I’ve completed the job that I’d picked up last week, so now all of my time will be devoted to finishing this list. Here’s what’s left to do.

• Recorded, edited, and uploaded all of the missing translation recordings;

I’ve just scratched the surface, so far, having editing the Latin recording of “O Fortuna.” I still have the Modern English recording, 14 Beowulf recordings and the newest Telos AM podcast to get through. Tomorrow will see most (hopefully all) of this done).

• Created and posted a hyperlinked portfolio page on these blogs;

Hyperlinks will be up by the end of the week.

• Sent out two short stories to magazines;

I’m in the midst of sending one of these stories to pre-readers.

• Outlined the entirety of the fantasy novel that I’m currently writing;

I still intend to sprinkle reading this throughout my editing slog.

• Completed five of those chapters;

Without a plan, my ideas for these chapters are so nebulous that I can’t yet grasp their form.

• Completed the next act (four scenes) of an audio drama I’m working on;

No progress yet.

Things are quiet over there as well, but for some of my writing about video games check out my examiner page.

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Little by little I am, as they say, “gettin’ ‘er done”:

• Recorded, edited, and uploaded all of the missing translation recordings;

My plan right now is to spend as much of the weekend as I can editing these and the newest Telos AM podcast, so that come Sunday night they’re all finished.

• Created and posted a hyperlinked portfolio page on these blogs;

The hyperlinks are all that’s left for these.

• Sent out two short stories to magazines;

To be 100% sure that it’s as good as I can get it, I’ve decided to send out my story to pre-readers before I let it into the world at large.

• Outlined the entirety of the fantasy novel that I’m currently writing;

Reading what I have to refresh my memory and making this outline will be a great way to break up my otherwise audio editing intensive weekend.

• Completed five of those chapters;

Without a plan, my ideas for these chapters are so nebulous that I can’t yet grasp their form.

• Completed the next act (four scenes) of an audio drama I’m working on;

No progress yet.

• Created a Commissions page (accessible through every blog) to accept new commissions.

Completed! I’ll likely be adding fan fiction to the options, I just need to figure out some things about that.

In less than an hour check out A Glass Darkly for my search for the salvageable in This Means War.

And, as always, check out my examiner page for some of my writing on video games.

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The update is slowly moving forward. Here’s where the list stands:

• Recorded, edited, and uploaded all of the missing translation recordings;

These recordings will be edited at some point over the next four days. I’ll probably edit them the same day that I sit down to edit the newest Telos AM podcast.

• Created and posted a hyperlinked portfolio page on these blogs;

All the citations are up. I now just need to get them all hyperlinked and work out how to improve the appearance of this page.

• Sent out two short stories to magazines;

Magazine lists still need to be compiled, but I’m confident that my stories are ready.

• Outlined the next 10 chapters for the fantasy novel I’m writing;

I still need to read the rest of what I’ve written to date. However, inspired by the great Writing Excuses podcast, I’ve decided to outline the entirety of this novel before going forward with writing it.

• Completed five of those chapters;

The plan is still outstanding, so the same can be said of these chapters.

• Completed the next act (four scenes) of an audio drama I’m working on;

No progress yet.

• Created a Commissions page (accessible through every blog) to accept new commissions.

This is the next thing that will be crossed off the list.

Come Friday this blog will be home to a double header: the next blog update, and my look for the likeable in This Means War.

Plus, if you want to read some of my writing on video games, check out my examiner page.

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Working on something other than this blog has reminded me why I wanted to pause my regular updates in the first place.

One of my reasons was to make these blogs more coherent, and the other was to bring writing fiction back into my routine. Somewhere in the mix, I forgot that I am a writer and not a PR guy or social media wizard. So, this is the revised to-do list that has things directly related to these two purposes in mind:

• Recorded, edited, and uploaded all of the missing translation recordings;

These recordings still need to be edited. I’m slowly psyching myself up to tackle this.

• Created and posted a hyperlinked portfolio page on these blogs;

All citations will be up over the next two days, and at that point I’ll add this as a blog page. Every citation will be hyperlinked by the weekend.

• Sent out two short stories to magazines;

After my current work is done I’m going to pull out my copy of The Short Story and Novel Writer’s Market, pick the ten best venues for each story I’ll be sending, and then I’ll send them. This is still likely to be the last thing from this list to get finished.

• Outlined the next 10 chapters for the fantasy novel I’m writing;

I’ve read some of what I’d written and, aside from being a little ashamed of my younger self (ah, what a difference a year can make!), I’ve got a plan percolating. I’d previously guessed this step would be done for today, but alas, it has not. Still, this item is the most likely to be crossed off the list come Wednesday.

• Completed five of those chapters;

The plan is still outstanding, so the same can be said of these chapters.

• Completed the next act (four scenes) of an audio drama I’m working on;

No progress yet.

• Created a Commissions page (accessible through every blog) to accept new commissions.

Since my two previous commissions have been completed, I have no reason to not set up this page. Expect it over the next two days.

Check back here on Wednesday for the to-do list’s current status. Check back on Friday for my search for the salient in This Means War. Oh, and, if you want to see some of my non-Blogger-hosted writing, check out my video game blog over at Examiner.com.
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My writing work has picked up over the past two days, and so I haven’t had time to make any further progress on the blog updates.

However, over the next two days I will be making time to tackle a task or two from the to-do list.

Check back here then for a progress report. Also, if you haven’t already, track down and watch This Means War, the final film for this year’s All-Request August.

So far the to-do list has been going slowly. However, as of tonight here is where each task stands:

• Recorded, edited, and uploaded all of the missing translation recordings;

All of the Beowulf passages that have “{Forthcoming}” where their recordings should be are one step closer to having them there. I’ve finished recording all of them and now just need to edit and post them. I still need to record “O Fortuna.”

• Created and posted a hyperlinked portfolio page on these blogs;

I’ve planned out how I’m going to do this, but haven’t enacted the plan yet.

• Made all of the titles of entries uniform across both blogs;

This task has been completed.

• Sent out two short stories to magazines;

I have two short stories that I’ve sent off to recent contests (unsuccessfully, alas), but that I’m going to edit and then send.

• Created a central, personal blog on tumblr;

This has been planned out, but hasn’t yet been executed.

• Created a Facebook Writer/Author page;

No progress yet.

• Outlined the next 10 chapters for the fantasy novel I’m writing;

No progress on this, directly, but I have been struck with some world-building ideas of late.

• Completed five of those chapters;

See the above.

• Completed the next act (four scenes) of an audio drama I’m working on;

No progress yet.

• Completed my two outstanding commissions;

No progress yet beyond a rough draft and a rough idea.

• Created a Commissions page (accessible through every blog) to accept new commissions.

I have this in draft form, and will be looking it over once I’ve finished those two commissions.

Check back here for more updates as they come, I plan to post them here bi-daily. Even if that might seem a bit counter-productive.

Also, don’t miss part four of All-Request August over at my writing/editorial/review blog A Glass Darkly. It’ll feature a look at the TV miniseries Earthsea.