C.M. Simpson's Blog

From dark-ish paramilitary science fiction to dark-ish science-fantasy, and from agents working for the trans-galactic good to a magical being who lives a life of retrieval and protection, the second short story for January explores what the mythic banshee might become if they existed...and lived in a distant future.What's it About?

After last week’shiccup, and the health-scare that followed, I’m trying a few new things thatI’m not ready to talk about in full. They involve a little catch-up, a lot offorward planning, and a lifestyle shake-up that will impact my work capacity.This shake-up will lead into a habit change that will take around six weeks toestablish, so definitive goals will be scarce, and global aims will

Knowing I had onemajor medical appointment for a family member, and an emotionally andpsychologically difficult appointment, this week, I kept the goals down totrying to publish the next three titles.There were anadditional two appointments after that, leading to a third, so the week wasextremely disrupted, and involved a lot of recovery time. I got one titlepublished, caught up on some

I got a lot done, andstill found myself aiming too high, so some readjustments will be needed.To whit:Achieved:1.  1. All 7poems completed;2. 2. All 7pieces of flash completed;3. 3. Novelcompleted;4. 4. WriterReads videos scheduled5. 5. All 7gameplay videos scheduled6. 6. All 14gameplay videos completed7. 7.

First words were laid down on the novel the Sunday just gone - and, yes, at the time of prepping this post, it looks like we have a real chance of finalizing the draft for this little monster before the week is out. Will it be done before the year is gone? Well, that's a good question, but I'm only just getting back on my feet with the words, so let's just take it as it comes. There's 'would be

First flash for the week...and for a very long time.An Act of Kindness Acup of water. Who’d have thought it would matter now that the battle was lost,but it did…or Shiloh hoped it did.Hedared to raise his gaze enough to catch his opposite number’s eye, and froze.Not because of the commander’s familiar features, but because of the markingson her armored breastplate.“Y…yourmajesty?”

First poem of the week.From Flight to FightJosiah ran thedrumbeatThe blood beat inhis veinsHe ran the dry anddusty groundTook to stone androck so no tracks were foundFled the wire andfencesThe torturechambers, and the flensersFled imprisonmentfor crimesWhich he’d notcommitted at the timeFled from country,then from worldTook to higherpaths, new hope unfurledAnd then

It looks crazy, but it’scalled ‘taking the pressure down.’ The current goals take into account the needto publish at an accelerated schedule on both the writing and video fronts, in order to clear more writing time andprepare the way for a transition to a more sustainable and flexible workschedule in the, hopefully, not-too-distant future. In other words, I will not forever be trying to