Progress Report: Weeks 4 October and 1 November 2012

This week I returned to work after a four-week break. The break was wonderful, and, even though I probably spent more time on games than I should have, I got a bit of an idea of what an independent publisher could achieve full time. Granted, the last four weeks have been a lot more about the independent-publishing process, than about the actual writing, but I have still gained an inkling of what I could be doing if I wasn’t working full-time. Still, we play the hand we’re dealt, and some of us happen to like our day jobs. It all depends on where we’re at for now. So, what exactly have I achieved this week? Let’s see:Current ProjectsIn the last two weeks I completed the following on my current projects:
Edited RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart for PenName2;Edited Novella7Afor PenName3.Completed 250 words on my NaNoWriMo novel, which shall henceforth be called Steampunk7A.Began outline for RomanceNovel1C.Submitted proposal and outline for RPGAdventure9A.
Publishing TasksThe following publishing tasks were completed this last fortnight:
Formatted and uploaded RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart to CreateSpace in both large and small print formats;Formatted and uploaded RomanceNovel1A—Secondhand Sweetheart to Amazon and SmashwordsFormed C.M. Simpson Publishing;Added Madeleine Torr page to this blog;Created author pages for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog, then turned them into genre pages;Created 8 blog posts for this blog and 2 blog posts for C.M. Simpson Publishing;Created author page for C.M. Simpson Publishing;Created first black and white line drawing for Chapbook2 for PenName4; there are currently 10 chapbooks written and awaiting b&w internal art so I probably won’t start releasing those until around April or May 2013. Watch this space.
Craft-building TasksCraft-building tasks this fortnight consisted of:
Completing one terribleminds flash fiction challenge.
Backburner ProjectsI did not advance any backburner projects this fortnight.New ArrivalsThe following ideas arrived for development this fortnight:
Steampunk7A: Australia, steampunk, land barons, dinosaurs, bushrangers and really big wombats.Novella8A: for PenName1, about unseelie fae.