Category: Progress Reports

Writing Progress Report January 2018 and Annual Review

This is my Writing Progress Report January 2018 and Annual Review.

Ollie being cute.

Annual Writing Progress from December 2016 to December 2017

Worked on Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (98000 words total). I wrote 14 Chapters of the novel this year. After Chapters 29 and 31 are written, then The First Draft will be completed!!!

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 since December 2016 are; 5 different stories submitted a total of 15 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 15 rejections.

Annual Events from December 2016 to December 2017

I attended seven conventions in the past year. They were Winter Fiction Fest in Cleveland, ConCoction in Cleveland, Marcon in Columbus, Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library, Confluence in Pittsburgh, Western Reserve Writers Conference at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, and the Indy Author Day at the Cuyahoga County Public Library.

This is a link to the Cleveland ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Annual Writing Goals for 2018

Complete the novel Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (98000 words total). After Chapters 29 and 31 are written, then The First Draft will be completed!!!

Type the Edits for Chapters 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 of Assassin in New Marl City.

Type Chapters 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 31.

Polish and submit the stories Chemithurgy, Sleeping Disease, 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.

Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer and then Self Publish the Novelette.

Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer and Self Publish the Novella.

Convert a 24000-word Screenplay called Cuba Liberto into a novel of 72000 words.

Annual Planned Events for 2018

I plan to attend ten conventions in 2018. They will be Winter Fiction Fest in Cleveland, ConCoction in Cleveland, the April Western Reserve Writers Conference at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Marcon in Columbus, Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library, Confluence in Pittsburgh, the September Western Reserve Writers Conference at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, CapClave in Gaithersburg, the Indy Author Day at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, and the Book Baby Authors Convention.

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

Put the first ten chapters of Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program, Scrivener.

Work on completing a Query letter to use to find an agent for Assassin in New Marl.

Writing Progress from December 2017

Wrote Chapters 23 and 25 of Assassin in New Marl City.

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 since December 2016 are; 5 different stories submitted a total of 15 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 15 rejections.

Events from December 2017

None to Report.

Writing Goals for January 2018

Continue to work on Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (98000 words total). Write Chapters 29, and 31 of the novel this month. The First Draft will be completed!!!

Type the Edits for Chapters 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 of Assassin in New Marl City.

Type Chapters 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22 23, 25, 27, and 28.

Polish and submit the stories Hybrid-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.

Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer.

Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.

Planned Events for January 2018

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

Put the first ten chapters of Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program, Scrivener.

Work on completing a Query letter to use to find an agent for Assassin in New Marl.

Links

I wrote four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for December 2017 linked below.

Writing Progress Report December 2017

Website Anniversary Report August 26, 2017

This is my Website Anniversary Report August 26, 2017.

Introduction

On August 26, 2016, I created my website at garydavidgillen.com. Making a website was part of my plan to become a social media experienced writer. I had written a novel and a few short stories over the years but had stopped writing in 2012. In December of 2015, I decided to start writing again. I finished the story I was writing in 2012 (called Dystopia then, now called Kay-Eye.) in that month and created a plan for 2016.

My 2016 plan called for writing four short stories, begin attending conventions, creating Facebook and Twitter accounts, and starting a website. I wanted to become a better writer and then expand the short novel that I had written in 1995 (it was called A Gathering in New Marl back then and I have renamed it Assassin in New Marl City).

Joined a meet-up group called the Cleveland Writers Press, where we discuss self-publishing and marketing. Joined a writer’s workshop group at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Public Library and also one at the Parma-Snow Library. It has been a busy year and I expect a busier year next year.

Writing Progress from August 2016 to August 2017

Worked on Assassin in New Marl City. I wanted to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (100000 words total).

Wrote six chapters from January 2017 to August 2017, leaving ten more to write before the end of the year.

Bought a Map for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer in April 2017.

Bought a banner from Fiveer for my website, Facebook, and Twitter accounts in April 2017. (It is the banner at the beginning of this report.)

This is the link to the Fiveer website.

https://www.fiverr.com/

January 2016 to August 2016 I wrote 4 Humours and Space Station Sunyata.

August 2016 to October 2016 I wrote White Bracer and Mage Squad.

January 2017 to August 2017 I wrote the flash fiction short stories LARP Film Noir, Hybrid-Dog Confession, and Get to the Point.

Statistics of magazine submissions from December 2016 to August 2017 are; 3 different stories (4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard) submitted a total of 12 times with 0 accepted, 2 pending, and 10 rejections.

This post is my 55^th post in this last year for the website including 29 Book Reviews, 12 Writing Progress Reports, 8 Conference Recaps, and 6 Which Posts.

