Monthly Roundup: June 2016

Wow, almost a whole month late. That’s a record. Though this has been an uncommonly busy few months, between book launch, tight deadlines, and more.

Writing:

Last month was devoted to frantically editing Masquerade, which was due July 10th. I started editing at the beginning of June, and by the end I was at 74,683 words in. I ended up thirding the word count of what I edited unless I knew the section I wrote that day was all new words, so my subtotal was 28,263 words of fiction. Nonfiction work came up to 3,968 words, for a monthly total of 32,249 words and a yearly subtotal of 177,808 words. Whew.

I also had a lot of False Hearts release work to do, including several events.

Travel & Life:

Lots of travel this month, as detailed in this roundup post. Basically it was Glasgow, London, Findhorn, and Glasgow again. I had my mother visiting and then my friend Erica. Findhorn was a hen do for my friend Hannah. Life was a lot this month. Lots of highs, but also rather overwhelming at times. All I can say is thank goodness for anxiety medication and beta blockers.

Plans for next month (well, this month by now):

Finish Masquerade (check!), catch up on various other projects. I’ll write about what I did in a few days, hopefully a bit less late this time!