Nothing like the Christmas Concert with the Cleveland Orchestra and a choir at Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. I attended on December 22, 2018. Jamie Farr narrated The Night Before Christmas. The whole show was wonderful.
Writing Progress from November 2018
I wrote 1 blog post for garydavidgillen.com.
I bought and used the editing program Pro Writing Aid to edit the novel. I edited and typed Assassin in New Marl City Chapters 30, 32, and 33 in August of 2018. I started reviewing Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in September and plan to finish the review in December.
The first draft of Assassin in New Marl City was complete at 99981 words in July of 2018. Decided to cut six chapters to use in book #2 and write two new chapters to end up with about 88000 words in book #1. I wrote the new Chapter 5 in September and new Chapter 10 was written in early December.
I wrote the story, Popular Mechanics Rebrewed, for my writing class.
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 for 2018 are; 0 different stories submitted a total of 0 times with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 0 rejections.
Events from November 2018
I missed the Book Baby Authors Con in Philadelphia, PA, on November 4, 2018.
Writing Goals for December 2018
I plan to write 4 blog posts for garydavidgillen.com.
Write the second of two new chapters for Assassin in New Marl City. It is the new Chapter 10.
Type the edits for Assassin in New Marl City Chapters 34, 35, and 36 in December 2018.
Edit Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Advanced Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio.
Revise Space Station Sunyata for my intermediate writing workshop at South Euclid, Ohio.
Polish and submit the stories Sleeping Sickness, Space-Dog Confession, 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.
Edit Searcher of Riven.
Hire an editor for Searcher of Riven from Fiveer.
Edit Ruins of Yarnud.
Hire an editor for Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.
Put the novel, Assassin in New Marl City, into the writing program, Scrivener.
Purchase e-book covers for Searcher of Riven and Ruins of Yarnud from Fiveer.
Purchase an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.
Planned Events for December 2018
The next conference that I would like to attend is ConFusion in Dearborn, Michigan from January 17 to 20, 2019. ConFusion is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association.
Link to ConFusion Detroit website.
Links
This is a link to my Writing Progress Report for November 2018.