Category: Progress Reports

Writing Progress Report September 2020

Writing Progress Report September 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report September 2020.

Fall is Coming!

Fall is Coming!

Writing Progress from August 2020.

I wrote two blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for August 2020 linked below.

Writing Progress Report August 2020.

Updated eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to good, to leave 27 posts to update.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits in December 2019 to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I finished third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020.

In August 2020, I submitted Chapter 2 of my novel named Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In August 2020, I submitted the story “Principled Rogue” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Writing Progress from August 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in August 2020.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted are Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Space-Dog Confession, Wormhole Generator, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Runs with Scissors to magazines.

I submitted “Sleeping Sickness” to Fireside Magazine in August 2020.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are 6 unique stories submitted 13 times with 0 accepted, 2 pending, and 11 rejections.

Events from August 2020.

Dragon Con Atlanta will be virtual and held from September 3 to 7, 2020. I plan to attend some of the panels. This is a great opportunity for me because Atlanta is far away and I am not likely to attend this con in person.

Link to Dragon Con’s website.

https://www.dragoncon.org/

Writing Goals for September 2020.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for September 2020.

The name of my next novel is Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter 3 in September 2020 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In September 2020, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I plan to complete third draft edits for Chapter 4 in September 2020.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines. Three submissions planned for September 2020.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for September 2020 continued.

In September 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update nine posts on my website to improve their SEO rating up to good leaving 18 posts left to update.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Planned Events for September 2020.

Dragon Con Atlanta will be virtual and held from September 3 to 7, 2020. I plan to attend some of the panels. This is a great opportunity for me because Atlanta is far away and I am not likely to attend this con in person.

Link to Dragon Con’s website.

https://www.dragoncon.org/

They canceled Confluence Conference Pittsburgh because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021. They will hold a virtual conference called C’monfluence the Novelization 2020, from October 2 to October 4. The Guest of Honor is Martha Wells. I plan to attend the conference virtually.

Link to Confluence’s website.

http://confluence-sff.org/

Writing Progress Report August 2020.

Writing Progress Report August 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report August 2020.

You can almost pet the deer in my neighborhood.

Writing Progress from July 2020.

I wrote four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for July 2020 linked below.

Writing Progress Report July 2020

Updated eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to good, to leave 35 posts to update.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits in December 2019 to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I finished third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020.

In July 2020, I submitted Chapter 1 of my novel named Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In July 2020, I submitted the story “Patient X” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Writing Progress from July 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in July 2020.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted are Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Space-Dog Confession, Wormhole Generator, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Strange Horizons in July 2020.

Also, I submitted “Space-Dog Confession” to Flash Fiction Online in July 2020.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are 6 unique stories submitted 12 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 11 rejections.

I created an Instagram account linked to my Facebook account.

Events from July 2020.

I planned to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021.

They will hold a virtual conference called C’monfluence the Novelization 2020, from October 2 to October 4. The Guest of Honor is Martha Wells. I plan to attend the conference virtually.

Link to Confluence’s website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Writing Goals for August 2020.

I plan to write two blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for August 2020.

The name of my next novel is Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter 2 in August 2020 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In August 2020, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I plan to complete third draft edits for Chapter 4 in August 2020.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines. Three submissions planned for August 2020.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for August 2020 continued.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

In August 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating up to good leaving 27 posts left to update.

Planned Events for August 2020.

I planned to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021.

They will hold a virtual conference they are calling C’monfluence the Novelization 2020, from October 2 to October 4. I plan to attend the conference virtually.

http://confluence-sff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cmonfluence_315x600_Sidebar.png

Link to Confluence’s website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.

They postponed the conference because of COVID-19. They plan to hold the conference from October 29 to November 1, 2020, and I plan to attend.

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

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Writing Progress Report July 2020

Writing Progress Report July 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report, July 2020.

Looking at the Manor house across Punderson Lake in Newbury, Ohio.

Writing Progress from June 2020.

I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for June 2020 linked below.

Writing Progress Report June 2020

Updated eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating, to leave 43 posts to update.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I worked on third draft edits on Chapter 3 in June 2020.

In June 2020, I submitted a new Chapter 1 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In June 2020, I submitted the story “Am I Going Insane?” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Writing Progress from June 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in June 2020.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted is Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Space-Dog Confession, Wormhole Generator, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Fireside in June 2020.

Also, I submitted “Runs with Scissors” to Flash Fiction Online in June 2020.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are 6 unique stories submitted 10 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 9 rejections.

Events from June 2020.

I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.

They postponed the conference because of COVID-19. They plan to hold the conference from October 29 to November 1, 2020, and I plan to attend.

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

Home

Writing Goals for July 2020.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for July 2020.

My next novel is named Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter One in July 2020 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 3 and 4 in July 2020.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for July 2020 continued.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

In July 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to leave 35 posts left to update.

