Writing Progress Report – Fourth Quarter 2023

Progress Report – Fourth Quarter 2023

How was fourth quarter 2023 for writing? So I spent fourth quarter 2023 planning for, writing, and recovering from the crown jewel of the year, NaNoWriMo! So, it was great fun…

Fourth Quarter 2023 Posted Works

First of all, I worked on a few new short stories I’d been writing all year. A lot of these had been drafted on paper and so I spent some time editing them.

Then on Wattpad I posted on the WattNaNo profile, and nowhere else.

Milestones

Also, I have written over 3.5 million words (fan fiction and wholly original fiction combined). So right now my stats on Wattpad for wholly original works are as follows:

• Dinosaurs – 42+ reads, 11+ comments
• How to NaNoWriMo – 26,183+ reads, 340+ comments
• My Favorite Things (like kibble) – 988 reads, 133 comments
• Revved Up – 59,478+ reads, 531+ comments
• Side By Side – 21 reads, 2 comments
• Social Media Guide for Wattpad – 16,408+ reads, 592+ comments
• The Canadian Caper – 509 reads, 37 comments
• The Dish – 250 reads, 24 comments
• There is a Road – 189 reads, 28 comments

Published Works as of Fourth Quarter 2023

Also, I am amassing quite the collection of published works!

So, here’s everything that has found a home so far.

Untrustworthy, which is my first published novel. So yay!

A True Believer in Skepticism, published in Mythic Magazine. Almost Shipwrecked, a story in the January 2019 edition of Empyreome.

Canaries, a short story in the March 29, 2019, edition of Theme of Absence. Complications, a story in the Queer Sci Fi Discovery anthology. So this is an anthology where the proceeds went to supporting the QSF website.

Cynthia and Wilder Bloom, stories in the Longest Night Watch II anthology.

Props, a story in the Longest Night Watch I anthology. So this is an anthology where the proceeds go to Alzheimer’s research.

Surprises, a story in Book One of the 42 and Beyond Anthology set.

The Boy in the Band, a story in the Pride Park anthology. So this is an anthology where the proceeds go to the Trevor Project.

The Interview, the featured story in the December 14, 2018 edition of Theme of Absence. So they even interviewed me!

The Last Patient, a story in the Stardust, Always anthology. This was an anthology where the proceeds go to cancer research.

The Resurrection of Ditte, a story in the Unrealpolitik anthology.

This is My Child, a short story published in the April 8, 2019 edition of Asymmetry Fiction. Three Minutes Back in Time, a short story published in Mythic Magazine.

Killing Us Softly, a short story published in Corner Bar Magazine. And Darkness into Light, a short story also published in Corner Bar Magazine.

WIP Corner

So my current WIPs are as follows:

The Obolonk Murders Trilogy – so this one is all about a tripartite society. But who’s killing the aliens?

The Enigman Cave – can we find life on another planet and not screw it up? You know, like we do everything else?

The Real Hub of the Universe Trilogy – so the aliens who live among us in the 1870s and 1880s are at war. But why is that?

Mettle – so it’s all about how society goes to hell in a hand basket when the metals of the periodic table start to disappear. But then what?

Time Addicts – No One is Safe – so this one is all about what happens in the future when time travel becomes possible via narcotic.

Time Addicts – Nothing is Permanent – this is the second in this trilogy. What happens when time is tampered with and manipulated in all sorts of ways? It’s the ultimate in gaslighting, for one thing.

Time Addicts – Everything is Up For Grabs – as the timelines smack together and continue to diverge, it gets harder to tell the “real” timeline from all the newer fake ones. And what if some of the changes are for the better?

Prep Work

So currently, my intention, for 2025’s NaNoWriMo, is to write the third trilogy in the Time Addicts/Obolonks universe. But I need to iron out the plot! So a lot of this year has been spent on that. I have no name for this one yet.

For 2022 – 2024 NaNoWriMo, I have decided to create a prequel for each of the 5 main universes: Real Hub of the Universe, Obolonks, Time Addicts (while the Obolonks and Time Addicts are in the same universe, I just plain want to write two separate prequels!), Untrustworthy, The Enigman Cave, and Mettle.

In 2022, I wrote the prequels for Time Addicts and The Real Hub of the Universe. For 2023, it’s the Untrustworthy prequel and the prequel to the Obolonks (first trilogy).

So, I anticipate a lot of fun and perhaps a little confusion. But it’s all good!

Fourth Quarter 2023 Queries and Submissions

The older ones have moved. You can find them on my Publishing Stats page.

It’s been quiet. But that has been by design. Right now, I just plain don’t feel like putting myself out there these days. There, I said it.

In Progress

As of fourth quarter 2023, the following are technically still in the running for publishing:

Fourth Quarter 2023 – Productivity Killers

So it’s looking for work, what else? I am working on a ton of things and since that is also writing, it can sometimes burn me out. Because fourth quarter 2023 will not be the end of that!

If my works resonate with you, check out my other articles about my progress:

• Querying and Publishing Stats

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