Writing Progress Report December 2020.
This is my Writing Progress Report December 2020.
The first snow of the year. Power out at work. At home a day and a half.
Writing Progress from November 2020.
I wrote two blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for November 2020 linked below.
Updated nine posts in November 2020 on my website to improve their SEO rating to good, to leave 9 posts to update in December 2020.
In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel 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 the second draft edits in December 2019 to complete the second draft edit. I started writing a new Chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The third draft will have 32 Chapters, and I finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020.
In November 2020, I submitted Chapter 5 of my novel named Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In November 2020, I submitted the story “Thanksgiving?” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
I submitted Chapters 1 and 2 of my novel Cuba Liberto to the Wednesday Fiction Writing Workshop at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library in November 2020.
Writing Progress from November 2020 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in November 2020.
In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
The seven Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted in 2020 are Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue to magazines.
I submitted “Runs with Scissors” to Strange Horizons in October 2020.
On December 1, 2020, I submitted “Sleeping Sickness” to Cast of Wonders.
Magazine submissions for 2020 are 7 unique stories submitted 19 times with 0 accepted, 2 pending, and 17 rejections.
Events from November 2020.
The next conference I had planned to attend was ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 15 to 17, 2021. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association sponsors ConFusion. They canceled the Conference for 2021 due to COVID-19. They plan to hold the next ConFusion in January 2022.
Writing Goals for December 2020.
I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for December 2020.
The name of my next novel is Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter 6 in December 2020 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In December 2020, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
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 complete third draft edits for Chapters 4 and 5 in December 2020.
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. I plan one submission for December 2020.
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.
Writing Goals for December 2020 continued.
In December 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update nine posts on my website to improve their SEO rating up to the good level, leaving no posts left to update.
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.
Planned Events for December 2020.
The next conference I had planned to attend was ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 15 to 17, 2021. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association sponsors ConFusion. They canceled the Conference for 2021 due to COVID-19. They plan to hold the next ConFusion in January 2022.