension Challenges . The criteria for these Challenges were as follows: The Story-A-Week Challenge: Write and submit one short story (of between 1,500 and 12,000 words), each week for the next twelve months (the 55 weeks from December 13, 2015 through December 31, 2016). (55 short stories) The Holiday Extension Challenge: During the summer break, and the mid-semester break next year, write one Carlie Simonsen chapter book each week, and have it uploaded for pre-ordering within six weeks from completion. The periods for this challenge were as follows: Summer Holidays (7 weeks from December 13, 2015 through February 15, 2016); the Mid-Semester Holidays (7 weeks from May 28, 2016 through July 16, 2016); and the End-of-Year Holidays (6 weeks from November 20, 2016 through December 31, 2016). (20 chapter books) An Untimely End and Results In February, when university kicked in, again, I re...

Assassin, Not is a tale of choices and sacrifice, set in a fantasy kingdom. Blade is a young man, born of a long line of assassins. Placed in training at a young age, he has no choice but to take on the trade of his father, and his grandfather before him… or does he? When Blade is assigned an assassination he does not really want to complete, he believes he has no choice. Deciding if he finds something else to be, before his dagger falls, he prepares to take down the youngest Lord Forester in the city. When a second assassin appears, and options unfold, Blade must step lightly and with speed. With a disgruntled patron on his heels, the only question is can he move quickly enough to stay one step ahead of his own. Assassin, Not is a fantasy tale set in a land of magic and intrigue. It is currently available from Smashwords and Amazon Kindle , and will soon be available from , Nook, the iTunes bookstore, and Kobobooks. F irst Chapter: Assassin, Not The T...

Assassin, Not is a tale of choices and sacrifice, set in a fantasy kingdom. Blade is a young man, born of a long line of assassins. Placed in training at a young age, he has no choice but to take on the trade of his father, and his grandfather before him… or does he? When Blade is assigned an assassination he does not really want to complete, he believes he has no choice. Deciding if he finds something else to be, before his dagger falls, he prepares to take down the youngest Lord Forester in the city. When a second assassin appears, and options unfold, Blade must step lightly and with speed. With a disgruntled patron on his heels, the only question is can he move quickly enough to stay one step ahead of his own? Assassin, Not is a fantasy tale set in a land of magic and intrigue. It is currently available from Smashwords and will soon be available from Amazon Kindle, Nook, the iTunes bookstore, and Kobobooks.

Current Projects: The following projects were undertaken this week: Chapbook10B: the second chapbook about a boy with wings, revised, +500 words, now complete and ready for black-line artwork and cover; DarkFantasyNovel1: Revised chapters 1-4, added 2,000 words. Publishing Tasks: The following publishing tasks were completed this week: An Anthology of Dragons was formatted and uploaded to CreateSpace; Amazon Author sites in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the U.S. were updated with In a Cyber-World , Two Worlds Collide , and Palmyra Ridge ; Linked-In was updated with details for Two Worlds Collide , Palmyra Ridge and Nettlefold Princess ; GoodReads was updated with details for In a Cyber-World , Two Worlds Collide Palmyra Ridge and Nettlefold Princess ; and Shelfari was updated with details for In a Cyber-World , Two Worlds Collide Palmyra Ridge and Nettlefold Princess ; Created an anthology page for my blog; Confirmed cover artist for RomanceNovel1A ;...