CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

So, Saturday I sat down and sourced a bunch of pictures for some new covers - and I decided I would complete an idea I'd had for Jalaya about six months ago. It's not a big change, but I think it's a better cover for this novella-length piece of science fiction. Here is is: New e-book cover for Jalaya The cover went through a few iterations, but I'll probably stick with this one. Here's what it looks like for the print-on-demand versions. New print-on-demand cover for Jalaya New print-on-demand cover for large-print version of Jalaya For those of you who are curious, here are the covers that went before - including a variation on the one above that I chose not to go with. From left to right you can see the oldest to newest versions of this cover 1st Jalaya cover 3rd Jalaya cover 2nd Jalaya cover

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...

Here is another of the eight-legged guests that live in my garden. I don't know what the first one is called, but I spent 2-3 hours one autumn day, stalking her while she fed. I came across her while she was feeding. She fed on this fly for some time. So I tried different angles and lenses.  She very obligingly came out of her leaf to chase down another fly. I was so excited!

Gods in the Lianreida is a short story taken from Shadow’s Fall , the third novel in the Shadow series. It is currently available as a chapter in that novel or a stand-alone story, but will be eventually incorporated in An Anthology of Gods and Older Magic , and the collection, Short Stories and Poetry from 2013 . When Larias, god of problem-solving and secrets, flies over the forbidden lands of the elves, he only hopes to discover what force is powerful enough to breach the elven magic protecting the forest. What he finds, instead, is a battle in which he is compelled to intervene, but, regardless of intent, when gods meddle in the realms of other gods, there is always a price to pay.   Gods in the Lian reida is available from Smashwords , Amazon-Kindle , Nook, iTunes, Kobo and CreateSpace. First Pages: Gods in the Lianreida It hadn't been a cataclysmic event in the realm of the gods, unheard of yes, and a matter of urgency, but not yet a cataclysm. The en...

DSDU = Dark Side Down Under : A group of Australian writers of romance and other paranormal genres has kindly hosted me, as CarlieSimonsen , today on their regular Magic Thursday blog spot. In return I’m giving away some tips on writing for a younger audience. Feel free to go over and join me.