Website Anniversary Report August 26, 2018
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 I 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 in 1995 and I have renamed it Assassin in New Marl City). I joined a writer’s workshop group at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Public Library and two at the Parma-Snow Library. It has been a busy two years and I expect a busier year in 2019.
Writing Progress from August 2016 to August 2018
Worked on Assassin in New Marl City. I wanted to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (100000 words total). I wrote six chapters from January 2017 to August 2017. Wrote the other ten chapters from August 2017 to July 2018. Cut six chapters of the ten and plan to use them in the sequel novel. Editing the novel now and it is planned to total 88000 words.
Bought a Map for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer in April 2017.
This is the link to the Fiveer website.
I 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.)
Writing Progress from August 2016 to August 2018
January 2016 to August 2016 I wrote Four Humors 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.
September 2017 to August 2018 I wrote the flash fiction short stories Torso Secret History, Sleeping Sickness, Memorial Board, A Yacht at Midnight (a scene from Cuba Liberto), and Tales of the Sacred Band (prequel story from the Gairn series).
The stories Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, and LARP Film Noir has been submitted to magazines.
Statistics of magazine submissions from December 2016 to August 2018 are; 5 different stories (Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, and LARP Film Noir) submitted a total of 15 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 15 rejections.
This post is my 94th post in this last year for the website including 50 Book Reviews, 24 Writing Progress Reports, 11 Conference Recaps, and 9 Random Posts.
Events from September 2017 to August 2018
September 23, 2017, Western Reserve Writers Conference in South Euclid, Ohio
November 14, 2017, Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio
March 9 to March 11, 2018 Concoction in Cleveland, Ohio
May 12, 2018, Marcon in Columbus, Ohio
June 9, 2018, Mystery Writers Getaway in South Euclid, Ohio
July 14, 2018, Cleveland Writing Workshop in Independence, Ohio
July 28, 2018 Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA
August 4, 2018, Cleveland Inkubator in Cleveland, Ohio
Writing Goals for August 2018 to August 2019
Edit Assassin in New Marl City (about 88000 words) 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) by August 2019.
Have a screenplay called Cuba Liberto (about 24000 words). I want to turn it into a novel and expand it to about 72000 words. Plan to complete a draft of this novel by August 2019.
Complete the novelette called Chemthurgy (I expanded it to 5500 words in February 2018. The finished story will be about 11000 words)
Continue to submit Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, and Get to the Point to other short fiction magazines.
Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, Time Traveler One, Prisoner of Tarnal, Kay-Eye, LARP Film Noir, Void-Dog Confession, and Sleeping Sickness for submission to short fiction magazines.
Planned Events for August 2018 to August 2019
October 13, 2018, Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio
November 2 to November 4, 2018, Book Baby Writer’s Conference in Philadelphia, PA
January 17 to January 20, 2019 Confusion in Detroit, MI
February 14 to February 17, 2019, Capricon in Chicago, IL
February 2019 Winter Fiction Fest in Cleveland, Ohio
March 1 to March 3, 2019 Concoction in Cleveland, Ohio
April 19 to April 21, 2019 Conglomeration at Louisville, KY
April 2019 Western Reserve Writers Conference in South Euclid, Ohio
May 10 to 12, 2018 Marcon in Columbus, Ohio
July 26 to July 28, 2019 Confluence in Pittsburgh, PA
August 2019 Cleveland Inkubator in Cleveland, Ohio
Links
Website Anniversary Report August 26, 2018
I wrote a first-anniversary post on garydavidgillen.com in August of 2017 linked below.