This is my Writing Progress Report May 2023.
I attended Ice and Fire Con at Deer Creek Lodge in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, from April 27 to April 30, 2023. The conference covers all things Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.
Writing Progress from April 2023.
I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for April 2023, which is linked below.
In April 2023, I submitted my story, Catfish, to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.
I did not submit a short story to the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in April 2023.
I did not submit a short story to the Critters.org online workshop in April 2023.
Writing Progress from April 2023 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in April 2023.
In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
The seven Flash Fiction Stories I 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 submissions for 2022. None for 2023.
Events from April 2023.
I attended Ice and Fire Con at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, from April 27 to April 30, 2023. The conference covers all things Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.
This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.
Writing Goals for May 2023.
In May 2023, I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2023.
I plan to submit a story to the Fiction Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library in May 2023.
In May 2023, I plan to submit a short story to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.
I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in May 2023.
In May 2023, I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. 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 May 2023 continued.
In May 2023, 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 May 2023.
The next event I plan to attend is the Marcon conference in Columbus, Ohio, from May 26, 2023, to May 28, 2023. They will hold the conference at the downtown Columbus Hyatt after holding the conference the last few years at Crowne Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.
This is a link to the Marcon website.
This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH/
