CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

So, it’s the end of the challenge, and I must say that I’m basically happy with the results, but still disappointed that I failed to complete it successfully, if totally unrepentant. Tomorrow, I will post about the lessons I learned during the challenge. Today, I’m still catching up with my study, so I’ll just give a quick overview. Stories Completed: #2 Goal:3,000; Hammer and the Trolls ; Final: 3,676 #4 Goal: 2,950; Miss Delight’s Mistake ; Final: 6,030 #5 Goal: 1,250; Tischa’s Rescue ; Final: 2,078 #6 Goal: 2,400; Melerom Joins the Dance ; Final: 4,607 #8 Goal: 1,900; Autumnal Threat ; Final: 4,301 #9 Goal: 2,400; In Service to the Pinnacle ; Final: 3,402 #10 Goal: 1,650; Earth and Lunar Dreaming : Final: 5,316 #12 Goal: 3,350; The Taleteller’s Slumber ; Final: 5,926 #13 Goal: 3,600; A Legacy of Elves ; Final: 6,400 #20 Goal: 2,800; The Heights of Winter ; Final: 5,146 Stories to be Completed #1 Goal: 3,000; The Sevarine Sidestep ; Current: 2,315 ...

I decided about a fortnight ago that I was not going to manage the goals I had set. Excuses? I could give a few, but the main one is that I'm still learning the limits of writing around family and work, with the result that, after my last delay, as I started gear up to bull my way through the outstanding goals I realized I would be risking quality for the sake of pride, so I stopped. I have spent the last few days working out a publishing schedule I think I can keep for the next twelve months, while meeting editing, cover art, and interior art commitments, and will spend the last few days of the year tidying up some loose ends and preparing for next year. The end-state of my 2012 goals stands as follows: Success: 1/1 novel released for PenName2 - Madeleine Torr. 2/2 novellas released for PenName3. Partial Success: 4/5 Anthologies released; fifth anthology to be scheduled for first quarter 2013. UPDATE: Revised publishing schedule means the fifth antholog...