CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Well, January sure blew by fast! And December? Don’t even ask; it was a whirlwind. I think I missed the December progress report, but I won’t bore you with it, now. Now is all about January, and a new year, and new beginnings and all that kind of stuff… unless you calculate your year by the Australian financial year – which would make this the mid-year report, instead of the first annual report. Let’s not do that, okay? Tracking Progress & Pulp Speed (PuSp) Having said that, I track progress by both years, now, so you’ll see those records, below, as well. Another new-ish thing I’m doing this year—since four other new things weren’t enough—is tracking my Pulp Speed—something I decided to do after reading Dean Wesley Smith’s article on it, again, late last year (although, I can’t, for the life of me, find it now…) Anyway, I like the challenge of increasing my word output, and this was a handy way of measuring it, so I wrote down the numbers, and, each month, I check to ...

Waaay back in June I released a short story called The Depredides Dance , because those events happened straight after the ones in the novel, Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins . In today’s release, Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour , those events come back to bite the crew of the Shady Marie , and form the basis of the story. However, as one of my beta readers told me, you don’t need to have read either of those two stories (or even books two or three) to enjoy this one—although you might find yourself wanting to read all of them, afterwards. Abby hauled me off the ship before Tens had a chance to stop her—and that’s okay, because I already owed Abs a favour. In fact, it was better than okay, because it showed us how much trouble we hadn’t known we were in. But going against the Star Shadow hunt pack? Nullifying their contract to keep ourselves unchained and at large? That was gonna be something else entirely. Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour is the fourth science-fictio...

I’m excited to announce that Mack ‘n’Me: The Transporter’s Favour , the fourth book in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series will release, in ebook form, four days before Christmas. You can PREORDER IT NOW from most major ebook retailers. Abby hauled me off the ship before Tens had a chance to stop her—and that’s okay, because I already owed Abs a favour. In fact, it was better than okay, because it showed us how much trouble we hadn’t known we were in. But going against the Star Shadow hunt pack? Nullifying their contract to keep ourselves unchained and at large? That was gonna be something else entirely. Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour is the fourth science-fiction novel set in the Odyssey universe . NOTE: The main character swears like a sailor, and the support cast aren’t much better. If swears bother you, this this story may not be to your taste.

November had a tricky start, and was spent writing the second novel in the current fantasy series, as well as writing a piece of flash, and two short stories: one for December (coming out this Friday), and one for Fireside Creation’s upcoming Apocalyptic Space Anthology, Vol. 2 , which was accepted on Monday, making a great start to the week and the month of December: Progress: November 2018 Administrative Hours: 25 hours, 23 minutes Acceptances: 0 Bloggery: 0 New words produced: 90,979 Outlines and Notes: 14,697 Words compiled: 273,574 ( Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 ) Works completed:4 (1 short-story submission, one novel under contract, 1 piece of flash, Where Else but Waverran ) Works edited: 3 (1 short-story submission, 1 novel under contract, Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 ) Covers created: 2 ( Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey Omnibus #1 , What Happens on Axis 58… ) Works formatted: 4 (1 short-st...