CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Finding Time to Play: When do I get time to play Ingress? Since I switch between it and PoGo on my morning walks - although I'll admit to giving this game priority for allowing myself to stop... unless I've run out of pokeballs and need to collect more. Generally, the goal of the (mostly) morning walk is to get as many kilometres covered in the 30-45 minutes I have for walking, before the real-world demands some attention, which means whatever pokemongoing or ingressing that happens has to happen without me having to stop. I do, however, allow 5 minutes of exceptions, such as capturing a gym, or portal, but, after that, too bad, what I find is what I'm stuck with, no matter how much I want to change it. Weekends, when I have more time, things are different and I get to stop more, but I must still hit a minimum of one hour's walk on the health app before I can go home and do something else - and, I still to impose a no-stopping rule when I need to get things done.

Why PokeGo? I like walking - and I like playing games while I do. I like Pokemongo because I don't have to have my head down in the phone to play, so I get to see the birds and say hi to folk I meet on the track - and, apparently, walking is good for me. Go figure. What I hate is actually heading out the door. Having gamer goals  makes that a little easier. I can do it without the extra incentive, but I'm really glad I don't have to. The other thing gaming while I walk does, is to help me break the cycle of going over things that make me depressed. It's hard to stay in a depressive thought cycle when your phone buzzes, and there's a new pokemon on the screen, or an old one, or a raid starting up nearby, and then there's always something happening in the way the game works. I like that; it's interesting. And there have been a lot of new things happening in the game. I just have to write up the reports and remember to blog what I've noticed. I am w

Editing and publishing was a major focus for last week, with editing completed on four projects, and three of those projects being uploaded for pre-order. I also completed a cover for the first release in March, and the major goal this week will be to complete the releases scheduled for March. So far, I have two to go. Progress was still made on all writing goal fronts—except the unspecified one to finish Babes in London , and I’m working towards clearing a day of desk space just for that. Here is the writing progress made in the past week:   Progress Overview: January 28-February 3, 2018 New words produced: 6,917 Outlines and Notes: 2,081 Words compiled: 13,675 Works completed: 0 Works edited: 4 ( Dear Tiger: I Miss You, Granny Finds a Gas Mask, Dear Tiger: I Don’t Think I’m Human Anymore, Memory's Vampire ) Covers created: 1 ( Memory's Vampire ) Works published: 3 ( Dear Tiger: I Miss You, Granny Finds a Gas Mask, Dear Tiger: I Don’t Think I’m Human Anymore