Planned Events for July 2020.

I planned to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021.

Link to Confluence’s website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Writing Progress Report June 2020

Writing Progress Report June 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report June 2020.

What’s going on, Ollie?

Writing Progress from May 2020.

I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for May 2020 linked below.

Writing Progress Report May 2020

Updated eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to leave 51 posts to update.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I completed third draft edits on Chapter 2 in May 2020.

In May 2020, I submitted chapters 29 and 30 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Writing Progress from May 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in May 2020.

In the past, I submitted the stories; The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

I have submitted Flash Fiction Stories; Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Space-Dog Confession, Wormhole Generator, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Runs with Scissors” to Daily Science Fiction in May 2020.

Also, I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Flash Fiction Online in May 2020.

Also, I submitted “Sleeping Sickness” to Strange Horizons in May 2020.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are 6 unique stories submitted 8 times with 0 accepted, 3 pending, and 5 rejections.

In May 2020, I wrote the Flash Fiction, “Principled Rouge” from a computer-generated prompt.

Events from May 2020.

I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.

They postponed the conference because of COVID-19. They plan to hold the conference from October 29 to November 1, 2020, and I plan to attend.

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

Home

Writing Goals for June 2020.

I plan to write three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for June 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 3 and 4 in June 2020.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Add submissions to Fireside Magazine in June 2020.

Writing Goals for June 2020 continued.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

In June 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to leave 43 posts left to update.

Planned Events for June 2020.

I planned to attend Marcon in Columbus, Ohio from May 5 to 8, 2020.

They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Marcon from May 7 to May 9, 2021.

This is a link to the Columbus Marcon website.

http://marcon.org/

I planned to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021.

Link to Confluence’s website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Writing Progress Report May 2020

Writing Progress Report May 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report May 2020.

Happy birthday to me. New phone, DQ, and Reese’s. Perfect.

Writing Progress from April 2020.

I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for April 2020 linked below.

Writing Progress Report April 2020

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I will start the third draft edits in May 2020.

Writing Progress from April 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in April 2020.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Space-Dog Confession” to Daily Science Fiction in April 2020.

I submitted “Sleeping Sickness” to Flash Fiction Online in April 2020.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are 5 unique stories submitted 5 times with 0 accepted, 2 pending, and 3 rejections.

Events from April 2020.

I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.

They postponed it because of COVID-19. They plan to hold the conference from October 29 to November 1, 2020, and I plan to attend.

Ice and Fire Con

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

Home

Writing Goals for April 2020.

I plan to write three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for May 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 2, 3, and 4 in May 2020.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for May 2020 continued.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

In May 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update ten posts on my website to improve their SEO.

Planned Events for May 2020.

I planned to attend Marcon in Columbus, Ohio on May 5 to 8, 2020.

They canceled it because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Marcon in 2021.

Marcon.org

This is a link to the Columbus Marcon website.

http://marcon.org/

The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Link to Confluence website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Writing Progress Report April 2020

Writing Progress Report April 2020.

This is my Writing Progress Report April 2020.

I saw Blue Oyster Cult on March 8, 2020. It was a great concert. It must have been one of the last large gatherings before COVID-19 hit. I remember going to my writing class at the Library on March 11, 2020. They closed the library on March 14, 2020. They have canceled conferences I planned to attend, including Concoction and Marcon, and they have postponed the Ice and Fire convention until October.

Writing Progress from March 2020.

I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for March 2019 linked below.

Writing Progress Report March 2020

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City, totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and plan to finish it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I will start the third draft edits in April 2020.

Writing Progress from March 2020 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in March.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Daily Science Fiction online magazine in February.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are; 3 unique stories submitted 2 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 2 rejections.

Events from March 2020.

The next conference I planned to attend was Cleveland ConCoction on March 20 to 22, 2020.

They canceled it because of COVID-19. I plan to go to ConCoction in 2021.

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Writing Goals for April 2020.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 2, 3, and 4 in April 2020.

Polish and submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the stories Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for April 2020 continued.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

In April 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update ten posts on my website to improve their SEO.

Planned Events for April 2020.

The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Link to Confluence website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Writing Progress Report March 2020

Writing Progress Report March 2020

This is my Writing Progress Report March 2020.

I went hiking at the West Woods in Russell, Ohio in February.

Writing Progress from February 2020

I wrote four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for February 2019 linked below.

Writing Progress Report February 2020

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-second draft (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and plan to finish it in March 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters and I will start the third draft edits in March 2020.

In February, I submitted chapters 27 and 28 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Writing Progress from February 2020 Continued

In February, I submitted the story “Dear Allie” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in February.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.

I submitted “Caliburnus” to Daily Science Fiction online magazine in February.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are; 2 different stories submitted 2 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 1 rejection.

Events from February 2020

The next conference I plan to attend is Cleveland ConCoction on March 20 to 22, 2020.

