On May 28, we went to the AC/DC concert at Huntington Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Everyone was wearing light-up devil horns in honor of Angus Young. Great concert.
Writing Progress from May 2025.
I wrote four blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. Including my writing progress report for May 2025, which I linked below.
In May 2025, I presented the short story named The Case of the Reluctant Pawnbroker to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in May 2025.
In the past, I sent the stories, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.
The seven Flash Fiction Stories I sent out 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. None for 2024.
Events from May 2025.
No events in May.
Writing Goals for June 2025.
In June 2025, I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com, including my Writing Progress Report for June 2025.
I plan to work on a story for the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in June 2025.
Eventually, I plan to work on the 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 send the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.
In June 2025, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.
Planned Events for June 2025.
The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference, held near Pittsburgh, PA, from July 25, 2025, to July 27, 2025. They will have the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. I attended the Confluence in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, (2021 was cancelled due to COVID), 2022, 2023, and 2024.
I attended the SF conference, Cleveland Concoction, at 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, Ohio, at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center from March 17 to 19, 2023. I attended Cleveland Concoction in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025. (2020, 2021, and 2022 were canceled due to COVID-19).I attended the opening ceremony, seven panels, three concerts, one performance, the state of the convention meeting, and the closing ceremonies.
Mistakes Beginning Authors Make 1.0, a panel with Linda Robertson Reinhardt, Marcus V. Calvert, J. D. Blackrose, Joelle Presby, and Tory Gates.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 8 attendees.
Friday, March 17 at 3 PM
Animal Sidekicks, a panel with Cassandra Morgan, Addie J. King, Olivia Berrier, James Fadeley, and David F. Balog.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 12 attendees.
Friday, March 17 at 5 PM
The Opening Ceremonies.
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They held the ceremonies in the Pegasus Room with 40 attendees.
Friday, March 17 at 6 PM
A Concert by The Harp Twins
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They held the showcase in the Pegasus Room with 60 attendees.
Friday, March 17 at 8 PM
Flash Fiction, a panel with Olivia Berrier, Weston Kincaide, and Marie Vibbert.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 7 attendees.
Saturday, March 18 at 10 AM
Mistakes Beginning Authors Make 2.0, a panel with Jason R. Lady, Marie Vibbert, James Fadeley, and Clif Flynt.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 10 attendees.
Saturday, March 18 at 12 PM
Difficulties in Dating, a performance with The Confused Greenies.
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They held the showcase in the Pegasus Room with 12 attendees.
Saturday, March 18 at 1 PM
Star Maps and Alternate Earths, a panel with Andy Presby
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They held the showcase in the Hayes C & D Room with 7 attendees.
Saturday, March 18 at 3:30 PM
A Concert by The Harp Twins
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They held the showcase in the Pegasus Room with 110 attendees. (A Full House)
Saturday, March 18 at 7 PM
Quitting Your Day Job, a panel with J. D. Blackrose, Joelle Presby, Olivia Berrier, and Linda Robertson Reinhardt.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 7 attendees.
Sunday, March 19 at 10 AM
Structuring Your Story, a panel with Evan Graham, Marie Vibbert, Weston Kincade, and Tony Gates.
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They held the showcase in Hayes A Room with 9 attendees.
Sunday, March 19 at 11 AM
A Concert by The Harp Twins
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They held the showcase in the Pegasus Room with 65 attendees.
Sunday, March 19 at 1 PM
The State of the Convention
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They held the showcase in the Pegasus Room with 12 attendees.
Sunday, March 19 at 2 PM
Closing Ceremonies
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They held the showcase in the Hayes C&D room with 37 attendees.
Recommendation – Conclusion
Conference Recap Cleveland Concoction 2023
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Links
I attended the SF conference, Cleveland Concoction, at 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, Ohio, at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center from March 7 to 9, 2025. I attended 11 activities. My star of the con was Marie Vibbert. The con returns in March 2026.
I attended the SF conference called Cleveland Concoction at 600 North Aurora Road Aurora, Ohio at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center from March 8 to 10, 2024. I attended the opening ceremony, eight panels, two author showcases, and the closing ceremony. This year’s theme was the Neverending dungeon. My star of the con was Becca Lynn Mathis. The con returns from March 7 to March 9, 2025.
I attended the SF conference Cleveland Concoction 2019, at 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, Ohio, at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center from March 1 to 3, 2019. I attended the opening ceremony, four panels, and the closing ceremony. This is a link to my conference recap. I also volunteered in the Programming Department for four hours and in the ConSuite for four hours.
I attended the SF conference Cleveland Concoction at 600 North Aurora Road Aurora, Ohio at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center from March 9, 2018, to March 11, 2018. The 2019 convention was from March 1 to 3, 2019 and I realized as I was writing a recap for that conference, I had not posted a recap for the 2018 conference. This is a recap for the conference from last year. I attended the opening ceremony, five panels, two author showcases, a performance, and the closing ceremony. I also volunteered in the ConSuite for eight hours.
This is my recap for the SF conference Cleveland Concoction from 2017. They held it from March 10, 2017, to March 12, 2017. I attended nine activities and volunteered in the ConSuite for twelve hours.
