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August Numbers

August was my third least productive month…. And I think we can blame that on actually being focused.

Words:69,214-words in 21 days

(Avg 3,296-words)

5 Projects + Admin

 



Saying I worked on five projects almost feels like a lie… like I should go back and edit the spreadsheet to show only the two that I worked on in excess and toss the others in with the admin.

ISWG August 17

Guys, it’s been rough the last month. The weather’s been atrocious, job changes have made writing more difficult. And, well, most days are feeling like thursdays lately.

What are your pet peeves when reading/writing/editing?

Pet peeves are a dime a dozen.

In reading, word choice is one of them, specifically when an author is trying to make the scene sexy and they use a word that, while

July 2017 Numbers

This month was… interesting.

 

Words: 61,125 in 19 days

(Avg 3,217/day)

7 Projects + Admin

And a lot of editing only days

 

Goal Setting Like You're An Annoying GPS

I’ve mentioned it here before (and often) that I am a goal glutton. I love scheduling and planning and setting myself RIDICULOUS benchmarks.


And while I’ve managed to hit a few of those “shoot for the moon” plans, I’ll admit that more often than not, I get side tracked. Something in my schedule makes it impossible to complete the plan. A book suddenly blossoms with a plot thread I didn’t see

IWSG: Lessons

 

What is one valuable lesson you've learned since you started writing?

 

The thing I’ve learned is: learning to let go of your words is often the best thing you can do.

 

Back when I wrote my first novel, I was fiercely protective of every line, paragraph and scene. These were things that had come out of my head and my heart and they weren’t going to be tossed aside like trash. I clung to

June Numbers

Words: 135,285-wds in 26 days




(Avg: 5203/day)


12 Projects + Admin




 
The beginning of this month looked like it might have a big
potential for getting me that focus I so often find myself looking for, but
alas, I didn’t quite get there.




What I sacrificed in focus I made up for in productivity
though… 




This was my best month in recorded history. Though, I still
think February

Injection Burn Winner

(Guess who scheduled this in the wee hours and then forgot to push publish... that's right, me!)


The Winner of Injection burn by Jason M. Hough is....




#6 - Angela Spugnardi!

 



So, Angela, hit me up and get me your address so I can mail this guy off to you.

 

 

IWSG: Quitting

Did you ever say “I quit”? If so, what happened to make you come back to writing?



 


I write a lot. If you keep up with my monthly count posts (the only thing I seem to do consistently over here) you’ll have noticed that I’m averaging about 75,000-words a month so far this year. It’s just what I do.


 

But in 2015, I was almost forced to quit.

 

I didn’t run out of ideas.

I didn’t

GIVEAWAY: Signed Copy of Injection Burn by Jason M. Hough [CLOSED]

So I picked up a copy of Jason M. Hough’s newest book at Phoenix Comicon a few days before it’s release. It’s the first in his Beyond Dire Earth duology and it is a fantastically fun read. I knew it’d be great, so I bought two! One for me, and one for you.



 



I meant to put this giveaway up last week… on the book’s release date, but the week after PHXCC is always a bit of a blur and before

GIVEAWAY: Signed Copy of Injection Burn by Jason M. Hough

So I picked up a copy of Jason M. Hough’s newest book at Phoenix Comicon a few days before it’s release. It’s the first in his Beyond Dire Earth duology and it is a fantastically fun read. I knew it’d be great, so I bought two! One for me, and one for you.



 


I meant to put this giveaway up last week… on the book’s release date, but the week after PHXCC is always a bit of a blur and before