This is my Writing Progress Report January 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Writing Progress from December 2025.
I wrote four blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. Including my writing progress report for December 2025, which I linked below.
In December 2025, we did not meet during the holidays at the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call. In January and February, I will write new short stories. 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 December 2025.
None this month
Writing Goals for January 2026.
In January 2026, I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com, including my Writing Progress Report for January 2026.
I plan to work on a story for the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in January 2026.
In January 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 January 2026.
The next conference I plan to attend is 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 next year is Magical ConFusion.
Here’s the registration details.
This year’s Writing Guest of Honor is Maurice Braddus.