Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week?
- Meetings and Events –
- a Society of Authors’ workshop on writing audio drama (via Zoom) – YES
- attending a book launch event (via Zoom) – YES
- attending a reading by Red Door Poets (via Zoom) – YES (this evening).
- Writing projects –
- continue the final revisions of 17 Alma Road – YES
- final edit of two short stories (drafted last week) in readiness for competition entry -YES
- initial drafting of a new short story (title known but subject not..!) – YES, and finished; plus another one started
- seeing if I can get any further in drafting the beginning of “V” – NO
- trying to work on some new poems – sort of… I started on what may be a new long poem / dramatic monologue akin to Crash
- Coverstory books –
- Processing entires as they come in for the short story anthology submission call – YES
- Sundries –
- (c/f) defining my mentoring programme for the remainder of the year – YES
- PLUS:
- started a new audio recording thread, “Sonnet Man”, by recording and posting a reading of the first sonnet from Not the Sonnets. You can find it here. Hoping to record one-a-day, if they get traction.
- entered a couple of short story competitions.
A good week. Especially pleasing is the new short story work.
So, in terms of writing-related events and writing itself, what does the next week hold?
- Meetings and Events –
- a meeting with the Hammond House organisation, hopefully to arrange a performance of Crash early in the new year;
- hosting Contextual: 20 poetry reading event on Thursday (via Zoom).
- Writing projects –
- continue drafting the short story started last week (working title “Simmo”);
- continue drafting the new poetic monologue (working title “Bound”);
- recording seven more sonnets for ‘Sonnet Man’;
- trying to work on some new poems.
- Coverstory books –
- opening submissions for New Contexts: 6 and publicising accordingly;
- processing entires as they come in for the short story anthology submission call.
- Sundries –
- drafting a Coverstory books newsletter for distribution w/c 2nd Oct.
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Ian Gouge - Writer 