This is my Writing Progress Report February 2026.
I attended ConFusion in Novi, Michigan, from January 30, 2026, to February 1, 2025. The conference is located at the Novi Sheraton. This is my plate from the guest of honor dessert reception held on Friday evening. Yum!
Writing Progress from January 2026.
I wrote four blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. Including my writing progress report for January 2026, which I linked below.
In January 2025, I presented the short story named Pinky Swear to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.
I will write new short stories in January, February, and March. Last year I completed the novelette version of Chemithurgy. My plan is to expand the story to novella length in 2026.
I made five posts on my Goodreads account in December 2025.
Events from January 2026.
I attended ConFusion in Novi, Michigan, from January 30, 2026, to February 1, 2025. The conference is located at the Novi Sheraton. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Sponsors ConFusion.
The con theme this year is Magical ConFusion.
Here’s the registration details.
This year’s Writing Guest of Honor was Maurice Braddus.
Writing Goals for February 2026.
In February 2026, I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com, including my Writing Progress Report for February 2026.
I plan to work on a story for the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in February 2026.
In February 2026, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.
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, 2023, 2024, or 2025.
I plan to submit short stories in 2026.
Planned Events for February 2026.
The next conference I plan to attend is the Cleveland Concoction, from March 6, 2026, to March 8, 2026. They will hold the conference at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center at 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, Ohio.
This is a link to the ConCoction website.
http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/
Another event I plan to attend is the 41st Annual Western Reserve Writers Conference at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Lyndhurst, Ohio on March 28, 2026.
This is a link to the Cuyahoga County Library website.
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org
