Writing Progress Report November 2020.
This is my Writing Progress Report November 2020.
There’s a new person at work. Kind of quiet though.
Writing Progress from October 2020.
I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for October 2020 linked below.
Updated no posts in October 2020 on my website to improve their SEO rating to good, to leave 18 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 the second draft edits in December 2019 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 finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020.
In October 2020, I submitted Chapter 4 of my novel named Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In October 2020, I submitted the story “Fort Weimar” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
Writing Progress from October 2020 Continued
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in October 2020.
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 are Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, and Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue to magazines.
I submitted “Runs with Scissors” to Strange Horizons in September 2020.
In October 2020, I submitted “Principled Rouge” to Flash Fiction Online.
I submitted “Wormhole Generator” to Apex Magazine in October 2020.
Magazine submissions for 2020 are 7 unique stories submitted 18 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 17 rejections.
I attended the virtual Gotham Writers Conference from October 16, 2020 to October 18, 2020. I participated in the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers Roundtable with two agents. The agents commented on my query letter for my novel Assassin in New Marl City and the first two pages of the novel.
Events from October 2020.
They held a virtual conference called C’monfluence the Novelization 2020, from October 2 to October 4. The Guest of Honor was Martha Wells. I attended the conference virtually. They canceled Confluence Conference Pittsburgh because of COVID-19. I plan to go to the next Confluence from July 23 to July 25, 2021.
Link to Confluence’s website.
I attended the virtual Gotham Writers Conference from October 16, 2020, to October 18, 2020, sponsored by Gotham Writers Workshop.
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Writing Goals for November 2020.
I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for November 2020.
The name of my next novel is Cuba Liberto. I plan to write Chapter 5 in November 2020 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In November 2020, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio library.
In November 2020, I plan to submit Chapters 1 and 2 of Assassin in New Marl City to the Writing Workshop at South Euclid-Lyndhurst, 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. I plan to complete third draft edits for Chapters 4 and 5 in November 2020.
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. I plan four submissions for November 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.
Writing Goals for November 2020 continued.
In November 2020, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account and update nine posts on my website to improve their SEO rating up to the good level, leaving 9 posts left to update.
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 November 2020.
The next conference I had planned to attend was ConFusion in Novi, Michigan from January 15 to 17, 2021. ConFusion is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association. The Conference is canceled for 2021 due to COVID-19. They plan to hold the next ConFusion in January 2022.
