This is my Writing Progress Report May 2026.
In April 2026, I took a cruise on the Adventure of the Seas. This is a picture of the ship docked at Coco Cay on April 16, 2026.
Writing Progress from April 2026.
I wrote three blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. Including my writing progress report for April 2026, which I linked below.
In April 2026, I presented the revised Chapter 1 of my expanded short story named Chemithury to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.
I wrote 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 April 2026.
Events from April 2026.
I did not attend an event in April 2026.
Writing Goals for May 2026.
In May 2026, I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com, including my Writing Progress Report for May 2026.
I plan to work on Chapter 2 of the revised and expanded story named Chemithurgy for the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in May 2026.
In May 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 May 2026.
The next conference I plan to attend is the Confluence Conference, held near Pittsburgh, PA, from July 24, 2026, to July 26, 2026. They will have the conference at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel in Coraopolis, PA. I attended the Confluence conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, (2021 was cancelled due to COVID), 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
