Progress Report - Week 1 January 2014

Last-week-first-week. Last week of the old year, last week of the break—First week back at work, first week of the new year. Auspicious? I’m not sure, but writing was done and routines are being rejinked. Preparations are being made to ensure the release schedule runs to time. Blog is updated, old projects cleared and new projects prepped. This year is ticking along, okay. Let’s see how it continues.OverviewNew words produced: 3,668Old words revised: 3,586Works completed: 0Works revised: 0Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations)Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)Works submitted: 0Competitions Entered: 0
Tier 1 Tasks
Annual 13: Added 1,635 words

Annual 14: Added 2,245 words 

Extra Tasks
Annual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.1:CompiledAnnual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.2:CompiledAnnual12A—C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2013; Vol.3:CompiledAnthology7—An Anthology of Blades: Compiled and formatted
Publishing Tasks
Created 12 blog posts for this blog;Created 11 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog;Updated my about.me page
New ArrivalsThe following ideas arrived this week:

Poem258—A New Year Dawning: a poem about the new yearPoem259—Fires in the Medilo: a poem about swamp fire in a science fiction setting.Poem260—After the Fire: a poem about the aftermath of fire.Poem261—Don’t Wake the Dawn Birds: a science fiction poem about a species that might yet bePoem262—Salvation and Firelight: a science fiction poem about retaking a town.Poem263—Year’s End, Year’s Beginning: a poem about the turning of the year.Poem264—The Researcher’s Lament: a poem about the demise of a researcher.Poem265—The Summoner Pays: a poem about the price of sorcery.Poem266—Metamorphosis of a Space Explorer: a poem about a space explorerShortStory172—The Urban Investigation: an urban fantasy flash fiction with a touch of noir.ShortStory173—Street-Side Reunion: an urban fantasy about a reunion between two sisters.ShortStory174—Icecream and Pixie Dust:an urban flash fiction set in the pixie-dust world – with an icecream van!ShortStory175—Smokestack Aftermath: an urban flash fiction fantasy about what happens when normal plants are affected by not-so-normal toxinsShortStory176—Pixie Repatriation: an urban flash fiction fantasy about repatriating pixiesShortStory177—When Medilo Swamp Walks: a piece of flash science fiction about Medilo swampShortStory178—Surface Neutrality: a piece of speculative flash fiction about bladerunners.ShortStory179—Oceanic Allies: a piece of speculative flash fiction about ocean-based enemies and alliesShortStory180—The Sorceress of Medilo: a piece of flash science fiction about a sorceress in Medilo SwampYANovel16A: About a girl’s attempts to save her scientist mother and discover the fate of her scientist father.

The following idea was recovered from hand-written files and assigned a number. It is undergoing an extensive rewrite.
YANovel17A—Orb Wielder: A girl buys an orb at a market and adventure begins.