CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Much was achieved this week, even though not many new words were written. It helps when you're not feeling sick. Overview New words produced: 1,000 Old words revised: 103,905 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 1 Covers created: 0 (4 covers revised in 1-2 variations) Works published: 1 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks: E-book cover DarkFantasyNovel1C— Shadow’s Fall : Revised, edited, formatted and uploaded. Revised cover. Publishing Tasks Created 12 blog entries for this blog; Created 8 blog entry for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Created covers for The Dog’s Way, Traveler, Gulvane and the Dragon, Jalaya, and Of Hunters and the Color Blue ; Formatted Shadow’s Fall for upload to Smashwords and Amazon-Kindle; Formatted Jalaya, and Shadow’s Fall for upload to CreateSpace PoD platform; Updated Linked-In with The Dog’s Way, Traveler, Gulvane and the Dragon, Of Hunters and the Color Blue ; U...

More done this week – a lot more, but still not enough. Mind you, I am coming to realise that there are only so many hours in the day, and this phase will be over, soon enough. Overview New words produced: 2,719 Old words revised: 16,669 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 4 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Publishing Tasks Created 7 blog entries for this blog; Created 4 blog entries for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Sourced cover photographs for Traveler by Carlie Simonsen ; Sourced cover photographs for The Dog’s Way by Carlie Simonsen ; Sourced cover photographs for Of Hunters and the Color Blue by C.M. Simpson ; Sourced cover photographs for Gulvane and the Dragon by C.M. Simpson ; Sourced cover photographs for rebadge Jalaya by C.M. Simpson ; Selected photographs to trial for the cover of Magick on the Forest’s Edge by C.M. Simpson; Selected photographs to trial for the cover of Troll M...

Very poor showing these last three weeks. I’ve been sick and then played catch-ups on a number of things—work, sewing, gardening and study. Much was neglected, but I’m seeing my way clear of it now, so will get onto updating my blogs. Overview New words produced: 3,963 Old words revised: Works completed: 0 Works revised: 2 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 3 Tasks: ChapBook8— The Dog’s Way : Revised, edited, and formatted. Novella1A: Added 2,777 words Extras ShortStory35— Magick on the Forest’s Edge : Revised, edited, and formatted. Publishing Tasks Created preformatted back piece with Amazon links for C.M. Simpson; Created preformatted back piece with Smashwords links for C.M. Simpson; Created preformatted back piece with Amazon links for Carlie Simonsen; Created preformatted back piece with Smashwords links for Carlie Simonsen; Created preformatted back piece with Amazon links for Made...

This week I worked on balancing my work and life loads better. Here are the results, writing-wise, at least: Overview New words produced: 6,124 Old words revised: 11,925 Works completed: 1 Works revised: 13 Covers created: 2 (1-2 variations) Works published: 2 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 12 Competitions Entered: 1 Tier 3 ChapBook7— Tag Man One : Revised, edited, formatted, assigned cover and released. Extras ShortStory25— Gods in the Lianreida : Revised 3,487 words, added 411 words, edited and formatted for release. ShortStory57: Wrote 5,051 words, revised, edited and submitted story to magazine for publication, and formatted for later independent publication   Publishing Tasks Created 1 blog entry for this blog ; Created 1 blog entry for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog ; Created covers for Tag Man One and Gods in the Lianreida ; Formatted Tag Man One for upload to Smashwords and Amazon-Kindle Formatted Gods i...

Not as much completed this week as I would have liked, but understandably so, with sickness and a death in the family. Overview New words produced: 1,868 Old words revised: 5,735 Works completed: 0 Covers created: 1 (2 variations) Works published: 1 (3 release platforms) Tier 3 Tasks ChapBook6A— Spit : edited, formatted, created cover, and uploaded. This project was completed 56 days ahead of schedule Publishing Tasks The following publishing tasks were completed this week: Expanded the distribution on one CreateSpace title; Purchased photography and created the cover for Spit ; Formatted Spit for CreateSpace PoD, Amazon Kindle and Smashwords; Released Spit via the CreateSpace store, Amazon Kindle and Smashwords; Updated Facebook with life event for Spit ; Updated Pinterest with covers for Spit ; Added 4 blog entries to this blog; Added 3 blog entries to the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Updated the Carlie Simonsen page on this blog; Updated ...