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January 1, 2018
December 2018 Numbers
Words: 56,523 in 17 days
(Avg 3,325-words/day)
6 projects + Admin (14%)
Fun fact: Traveling* almost half of the month definitely put a damper on my word count.
I don’t have a lot to say about this month. The end of the year is usually a bit of pain. That being said, it’s been the best December in my recorded history.
I didn’t get to my goal (again, that pesky traveling) but one of
(Avg 3,325-words/day)
6 projects + Admin (14%)
Fun fact: Traveling* almost half of the month definitely put a damper on my word count.
I don’t have a lot to say about this month. The end of the year is usually a bit of pain. That being said, it’s been the best December in my recorded history.
I didn’t get to my goal (again, that pesky traveling) but one of
December 6, 2017
IWSG: November 2017
As you look back on 2017, with all its successes and failures, if you could backtrack, what would you do differently?
Guess who spaced the IWSG post last month? *Stabs self through the heart with her thumb*
This gal!
Holy moley! It’s the end of the year already, I’m in frantic mode, and definitely doing my best impression of headless poultry. But I also feel on top of it. My lists are
Guess who spaced the IWSG post last month? *Stabs self through the heart with her thumb*
This gal!
Holy moley! It’s the end of the year already, I’m in frantic mode, and definitely doing my best impression of headless poultry. But I also feel on top of it. My lists are
December 1, 2017
November's Numbers
Words: 77,577 in 30 days
(Avg 2,984-words/day)
3 projects + Admin (6%)
Hey, look who managed to make herself focus this month?
I hadn’t intended to do NaNoWriMo this year, but I wound up hopping on that bandwagon on the first, and I believe this is the only year where I’ve actually logged a word count every day of November. Lots of sneaked in words here and there on So. Many. Devices.
(Avg 2,984-words/day)
3 projects + Admin (6%)
Hey, look who managed to make herself focus this month?
I hadn’t intended to do NaNoWriMo this year, but I wound up hopping on that bandwagon on the first, and I believe this is the only year where I’ve actually logged a word count every day of November. Lots of sneaked in words here and there on So. Many. Devices.
November 1, 2017
October Numbers
Halloween is over and that means two things. #1: I don’t get to shop for home decor again for another 11 months. #2 it’s time for October’s numbers.
Words: 61,056 in 20 days
(Avg 3,053-words/day)
9 projects + Admin (16%)
I need less than 50k before January 1st to have written more this year than last. But it is safe to guess I won’t be getting the 263,107-words it would take to match 2013’s
Words: 61,056 in 20 days
(Avg 3,053-words/day)
9 projects + Admin (16%)
I need less than 50k before January 1st to have written more this year than last. But it is safe to guess I won’t be getting the 263,107-words it would take to match 2013’s
October 31, 2017
Stranger Things Season 2
If you’re like me, you spent last weekend, binging Stranger Things Season 2. If you’re not like me and are taking it slow, you might want to come back later.
Having finished the show, I have opinions (when don’t I?), and I intend to share them with you (as always).
What I liked:
The friendship between Joyce and Hopper
As you’ll later see, I really love platonic friendship under
Having finished the show, I have opinions (when don’t I?), and I intend to share them with you (as always).
What I liked:
The friendship between Joyce and Hopper
As you’ll later see, I really love platonic friendship under
October 16, 2017
NaNo No No
As we hit the middle of October, I’m over here looking askance at NaNoWriMo.
I enjoy participating in the yearly ritual, but the book I’ve been planning to NaNo-up all year has been usurped in my schedule and while my req w/c for the new November project will more than adequately fulfill NaNo’s requirements…. The unfulfilled expectation chafes.
So I probably won’t do the thing.
Through
I enjoy participating in the yearly ritual, but the book I’ve been planning to NaNo-up all year has been usurped in my schedule and while my req w/c for the new November project will more than adequately fulfill NaNo’s requirements…. The unfulfilled expectation chafes.
So I probably won’t do the thing.
Through
October 4, 2017
IWSG October
This post has been a part of the monthly IWSG blog-hop. Bounce over there, check it out and sign up if you’re ready to share you neuroses with the world.
Have you ever slipped any of your personal information into your characters, either by accident or on purpose?
I think we always put a little of ourselves into our characters, both main and secondary. It’s difficult not to. All
Have you ever slipped any of your personal information into your characters, either by accident or on purpose?
I think we always put a little of ourselves into our characters, both main and secondary. It’s difficult not to. All
October 2, 2017
September Numbers 2017
Another month down, another (low) word count in the books.
Words: 34,245-words in 17 days
(Avg 2,014-words/day)
9 projects + Admin (14%)
September came in about 9k short of January, previously my lowest recorded w/c for the year. There were many distractions, several days were I was not at a desk, and much editing was done, so I’m not upset by that number. It’s still above the totals for
Words: 34,245-words in 17 days
(Avg 2,014-words/day)
9 projects + Admin (14%)
September came in about 9k short of January, previously my lowest recorded w/c for the year. There were many distractions, several days were I was not at a desk, and much editing was done, so I’m not upset by that number. It’s still above the totals for
September 26, 2017
The Disappearence of Flynn Monroe
It came to my attention early this morning, that I spaced addressing the disappearance of Flynn Monroe (that’s not the title of the next book).
Fact of the matter is: I meant to mention it, and then completely forgot.
(Yay, shoddy memory! Thanks, Idiopathic Temporal Lobe Epilepsy*!)
So, here’s the situation:
A short time ago, I pulled the Flynn series from all sales outlets. I did
Fact of the matter is: I meant to mention it, and then completely forgot.
(Yay, shoddy memory! Thanks, Idiopathic Temporal Lobe Epilepsy*!)
So, here’s the situation:
A short time ago, I pulled the Flynn series from all sales outlets. I did
September 6, 2017
IWSG: September 17
Have you ever surprised yourself with your writing?
I’m not sure if it counts, but I surprise myself with what I forget I’ve written.
Also with early quality and breadth of work.
Back in the year of 1 million words, I finished approximately twelve first drafts (and had a smattering of other incomplete stories). I’m still cleaning up those books and working through what is actually worth
