CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I revamped my schedule so I could try to fit more projects in. Shush, not sure I can make it work, but I’m going to give it my best shot. Folks have been waiting far too long to see the next book in The Lords of the Five Kingdoms series, and I’ve been working on the next poetry anthology for a while, now. I’m hoping to have both out within the next twelve months. These are the place-holder covers for them – not inspiring, I know, but I’ll put more up as I develop them.  

Last-week-first-week. Last week of the old year, last week of the break—First week back at work, first week of the new year. Auspicious? I’m not sure, but writing was done and routines are being rejinked. Preparations are being made to ensure the release schedule runs to time. Blog is updated, old projects cleared and new projects prepped. This year is ticking along, okay. Let’s see how it continues. Overview New words produced: 3,668 Old words revised: 3,586 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual 13: Added 1,635 words Annual 14: Added 2,245 words   Extra Tasks Annual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.1: Compiled Annual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.2: Compiled Annual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.3: Compiled ...

A busy work week, and another week of clinging flu-like symptoms, but I still got a bucketload done. One release, and advances made on several larger pieces of work. Not bad. Let’s see how this week goes. Overview New words produced: 8,184 Old words revised: 14,962 Works completed: 2 (+ 23 poems and 9 short stories revised for other, larger works) Works revised: 32 (23 poems and 9 short stories revised for other, larger works) Covers created: 1 (1-3 variations) Works published: 1 (6 release platforms) +1 (blog) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 3 Tasks Chapbook10B— Flying with Friends : Revised chapters 1-8 and formatted; Extra Tasks Added 4,085 words to ShortStory36— Stiletto’s Luck, completing it at 7,398 words. Added 2,000 words to RPGSupplement7A Added 2,000 words to RPGSupplement15A Completed ShortStory64— Hasken’s Choice at 1,000 words for the latest Chuck Wendig terribleminds blog Flash Fiction Challenge ( Hasken’s Cho...

This was part of the ‘computer-broken’ time. I still got some stuff done, but not as much as I needed to. I have also embarked on the somewhat ambitious goal of writing a poem a day, as of Monday, July 15, 2013. Anyone know anything about poetry? Overview New words produced: 11,708 Old words revised: 3,364 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0   Tier 1 Tasks Revised SciFiNovel1A Chapters 11-15 Extra Tasks   These aren't really 'extras'; they're just tasks I know I have coming, but haven't really scheduled for. Here's what I completed 'ad hoc' this week: Added 3,108 words to Novella21A for PenName1; Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology6— An Anthology of Gods and Older Magic ; Began format and compilation of new material for Anthology10— An Anthology of Ancient Egypt ; Bega...