This is my Writing Progress Report June 2022.
In May, I hiked in the village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This is a picture I took of Chagrin Falls on May 25, 2022.
Writing Progress from May 2021.
I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for May 2022, which is linked below.
In May 2022, I submitted Chapter 19 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.
I submitted my short story, “Corsican Red Coral,” to the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in May 2022.
In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City. It was 99,981 words and 36 chapters. In December 2018, I completed a pre-second draft with 30 chapters. It had 89,072 words. I finished the second draft in December 2019. I wrote a new chapter 1 in February 2020 and April 2020. The planned third draft will have 32 Chapters. I finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020. I hope to reset the novel and complete the revisions in 2022.
Writing Progress from May 2022 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in May 2022.
In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
The seven Flash Fiction Stories I have submitted in 2020 and 2021 were Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue.
Magazine submissions for 2021 were 4 unique stories submitted 4 times, with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 4 rejections. No submission for 2022 yet.
Events from May 2022.
I attended the Marcon conference near Columbus, Ohio, on May 7, 2022. They held the conference at the Crown Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.
This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account. Their website was down.
https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH/
Writing Goals for June 2022.
I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for June 2022.
I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is to convert the story into 24 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 20 in May 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.
In June 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.
I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in June 2022.
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 June 2022, I plan to split Chapter 1 into two chapters and add a scene to the new Chapter 1.
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.
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.
Writing Goals for June 2022 continued.
In June 2022, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.
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.
Planned Events for June 2022.
The next event I plan to attend is the Confluence conference near Pittsburgh, PA, from July 29, 2022, to July 31, 2022. They will hold the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. It will be an in-person conference this year.
Confluence SF Conference Pittsburgh was last held virtually from November 2, 2020, to November 4, 2020. I attended the opening ceremony, five panels, three readings, one presentation, the guest of honor presentation, and the conference breakdown.
The link to the Confluence website.
http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/
Banner for Confluence 2022.
