Category: Progress Reports

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.

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.

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/

This is my Writing Progress Report for May 2019.

I won a door prize at the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019; a signed copy of the novel Dawn by J. Thorn.

Writing Progress from April 2019

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

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 in September 2018, and I completed the review in February 2019. So far, reviewed Chapters 1 to 15 using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel writing class.

The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99,981 words in July 2018. Completed pre-draft two in December 2018 at 89,072 words. I completed Draft Two edits for Chapters 15 and 16 in April, but I have not  started the third draft edits.

I submitted a story called Chemithurgy; First and Last Scene to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I submitted the second draft edit of Chapter 15 of Assassin to the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

The stories 4 Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness submitted 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 April 2019

I attended the 36^th annual Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019. They held the Conference at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library at the William N. Skirball writer’s center at the branch. It was a one-day event with an introduction, a keynote speaker, three breakout sessions and one first page critique panel.

This is the link to the Cuyahoga County Library.

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/

This is my Recap for the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019, where I attended the introduction, a keynote speaker, and two breakout sessions. The Cuyahoga County Public Library sponsored the event.

Writing Goals for May 2019

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

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 17 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 15 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio.

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 4 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 May 2019

I plan to attend the Marcon Conference on May 11, 2018, at the Crown Plaza – Columbus North in Worthington, Ohio.

This is my Writing Progress Report for April 2019.

The Hard Rocksino changes its name to MGM Northfield Park on April 4, 2019, but the sign is already up. I’m excited.

Writing Progress from March 2019

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

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. I reviewed Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September and I completed the review in February. Chapters 1 to 14 were reviewed by using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel writing class.

The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99,981 words in July 2018. I completed draft two in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Third draft edits have not been started.

I submitted a story called Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot – GG to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I submitted the second draft edit of Chapter 14 of Assassin to the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

The stories 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, and LARP Film Noir have been submitted to magazines.

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

Events from March 2019

I attended the SF con, ConCoction in Cleveland Ohio March 1 to 3, 2019.

This is a link to the ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

This is my post on Cleveland ConCoction 2019.

Writing Goals for April 2019

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

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 15 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 14 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio.

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

Submit 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, and LARP Film Noir 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 April 2019

I plan to attend the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library at South Euclid, Ohio

This is my writing progress report for March 2019.

I attended the play Sherwood at the Allen Theater in Cleveland on February 9, 2019. We went to dinner at the Hofbrauhaus after the play. Both were enjoyable.

Writing Progress from February 2019

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

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. I reviewed Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September and I completed the review in February. Chapters 1 to 13 were reviewed by using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel writing class.

The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99,981 words in July 2018. I completed draft two in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Third draft edits have not been started.

I submitted a story called Popular Mechanics Rebrewed to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

I submitted the second draft edit of Chapter 13 of Assassin to the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.

The stories 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, and LARP Film Noir have been submitted to magazines.

Statistics of magazine submissions for 2019 are; 0 different stories submitted a total of 0 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 0 rejections.

Events from February 2019

I planned to attend the SF conference CapriCon in Wheeling, Illinois from February 14 to 17, 2019, but I was unable to this year. Next year I will attend for sure.

Writing Goals for March 2019

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing report for March 2019.

I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 14 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 13 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio.

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

Submit 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, and LARP Film Noir 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 March 2019

I attended the SF con, ConCoction in Cleveland Ohio March 1 to 3, 2019.

This is a link to the ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Post on ConCoction is coming soon.