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Writing Progress Report July 2022.

This is my Writing Progress Report July 2022.

I went to the Guardians game on June 10, 2022. They beat Oakland 3-2 with three runs in the ninth inning and this is the picture I took of the scoreboard after the win.

Writing Progress from June 2021.

I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for June 2022, which is linked below.

In June 2022, I submitted Chapter 20 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.

I submitted my short story, “The Squirrel Curse,” to the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in June 2022.

Writing Progress from June 2022 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in June 2022.

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 submission for 2022 yet.

Events from June 2022.

No events from June. The following is the event I attended in May.

I attended the Marcon conference near Columbus, Ohio, on May 7, 2022. They held the conference at the Crown Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.

This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account. Their website was down.

https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH/

Writing Goals for July 2022.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for July 2022.

I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is to convert the story into 24 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 21 in July 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

In July 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in July 2022.

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 2022, 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 July 2022 continued.

In July 2022, 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 July 2022.

The next event I plan to attend is the Confluence conference near Pittsburgh, PA, from July 29, 2022, to July 31, 2022. They will hold the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. It will be an in-person conference this year.

Confluence SF Conference Pittsburgh was last held virtually from November 2, 2020, to November 4, 2020. I attended the opening ceremony, five panels, three readings, one presentation, the guest of honor presentation, and the conference breakdown.

The link to the Confluence website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Banner for Confluence 2022.

This is my Writing Progress Report June 2022.

In May, I hiked in the village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This is a picture I took of Chagrin Falls on May 25, 2022.

Writing Progress from May 2021.

I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for May 2022, which is linked below.

In May 2022, I submitted Chapter 19 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.

I submitted my short story, “Corsican Red Coral,” to the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in May 2022.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City. It was 99,981 words and 36 chapters. In December 2018, I completed a pre-second draft with 30 chapters. It had 89,072 words. I finished the second draft in December 2019. I wrote a new chapter 1 in February 2020 and April 2020. The planned third draft will have 32 Chapters. I finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020. I hope to reset the novel and complete the revisions in 2022.

Writing Progress from May 2022 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in May 2022.

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 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 submission for 2022 yet.

Events from May 2022.

I attended the Marcon conference near Columbus, Ohio, on May 7, 2022. They held the conference at the Crown Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.

This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account. Their website was down.

https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH/

Writing Goals for June 2022.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for June 2022.

I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is to convert the story into 24 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 20 in May 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

In June 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in June 2022.

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 June 2022, 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 June 2022 continued.

In June 2022, 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 June 2022.

The next event I plan to attend is the Confluence conference near Pittsburgh, PA, from July 29, 2022, to July 31, 2022. They will hold the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. It will be an in-person conference this year.

Confluence SF Conference Pittsburgh was last held virtually from November 2, 2020, to November 4, 2020. I attended the opening ceremony, five panels, three readings, one presentation, the guest of honor presentation, and the conference breakdown.

The link to the Confluence website.

http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/

Banner for Confluence 2022.

Writing Progress Report May 2022.

This is my Writing Progress Report May 2022.

In April, I hiked at the Hocking Hills State Park near Logan, Ohio. This is a picture I took of Cedar Falls on April 21, 2022.

Writing Progress from April 2021.

I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for April 2022, which is linked below.

In April 2022, I submitted Chapter 18 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.

I submitted my short story, “Nanotechnology,” to the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in April 2022.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City. It was 99,981 words and 36 chapters. In December 2018, I completed a pre-second draft with 30 chapters. It had 89,072 words. I finished the second draft in December 2019. I wrote a new chapter 1 in February 2020 and April 2020. The planned third draft will have 32 Chapters. I finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020. I hope to reset the novel and complete the revisions in 2022.

Writing Progress from April 2022 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in April 2022.

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 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 submission for 2022 yet.

Events from April 2022.

I attended the Ice and Fire Con at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, from April 21 to April 24, 2022. I originally had a ticket for the Ice and Fire Con 2020, but they canceled it because of COVID-19.

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

http://www.iceandfirecon.com/

Writing Goals for May 2022.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for May 2022.

I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is to convert the story into 26 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 19 in May 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

In May 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in May 2022.

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 May 2022, 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 2022 continued.

In May 2022, 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 2022.

The next event I plan to attend is the Marcon conference near Columbus, Ohio, on May 7, 2022. They will hold the conference at the Crown Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.

This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account. Their website was down.

https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH/

Writing Progress Report April 2022.

This is my Writing Progress Report April 2022.

Here’s a picture of what should be my last fire for the year. Hopefully, April will stay warm.

Writing Progress from March 2021.

I wrote three blog posts for garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for March 2022, which is linked below.

In March 2022, I submitted Chapter 17 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.

I submitted my story “Genealogy is a Puzzle” to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library in March 2022.

In July 2018, I completed the first draft of my novel Assassin in New Marl City. It was 99,981 words and 36 chapters. In December 2018, I completed a pre-second draft with 30 chapters. It had 89,072 words. I finished the second draft in December 2019. I started writing a new chapter 1 in February 2020 and finished it in April 2020. The planned third draft will have 32 Chapters. I finished the third draft edits on Chapter 3 in July 2020. I hope to reset the novel and complete the revisions in 2022.

Writing Progress from March 2022 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in March 2022.

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 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 submission for 2022 yet.

Events from March 2022.

I attended the Western Reserve Writers Conference at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Lyndhurst, Ohio on March 26, 2022.

This is a link to the Cuyahoga County Library website.

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/

Writing Goals for April 2022.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2022.

I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is 26 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 18 in April 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

In April 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Introductory Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in April 2022.

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 April 2022, 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 April 2022 continued.

In April 2022, 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 April 2022.

The next event I plan to attend is Ice and Fire Con at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, from April 21 to April 24, 2022. I originally had a ticket for the Ice and Fire Con 2020, but they canceled it because of COVID-19.

This is a link to the Ice and Fire Conference website.

http://www.iceandfirecon.com/