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Writing Goals for March 2020

I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for March 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 2, 3, and 4 in March 2020.

Polish and submit the stories Caliburnus, Space-Dog Confession, White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to other short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for March 2020 Continued

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Write a story for the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In March 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update ten posts on my website to improve their SEO.

Planned Events for March 2020

The next conference I plan to attend is Cleveland ConCoction on March 20 to 22, 2020.

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Planned Events for March 2020 Continued

I also plan to attend the Western Reserve Writers Conference on March 28, 2020, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library at South Euclid, Ohio

Writing Progress Report February 2020

Writing Progress Report February 2020

This is my Writing Progress Report February 2020.

Outside the Sheraton in snowy Michigan at ConFusion Science Fiction Conference.

Writing Progress from January 2020

I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for January 2019 linked below.

Writing Progress Report January 2020

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-draft two (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished draft two edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the draft two edit. I will start the third draft edits in March 2020.

In January, I submitted chapters 25 and 26 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In January, I submitted the story “Hannibal Washington’s Fall” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in January.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness to magazines.

I submitted “Popular Mechanics Re-brewed” to Daily Science Fiction online magazine in January.

Magazine submissions for 2020 are; 1 different story submitted 1 time with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 0 rejection.

Events from January 2020

I attended the ConFusion Conference in Novi, Michigan from January 16 to 19, 2020. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Sponsors ConFusion.

https://2020.confusionsf.org/

Writing Goals for February 2020

I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for February 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for Chapter One and used it at the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in March 2020.

Polish and submit the stories Caliburnus, Space-Dog Confession, White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit the Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to other short fiction magazines.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Write a story for the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account; update the information on my Facebook and Twitter accounts and update all the pages of my website in February 2020.

Planned Events for February 2020

The next conference I plan to attend is Cleveland ConCoction on March 20 to 22, 2020.

Cleveland ConCoction

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Writing Progress Report January 2020

This is my Writing Progress Report January 2020.

All the presents are under our Christmas tree.

Writing Progress from December 2019

I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for December 2019 linked below.

Writing Progress Report December 2019

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City totaling 99,981 words and 36 chapters. Completed pre-draft two (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished draft two edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December to complete the draft two edit. I will start the third draft edits in January 2020.

In December, I submitted chapters 23 and 24 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In December, I submitted the story “The Past Under Glass” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in December.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness to magazines.

Final statistics of magazine submissions for 2019 are; 1 different story submitted 1 time with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 1 rejection.

Events from December 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 16 to 19, 2020. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association sponsors ConFusion.

https://2020.confusionsf.org/

Writing Goals for January 2020

I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for January 2020.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for Chapter One used at the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in January 2020.

Polish and submit the stories Caliburnus, Space-Dog Confession, White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness to other short fiction magazines.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Write a story for the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account; update the information on my Facebook and Twitter accounts and update all the pages of my website in January 2020.

Planned Events for January 2020

The next conference I plan to attend is ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 16 to 19, 2020. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association sponsors ConFusion.

https://2020.confusionsf.org/

Writing Progress Report December 2019

Writing Progress Report December 2019

This is my Writing Progress Report December 2019.

I spent time with the family and had pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

Writing Progress from November 2019

I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for November 2019 linked below.

Writing Progress Report November 2019

I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit my novel, Assassin in New Marl City. I edited and typed Assassin Chapters 30, 32, and 33 in August 2018, reviewed Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September 2018, and I completed the review in February 2019. Reduced the total chapters to 30. Reviewed Chapters 1 to 22 using Pro Writing Aid and submitted it to my novel-writing class. I submitted Chapter 21 and 22 in November.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City totaling 99,981 words. Completed pre-draft two (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Finished draft two edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November. Plan to review chapter 25 in December to complete the draft two edit. I will start the third draft edits after draft two is completed.

In November, I submitted the story “A Trio of Time Travelers” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I made three posts on my Goodreads account in November.

In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness to magazines.

Statistics of magazine submissions for 2019 are; 1 different story submitted 1 time with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 1 rejection.

Events from November 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 16 to 19, 2020. ConFusion is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association.

https://2020.confusionsf.org/

Writing Goals for December 2019

I plan to write seven blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for December 2019.

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 25, 29, and 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid to complete the second draft.

After the second draft is complete, I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 22 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I started the third draft edit for Chapter One used at the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019 in July. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 in December.

Polish and submit the stories Caliburnus, Space-Dog Confession, White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness to other short fiction magazines.

Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Write a story for the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

Work on a story for the Wednesday Writing Workshop at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library to submit in December.

I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account; update the information on my Facebook and Twitter accounts and update all the pages of my website in December.

Planned Events for December 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 16 to 19, 2020. ConFusion is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association.

https://2020.confusionsf.org/