CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Long day writing. Work continues on three projects. Today I wrote for the work-for-hire, and then laid down some more words on The Undiscovered , Book 3 of the Strays of Lunar One series. Here's a short extract from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What Oliver was doing on the Xanil ship had to be seen to be believed. He’d slammed open the door, and was rampaging down the corridor, taking out whatever crewman was unfortunate enough to be in his way. His wolf didn’t differentiate between perpetrator and someone from a different department. As far as it was concerned they were all guilty. Lewis followed, keeping his back clear and shooting anyone who tried to come at them from the other direction. He kept Aylin safe, too, letting the girl travel between him and the alpha, but giving her a clear line of fire as soon as he realized she could shoot. And where did she learn to do t...

Edits began today, on The Unwanted, the second book of the Strays of Lunar One series. In this, Oliver and Lewis are once again on the run. This scene occurs just prior to their departure from Alpha 9: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Nettles?” Oliver asked, as a dapper gentleman in a white suit jacket stepped out of the small craft’s hatch. He was jerked back inside, as four of the guards closed ranks and jogged to block Oliver and Lewis’s path, raising their blasters as they came. Oliver skidded to a halt, and glanced over at his friend. “Was this part of the plan?” Lewis shook his head. “Roof top was supposed to be empty.” Oliver looked at the guards, who’d stopped and now formed a line in front of them. “Uh huh.” He glanced over at the door and then back at Lewis. “So, is it?” “Is it what?” Lewis had started to raise his hands, and Oliver was tempted to follow his exampl...

Day 4 went much more smoothly, once I'd fleshed out the outline for the middle of the book to more than one line. Granted, it's only a third fleshed out, and there's more story in this section of plot than I anticipated, but it's more than I had...and more story's not necessarily a bad thing. I might already have the bare bones of the ending, but it's the journey the characters take to get there and its final form that I find most interesting. In the meantime, here are the stats, and an extract for you: Starting Words: 7,009 Finishing Words: 11,046 Words Written: 4,037 Other Words:  6,595 words Other Project/Project Aspects Advanced: 1 (work-for-hire) Excerpt: In which they arrive at Tonenda, and Aylin introduces Oliver to some new friends: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Are we th—” Oliver began, sliding out of the second bottom bunk and stopping abruptly. “Aylin?”...