Category: Progress Reports

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

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.

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

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

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/

Writing Progress Report for September 2019

This is my Writing Progress Report for September 2019.

I attended the Ohio State football game on 08-31-19 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The final score was Ohio State 45 and Florida Atlantic 21.

Writing Progress from August 2019

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

Writing Progress Report for August 2019

I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit the 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 on September 2018, and I completed the review in February 2019. Reduced total chapters to 30. Reviewed Chapters 1 to 17 using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel-writing class.

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

In August, I submitted a story named Wormhole Generator to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

The stories: I submitted 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 August 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is the Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio on October 12, 2019, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Library.

Link to Cuyahoga County Library website

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/

Writing Goals for September 2019

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

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 21, 25, 28, 29, and 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.

After the second draft is complete, I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 17 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.

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.

Edit Searcher of Riven.

Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer.

Edit Ruins of Yarnud.

Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.

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

Buy e-book covers for Searcher of Riven and Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.

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

Planned Events for September 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is the Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio on October 12, 2019, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Library.

Link to Cuyahoga County Library website

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/

This is my Writing Progress Report for August 2019.

I attended the Confluence Conference from July 26 to July 28, 2019, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Writing Progress from July 2019

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

Writing Progress Report for July 2019

I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit the 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 on September 2018, and I completed the review in February 2019. Reduced total chapters to 30. Reviewed Chapters 1 to 16 using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel-writing class.

I completed the first draft of Assassin in New Marl City totaling 99,981 words in July 2018. Completed pre-draft two (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. I completed draft two edits for Chapters 22, 23, and 24 in July and will start the third draft edits after draft two is complete.

In July, I submitted a story called All Potions Sold Greenhouse to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

In July, I submitted a story called White Bracer to the Intermediate Writing Workshop at South Euclid-Lyndhurst, Ohio library.

In May, I edited and submitted the short story Grognard to the Confluence Short Story Writing Workshop. Cat Rambo conducted the workshop at the Science Fiction Convention named Confluence in Pittsburgh on Sunday, July 28.

The stories: I submitted 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 July 2019

I attended the Confluence Conference from July 26 to July 28, 2019, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I took part in two workshops at the conference both instructed by Cat Rambo. I attended the first pages workshop and the short story workshop.

Link to Confluence website

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

Writing Goals for August 2019

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

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 21 and 25 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.

After the second draft is complete, I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 16 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.

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, and Sleeping Sickness to other short fiction magazines.

Edit Searcher of Riven.

Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer.

Edit Ruins of Yarnud.

Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.

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

Buy e-book covers for Searcher of Riven and Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.

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

Planned Events for August 2019

The next conference I plan to attend is the Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio on October 12, 2019, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Library.

Link to Cuyahoga County Library website

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/