Writing Progress June 2019
This is my Writing Progress Report for June 2019.
The Cleveland Indians are warming up on May 26, 2019. They played Tampa Bay but lost 6 to 3. It rained hard at the end of the game.
Writing Progress from May 2019
I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for May 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, reviewed Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September 2018, and I completed the review in February 2019. Reduced total chapters to 30. Reviewed Chapters 1 to 15 using Pro Writing Aid and submitted to my novel writing class.
The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was completed totaling 99,981 words in July 2018. Completed pre-draft two (30 chapters long) in December 2018 at 89,072 words. I completed draft two edits for Chapter 17 in May and will start the third draft edits after draft two is complete.
In May, I submitted a story called Chemithurgy; First and Last Scene to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In May, I edited and submitted the short story Grognard to the Confluence Short Story Writing Workshop. The workshop will be conducted by Cat Rambo at the Science Fiction Convention named Confluence in Pittsburgh on Sunday, July 28.
The stories: The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness were submitted to magazines.
Statistics of magazine submissions for 2019 are; 1 different story submitted 1 time with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 1 rejection.
Events from May 2019
I attended the Marcon Conference on May 11, 2018, at the Crown Plaza – Columbus North in Worthington, Ohio.
This is the link to the Marcon website.
This is my Recap for the SF Conference Marcon Columbus 2019 on May 11. They held it at 6500 Doubletree Avenue Worthington, Ohio at the Crown Plaza – Columbus North. The drive was two-plus hours taken in the morning and back in the evening. I also attended Marcon in 2017 and 2018. This year I attended four panels, a performance, and an interview.
Writing Goals for June 2019
I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for June 2019.
I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 18 to 30 of Assassin in New Marl City using Pro Writing Aid.
I plan to work on third draft edits for Chapters 1 to 15 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio after the second draft is complete.
Polish and submit the stories Caliburnus, 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 Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness 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 June 2019
The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 26 to July 28, 2019, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m excited to participate in two workshops at the conference both instructed by Cat Rambo. I will attend the first pages workshop and the short story workshop.
Link to Confluence website