Writing Progress Report July 2020.
This is my Writing Progress Report, July 2020.
Looking at the Manor house across Punderson Lake in Newbury, Ohio.
Writing Progress from June 2020.
I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for June 2020 linked below.
Updated eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating, to leave 43 posts to update.
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 second draft edits for Chapters 26 and 27 in August, chapters 28, 29, and 30 in September, and chapters 19 and 20 in October. I reviewed chapter 21 in November and chapter 25 in December 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 worked on third draft edits on Chapter 3 in June 2020.
In June 2020, I submitted a new Chapter 1 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In June 2020, I submitted the story “Am I Going Insane?” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
Writing Progress from June 2020 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in June 2020.
In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted is Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Space-Dog Confession, Wormhole Generator, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.
I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Fireside in June 2020.
Also, I submitted “Runs with Scissors” to Flash Fiction Online in June 2020.
Magazine submissions for 2020 are 6 unique stories submitted 10 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 9 rejections.
Events from June 2020.
I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.
They postponed the conference because of COVID-19. They plan to hold the conference from October 29 to November 1, 2020, and I plan to attend.
This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.
Writing Goals for July 2020.
I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for July 2020.
My next novel is named Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter One in July 2020 and submit it to the Novel 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. In July 2019, I started the third draft edit for my earlier Chapter One and used it in the first pages workshop at Confluence 2019. I plan to complete third draft edits for chapters 3 and 4 in July 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.
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.
Writing Goals for July 2020 continued.
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.
In July 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update eight posts on my website to improve their SEO rating to leave 35 posts left to update.
Planned Events for July 2020.
I planned to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
They canceled the conference because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Confluence July 23 to July 25, 2021.
Link to Confluence’s website.