Writing Progress Report October 2017
This is my Writing Progress Report October 2017.
At the Cleveland Indians Playoff Game on October 5, 2017. Indians 4 and New York Yankees 0.
Writing Progress from September 2017
I wrote four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my writing progress report for September 2017 linked below.
Finished expanded Chapters 27 and 28 of Assassin in New Marl City
Wrote Chapter 10 of Assassin in New Marl City
Typed the Edits for Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
The stories 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, Get to the Point, and LARP Film Noir have been submitted to magazines.
Statistics of magazine submissions since December 2016 are; 5 different stories submitted a total of 15 times with 0 accepted, 1 pending, and 14 rejections.
Events from September 2017
I attended the 34th annual Western Reserve Writers Conference on September 23, 2017. It was located at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library at the William N. Skirball writer’s center which is located at the branch. It was a one-day event with an introduction, a keynote speaker, three breakout sessions and one first page critique panel.
This is the link to the Cuyahoga County Library.
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/
This is the link to the writer’s center at the library branch.
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Services/William-N-Skirball-Writers-Center.aspx
Writing Goals for October 2017
Continue to work on An Assassin in New Marl City. I want to expand the novel from 20 chapters to 36 chapters (98000 words total). Write Chapters 10 and 17 of the novel this month. Chapters 21, 12, 19, 23, 25, 29, and 31 remain.
Type the Edits for Chapters 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, and 26 of Assassin in New Marl City.
Type Chapters 10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 27, and 28.
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 4 Humours, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, and LARP Film Noir to other short fiction magazines.
Planned Events for October 2017
Attend the Indy Author Day on October 14, 2017, at Cuyahoga County Public Library at Lyndhurst, Ohio.
Purchase an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.
Put the first ten chapters of Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program, Scrivener.
Work on completing a Query letter to use to find an agent for Assassin in New Marl.