Writing Progress Report for September 2018
It was raining at halftime at Ohio Stadium on 09-01-18. I didn’t get wet because I sat in B deck.
The final score was Ohio State 77 and Oregon State 31.
Writing Progress from August 2018
I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit the novel. I edited and typed Assassin in New Marl City Chapters 30, 32, and 33 in August of 2018.
The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99981 words in July of 2018. Decided to cut six chapters to use in book #2 and write two new chapters in September to end up with about 88000 words in book #1.
Completed and sent a query for submission to Agent Cyle Young in August. He was not interested.
Edited Chapter One of Assassin in New Marl City and submitted it to Pitch Wars on 08-28-18. Results on October 12th.
Completed and submitted a Query letter and a synopsis to Pitch Wars on 08-28-18.
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 2018 are; 0 different stories submitted a total of 0 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 0 rejections.
Events from August 2018
I attended the Cleveland Inkubator at the Cleveland Public Library on August 4, 2018. It was sponsored by Literary Cleveland. It was a one-day writing conference.
Pitch Wars is a mentoring program contest where contestants submit a finished but unpublished novel to mentors. Each mentor picks one contestant to mentor for the program length. The submission was online on August 28, 2018. I submitted a query letter, a synopsis, a 35-word pitch, and the first chapter of my novel to the contest.
Writing Goals for September 2018
Write two new chapters for Assassin in New Marl City. They will be Chapters 5 and 10.
Type the edits for Assassin in New Marl City Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September 2018.
Edit Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 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.
I submitted Grognard to my writing group. I will take the feedback gained and revise the story so it can be submitted to magazines again.
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.
Purchase e-book covers for Searcher of Riven and Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.
Purchase an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.
Planned Events for September 2018
None for September
My next scheduled event is the Indy Writer’s Conference in Parma, Ohio on October 13, 2018, which is held by the Cuyahoga County Library.
