Writing Progress Report August 2024.
This is my Writing Progress Report August 2024.
I attended the Confluence Conference near Pittsburgh, PA, on July 26, 2024, to July 28, 2024.
Writing Progress from July 2024.
I wrote three blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One of the posts was my writing progress report for July 2024, which is linked below.
In July 2024, there was no submission to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call. We are taking a break until August 2024.
Writing Progress from July 2024 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in July 2024.
In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
The seven Flash Fiction Stories I submitted in 2020 and 2021 were Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue.
Magazine submissions for 2021 were 4 unique stories submitted 4 times, with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 4 rejections. No submissions for 2022. None for 2023.
Events from July 2024.
I attended the Confluence Conference near Pittsburgh, PA, on July 26, 2024, to July 28, 2024. They held the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. I attended the Confluence in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
The link to the Confluence website.
Writing Goals for August 2024.
In August 2024, I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for August 2024.
I plan to work on a story for the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in August 2024.
Eventually, I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I plan to split Chapter 1 into two chapters and add a scene to the new chapter 1.
Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.
Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.
In August 2024, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.
Planned Events for August 2024.
The next event I plan to attend is the Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library on September 21, 2024. Literary Cleveland sponsors it. It is a one-day writing conference.