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.
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.