This is my Writing Progress Report for May 2019.
I won a door prize at the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019; a signed copy of the novel Dawn by J. Thorn.
Writing Progress from April 2019
I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for April 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. So far, 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 complete at 99,981 words in July 2018. Completed pre-draft two in December 2018 at 89,072 words. I completed Draft Two edits for Chapters 15 and 16 in April, but I have not started the third draft edits.
I submitted a story called Chemithurgy; First and Last Scene to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
I submitted the second draft edit of Chapter 15 of Assassin to the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
The stories 4 Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, and Sleeping Sickness 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 April 2019
I attended the 36th annual Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019. They held the Conference at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library at the William N. Skirball writer’s center at the branch. It was a one-day event with an introduction, a keynote speaker, three breakout sessions and one first page critique panel.
This is the link to the Cuyahoga County Library.
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/
This is my Recap for the Western Reserve Writers Conference on April 27, 2019, where I attended the introduction, a keynote speaker, and two breakout sessions. The Cuyahoga County Public Library sponsored the event.
Writing Goals for May 2019
I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for May 2019.
I plan to work on second draft edits for Chapters 17 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.
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 4 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 May 2019
I plan to attend the Marcon Conference on May 11, 2018, at the Crown Plaza – Columbus North in Worthington, Ohio.
