Writing Progress Report May 2020.
This is my Writing Progress Report May 2020.
Happy birthday to me. New phone, DQ, and Reese’s. Perfect.
Writing Progress from April 2020.
I wrote five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for April 2020 linked below.
In July 2018, I completed the first draft of 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 will start the third draft edits in May 2020.
Writing Progress from April 2020 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in April 2020.
In the past, I submitted the stories The Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed to magazines.
I submitted “Space-Dog Confession” to Daily Science Fiction in April 2020.
I submitted “Sleeping Sickness” to Flash Fiction Online in April 2020.
Magazine submissions for 2020 are 5 unique stories submitted 5 times with 0 accepted, 2 pending, and 3 rejections.
Events from April 2020.
I planned to attend the Ice and Fire Conference in Mount Sterling, Ohio on April 23 to 26, 2020.
They postponed it 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 April 2020.
I plan to write three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for May 2020.
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 2, 3, and 4 in May 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 May 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 May 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update ten posts on my website to improve their SEO.
Planned Events for May 2020.
I planned to attend Marcon in Columbus, Ohio on May 5 to 8, 2020.
They canceled it because of COVID-19. I plan to go to Marcon in 2021.
This is a link to the Columbus Marcon website.
The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference from July 24 to July 26, 2020, at the Airport Sheraton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Link to Confluence website.