The plan: April 2011

Last month's progress:

Last month I tried to do a trial run at NaNoWriMo. To write 50k words of my new novel in one month. I didn't quite manage it. I did manage just over 40k words, however, and I'm now well over half way through the next book's first draft. So I do consider it a success.

I hand-wrote: 41k words
Typed: 65k words (including emails and blogs)
Spent 10 hours planning for the old book.
5 hours on Flight work
Spent approx 15 hours in the month distracted by something (not including emails).
Sent 103 emails
Spent 25 hours reading

I think I need to be distracted less but still good progress, and maybe send a few less emails.

This month the plan is to get my book cover done for With Proud Humility, finish off the last of the t-shirt designs for the new website/shop and work on the graphic novels with Kezia Warren and Andrew Bellingham. I'm also going to need to dedicate some time to a top secret project for Flight. Will post more about that when I can.

I'm taking ten days off from easter, so assuming I still have some time left, I'll then continue writing the second book (and maybe finally name it too).