CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Here's a quick round-up of the writing events so far scheduled for May 2024. Yes, I know it's a bit late, but it's been a busy month and things have been a bit bumpy on the Life events front, so here we go. Roadmap for May: Release the following short stories: - the dark fantasy, ghost, short story, Destiny's Queen (complete); and - the science fiction, werewolves-on-the-moon, short story, Bid the Moon Goodbye (coming on the 23rd). Make the following short stories available for pre-release: - the science-fiction, colony short story, Autumnal Threat (complete); - the science-fiction, action-adventure, novelette-length, Odyssey short story,  Reflections (complete); - the dark, urban-fantasy, short story, Memory's Return (complete); - the science-fiction, Mack 'n' Me, novelette-length, Odyssey short story, Rogue Retrieval (in process); - the fantasy short story, The Duel ; - the dark fantasy, dragon, short story, The Runaway ; - the dark, contemporary-fan...

Some progress was made this week, but not as much as I’d like.   Current Projects The following progress was made on the current projects: DarkFantasyNovel1A— Shadow’s Rise : Final edit on first 8 chapters complete. Backburner Project I took a look at some of my backburner projects this week as part of planning next year’s publishing schedule: RPGAdventure12 plot advanced for arc. Publishing Tasks Began development of 2013 release schedule and work load. Craft Tasks Background reading for steampunk genre. New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: RPGAdventure12: pre-existing setting. RPGSupplement6A: beasts with a theme. RPGSupplement7A: more bugs. RPGSupplement8A: some classes RPGAdventure13: paranormal urban adventure centring around a morning walk. The following titles are being considered as part of next year’s publishing program. They already existed, at least in draft, but had not been assigned a reference n...