Catch-Up - Progress Report: Week 3, October 11-17, 2015

It's been a while since I did one of these. I've had them prepped and ready to go, but I underestimated the end of the year, so this is what I got up to in the third-last week of October, 2015.

Here's what I was thinking as I wrote this way back then:


Busy week. Lots of study. Lots of writing. First exam in 3 weeks’ time, and 1 more essay to write.OverviewNew words produced: 12,928Old words revised: 0Works completed: 0Works revised: 0Covers created: 0Works published: 0Works submitted: 0Competitions Entered: 0Outlines: 486Bloggery: 219University Prep and Assignments: 829
Back-on-Track Challenge:
Design covers for, edit, format, and upload the following:NilFinishAnnual27—366 Days of Poetry: release date changed from December 2015 to January2016; January through March complete.Annual28—366 Days of Flash Fiction: release date changed from December 2015 to January 2016; January complete.New WritingNilPublishing TasksCreated 1 blog posts for this blog;New ArrivalsThe following pieces arrived last week and were completed:Poem642—A Caution on Mermaids: A fantasy acrostic poem warning of the dangers in seeking mermaids;Poem643—The Mermaid Taboo: A fantasy cinquain warning of the dangers in seeking out mermaid treasure;Poem644—Business in the Palace Quarter: a fantasy poem about the dealings carried out at high society gatherings;Poem645—Searching the Mist: a fantasy poem about looking for someone lost in the pre-dawn mist;ShortStory559—Back to the Delve: a piece of flash science fiction about re-emerging after an apocalypse;ShortStory560—The Coming of the Wolves: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about a wolf rescue;ShortStory561—Waiting for Mother: a piece of flash science fiction of post-apocalyptic survival;ShortStory562—The Pink Unicorn: a piece of urban flash fiction fantasy about a miniature pink unicorn;ShortStory563—That Accursed Rug: a piece of urban flash fiction fantasy about a rug;ShortStory564—When the Birds Came: a piece of urban fantasy flash fiction about birds, trolls, elves and shape-changing snakes;ShortStory565—The Prospector’s Demise: a piece of outback urban fantasy flash fiction about an enclave of pixies set in the pixie dust world;ShortStory566—True Treasure: a piece of fantasy flash about fire demons and forests;ShortStory567—The Ice Pixies and the Gardener: a piece of urban fantasy flash about some ice pixies coming to an understanding with a gardener;ShortStory568—Life in Pikar’s Deep: a piece of flash science fiction about an alien eco-system;ShortStory569—Trolls in the Sunset City: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction about a troll incursion;ShortStory570—Midnight Tryst: a piece of zombie apocalypse flash fiction;ShortStory571—One Cub More: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about the rescue of a wolf cub – follows on from ShortStory560;ShortStory572—Salvation in the Black: a piece of flash modern fantasy fiction about mermaids facing the danger of modern seas;ShortStory573—The Swarm and the Storm: a piece of flash science fiction about the dangers of a new world;ShortStory574—Pack Business: a piece of flash science fiction about werewolves in space;ShortStory575—The Uninvited Pixie: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction set in the pixie-dust world;ShortStory576—The Weight of Living: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about living on after a loved one has died; ShortStory577—Wrath from the Sea: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about mermaids;ShortStory578—Halfred and the Land of Ice: a piece of flash fantasy fiction about dangers in the land of ice;ShortStory579—Traderes of Terramidas: a piece of flash science fiction about traders on another world;ShortStory580—Tilly Toohey’s Pterasaurs: a piece of flash science fiction expanding on the lives of the traders of Terramidas;ShortStory581—The Prides of Kadesti: a piece of flash science fiction about feline shapeshifters of another world;ShortStory582—Raider’s Regret: a piece of flash fiction about raiders;ShortStory583—The Flowers of Rudel: a piece of flash science fiction about flowers on another world;ShortStory584—A Dolphin Asks for Help: a piece of flash speculative fiction about a dolphin and a surfer;ShortStory585—Treasure Hunt: a piece of flash fiction about a treasure hunt;ShortStory586—Spider-Born Apprenticeship: a piece of flash science fiction about spiders;ShortStory587—A Meeting of Wolves: a piece of flash fiction about werewolves;ShortStory588—Climbing Til Dawn: a piece of flash urban horror fantasy about trolls;ShortStory589—Raptor Reprisal: a piece of flash fiction about raptors;ShortStory590—Rubbish Opal: a piece of flash steampunk fiction about finding an opal;ShortStory591—Natalia’s Run: a piece of flash fiction about an escape;ShortStory592—The Ants of Helical 9: a piece of flash science fiction about ants on another world.