Events from July 2016 to August 2017

July 23, 2016, Ohio Expos in Fairlawn, Ohio

July 30 and July 31, 2016, Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA

September 24, 2016, Western Reserve Writers Conference in South Euclid, Ohio

October 8 and October 9, 2016, Capclave in Gaithersburg, MD

November 12, 2016, Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio

February 18, 2017, Winter Fiction Fest in Cleveland, Ohio

March 10 to March 12, 2017, Concoction in Cleveland, Ohio

May 13, 2017, Marcon in Columbus, Ohio

July 19, 2017, Cleveland Inkubator in Cleveland, Ohio

August 5, 2017, Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA

Writing Goals for August 2017 to August 2018

Complete Assassin in New Marl City (about 100000 words). Edit the novel and try to get an agent to sell it to a traditional publisher or prepare to self-publish it.

Get a cover for Assassin in New Marl City.

Self-publish Searcher of Riven (about 11000 words) and Ruins of Yarnud (about 24000 words).

My screenplay is called Cuba Liberto (about 24000 words). I want to turn it into a novel and expand it to about 72000 words. I plan to complete this novel by the end of 2018.

Complete the short story called Chemthurgy (about 6000 words)

Continue to submit 4 Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to other short fiction magazines.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, Time Traveller One, Prisoner of Tarnal, Kay-Eye, LARP Film Noir, Hybrid-Dog Confession, and Get to the Point for submission to short fiction magazines.

Planned Events for August 2017 to August 2018

September 23, 2017, Western Reserve Writers Conference in South Euclid, Ohio

November 4 and November 5, 2017, Book Baby Writer’s Conference in Philadelphia, PA

November 2017 Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio

February 17 and February 18, 2018, Capricon in Chicago, IL

February 2018 Winter Fiction Fest in Cleveland, Ohio

March 9 to March 11, 2018, Concoction in Cleveland, Ohio

March 30 to April 1, 2018, Conglomeration at Louisville, KY

May 2018 Nebula Award Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

July 2018 Cleveland Inkubator in Cleveland, Ohio

August 2018 Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA

Links

In 2017, I wrote forty-seven blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for August 2017 linked below.

Writing Progress Report August 2017

Writing Progress Report August 2017

This is my Writing Progress Report August 2017.

This is the first novel that I ever owned. It was about forty years ago when I got it.

Writing Progress from July 2017

I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for July 2017 linked below.

Writing Progress Report July 2017

Typed Chapter 11 of Assassin in New Marl City

Wrote Chapter 13 of Assassin in New Marl City

Started Chapter 14 of Assassin in New Marl City

Submitted Chemithurgy to a writing workshop

Wrote a chapter of Torso novel to submit to a writing workshop

The stories 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard are ready to be submitted to magazines.

Statistics of magazine submissions since December 2016 are; 3 different stories submitted a total of 10 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 9 rejections.

Events from July 2017

Attended the Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library on July 29, 2017. It is sponsored by Literary Cleveland. It is a one day writing conference.

This is the link to the Literary Cleveland website.

https://www.litcleveland.org/

Writing Goals for August 2017

Continue to work on An Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (100000 words total). Finish Chapter 14, write Chapter 22, and write Chapter 29 of the novel this month.

Type the Edits for Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Assassin in New Marl City.

Edit Chapters 15, 16, 18, and 20 of Assassin in New Marl City.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, Time Traveller One, Prisoner of Tarnal, Kay-Eye, Cosplay Film Noir, and Get to the Point for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit 4 Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to other short fiction magazines.

Planned Events for August 2017

Attend the Confluence Conference on August 4 to August 6, 2017 at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The link to the Confluence website.

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

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

Put the first ten chapters of Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program Scrivener.

Work on completing a Query letter to use to find an agent for Assassin in New Marl City.

Writing Progress Report July 2017

This is my Writing Progress Report July 2017.

Happy Fourth of July

Writing Progress from June 2017

I wrote six blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for June 2017 linked below.

Writing Progress Report June 2017

Typed Chapter 4 of An Assassin in New Marl City

Edited Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of An Assassin in New Marl City.

Started Chapter 11 of An Assassin in New Marl City.

Start Chemithurgy short story and prepare it to submitting it to a writing workshop.

The stories 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard can be sent to other magazines.

Events from June 2017

Graduation party on June 3, 2017.

Attended Cleveland Indians game on June 27, 2017.

Registered for Cleveland Inkubator which is on July 29, 2017.

Writing Goals for July 2017

Continue to work on An Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (100000 words total). Finish chapter 11, write Chapter 13, and write Chapter 14 of the novel this month.

Edit Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of An Assassin in New Marl City.

Write first part of Chemithurgy short story.

Write a chapter of Torso novel.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, Time Traveller One, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Submit 4 Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to other short fiction magazines.

Planned Events for July 2017

Attend the Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library on July 29, 2017. Sponsored by Literary Cleveland. It is a one day writing conference.

This is the link to the Literary Cleveland website.

https://www.litcleveland.org/

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

Put the first ten chapters of An Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program Scrivener.

Work on completing a Query letter to use to find an agent for An Assassin in New Marl.