CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Accountability for last week is as follows: Work Routine: Still very unsettled, with several outside commitments disrupting work flow, but starting to take shape. Note to Self: Words first - ALWAYS! Exercise Routine: still inconsistent, but consistent enough to be making a difference. Some clothes are fitting better. Total at-desk hours: 100 hours 27 minutes (note: some tasks carried out concurrently). Time spent in administrative tasks: 29 hours 4 minutes Words (novels): 16,045 Words (book notes, front and back matter): 901 Words (gameplay video blurbs): 3,615 Words (reading video blurbs): 1,215 Blog Words: 255 Social Media Words: 119 Time spent in video production: 36 hours 28 minutes Gameplay & Readings videos created: 2 Gameplay & Readings videos edited: 34 Gameplay & Readings videos published: 13 Time spent formatting books: 3 hours 40 minutes Time spent publishing books: 1 hour 40 minutes Books and short stories published: 1 Submissions preppe...

    I've decided to celebrate each release with a series of extracts that run for the month it's released in. This month saw the second edition of 366 Days of Flash Fiction released. Links to the collection can be found at Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/b6MrN0 . Today's extract is: Raptor Reprisal Written on October 17, 2015, for the March 6 entry of 366 Days of Flash Fiction , this steampunk piece takes us back to Tescher’s world, and the raptors. The kangaroos startled, bounding high over spinifex tussocks and scattering like the red dust before a storm. Overhead the cockatoos took up the alarm, launching themselves into a wheeling, diving cloud of screeching white. Below, the raptors exploded from cover, but they did not look like they were hunting; they looked like they were fleeing like everything else. We watched the ruckus from the cover of red granite boulders on top of a low hill. “You see ’im?” Mandu asked, pointing with his chin, his eyes ne...

Today's reading is the December 13 entry of 365 Days of Flash Fiction . In the future exploring new worlds will be full of hazards - and xenobotanists will face dangers old and new. You can listen to the reading h ere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exBs-VhGaWY   Science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, speculative fiction and a touch of horror, this collection plays with just about every genre, touching on everything from dragons to mermaids and pixies to zombies and trolls, this collection has a little bit of everything to share.   3 RD EDITION NOTE: This edition is a renewed version of Editions 1 and 2, with the main changes being the new cover, new front and back matter, extensive re-paragraphing, Americanization of spelling, and some minor word changes. Outside those changes, most of the content remains unchanged. Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design . And you can find the collection here: https://books2read.com/u/4NwrOo