CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

I did not complete yesterday’s challenge and will not complete today’s, but I will at least nail down the title: 71-Luck Among, and 16-Servants. I am facing the idea that I may just have to accept the reality that a full university load, coupled with home responsibilities and language study means reduced writing until the assignments and readings are done for the semester. I know, excuses, but I have to do the math: I need around 8 hours sleep; School takes 6-10 hours a day for the first three days of the week; house takes around 5 hours; travel takes 2, languages take 1-2. I’m looking at 15-19 hours a day BEFORE I even think of sleep. So far, I’ve carved out an hour in the morning to write, but it’s not my most creative time. Add the writing in and I’m looking at 16-20 hours before sleep. Hmmm… Okay, that’s pretty self-evident, but the week’s not over. I’ll see what’s achievable around mandatory readings and essay writing over the next four, but it doesn’t look good until the a...

Today’s word goal was 3,600—and I honestly thought I’d barely make it… up until three hours ago when the story took off. I’d like to say it was because I’d found the ending, and that’s probably about the size of it. I’d also taken a break after writing the first 1,600 words, and done some publishing, and then come back to it. Another break at the 2,800-word mark, to cook and eat dinner with the family and then a couple of hours to finish the story at 6,400 words. Not what I expected at all. Still, the randomly rolled title was: 03-Legacy and 54-Elves, so the title became A Legacy of Elves and the story rolled from there. End result was that I didn’t write any flash fiction or poetry today, but I did finalise the edit on a young adult novel and release it on Smashwords. Tomorrow, that novel will be released in mass market and large print print-on-demand versiions.. All in all, a very good day’s work, even if I have to focus on studying in the morning. Story Match: Complete — A Le...