This is my Writing Progress Report for April 2019.
The Hard Rocksino changes its name to MGM Northfield Park on April 4, 2019, but the sign is already up. I’m excited.
Writing Progress from March 2019
I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing report for March 2019 linked below.
I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit the novel, Assassin in New Marl City. I edited and typed Assassin Chapters 30, 32, and 33 in August 2018. I reviewed Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September and I completed the review in February. Chapters 1 to 14 were reviewed by using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel writing class.
The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99,981 words in July 2018. I completed draft two in December 2018 at 89,072 words. Third draft edits have not been started.
I submitted a story called Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot – GG to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
I submitted the second draft edit of Chapter 14 of Assassin to the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
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 for 2019 are; 1 different story submitted a total of 1 time with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 0 rejections.
Events from March 2019
I attended the SF con, ConCoction in Cleveland Ohio March 1 to 3, 2019.
This is a link to the ConCoction website.
http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/
This is my post on Cleveland ConCoction 2019.
Writing Goals for April 2019
I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2019.
I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 15 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.
I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 14 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio.
Polish and submit the stories Sleeping Sickness, 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.
Edit Searcher of Riven.
Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer.
Edit Ruins of Yarnud.
Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.
Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.
Buy e-book covers for Searcher of Riven and Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.
Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.
Planned Events for April 2019
I plan to attend the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library at South Euclid, Ohio
