2011 Wrapup and

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2011 Wrapup and

Later this week will be my normal posting cycle with a post on Regency History, and the tales of my life as a writer. Here though is what I started last year with my year end post.

Word Count

The word count for the year reached just over 1 million

Writing and where we are at, what I have accomplished:

Amount of writing, number of words, number of pages

Book Title

Words written in 2010

# of Pages

KoTohLan II-Hoveria

50,768

169

Lord Falmont's Muddle (A Regency Romance)

107,808

359

The Prize is not as Great as you Think

138,418

461

The Fastest Love (A Regency Romance)

98,206

327

A Trolling We Will Go

37,074

124

Trolling Down to Old Mah Wee

36,819

123

Trollings Pass and Present

41,754

139

Trolling Trolling

36,999

123

We'll All Go a Trolling

39,361

131

Lord and Key

104,885

350

Sci Fi Short 1

41,824

139

Genghis Khan Rules for (Warriors) Writers

33,748

112

Jane Austen and Ghosts

41,987

140

The Other Shoe (A Regency Romance)

108,076

360

Water Water Everywhere (ECO Agents 1)

78,681

262

Sci Fi Short 2

3,072

10

Total 1,002,213 3,339

Synopsis of the Books Written

KoTohLan II-Hoveria

This is part of a seven book series. The first was written in 2009. Here the idea is that the gods saw many years before our current events that the ruling dynasty they favored had those who would destroy it from within as well as without. They hid our hero with the aid of some influential people from those who took over. Now the hero is grown and finds he is the heir of the old dynasty. The empire of 7 kingdoms also has been crumbling. He is to visit each kingdom, one per book, and do heroic actions that bring the people behind him to reunite the broken empire. This book sees him forming an army in the southern most kingdom. It teaches him to be a general. A skill he will need to build and also gain the loyalty of men for the threats should only continue to grow in the following books.

Lord Falmont's Muddle

Our hero, Henry St. James Evermond, the Marquess of Falmont has two sisters that have been neglected by his father, that last Marquess. Now that he has the title, he knows that they both must be launched into society and takes them up to Town for the season. Here he finds that he too is affected by what happens when a young lady is presented around town during the season. Lord Falmont had no desire to become attached, but he could not deny that his heart was affected so.

The Prize is not as Great as you Think

This is a Ruritanian Romance. Europe right before the first World War. Here our hero is a cousin of the king, and when the crown prince is killed, he is thrust forward as the King's successor. That the king's bastard son is the man who ordered the assassination of his own brother, and now wants to kill our hero, provides mystery even as our hero wonders if he can find love or must settle for a diplomatic marriage to keep the great powers at bay.

The Fastest Love

Having invested in the first railway, our hero did not think he should be enamored of a woman who has come to the inaugural run of the train. Yet when such dramatic events happen that day, it may indeed be feted that they are meant to pursue a romance.

A Trolling We Will Go

This is part of a five book series of short fantasy novels. It is the story of one man's determination to see that he does not die when the horrific Trolls invade his homeland, and what happens as he adapts.

Trolling Down to Old Mah Wee

Trollings Pass and Present

Trolling, Trolling, Trolling Fly Hides

We'll All Go a Trolling

Lord and Key

An Edwardian era book. Our hero recognizes that war is likely to come. He is an inventor, and the last man made a peer by Edward VII before the king dies. When faced with a family of ancient lineage int he town he builds his factory in, he clashes with the local lords daughter. A young lady who has been motivated by change herself as woman's sufferance is also on the rise.

Sci Fi Short 1

This is part of a five book short series of novels that deal with a galactic civil war. This book are part of the events our hero participates in as the galaxy heads down the road to the civil war.

Genghis Khan's Rules for (Warriors) Writers

Having read enough dross, and written enough as well, putting a small selection of rules and criteria to follow that even Genghis Khan would consider appropriate occurred to me this year.

Jane Austen and Ghosts

There are a great many stories being written taken the beloved Austen's works and linking them with all sorts of monsters. It is only a matter of time before they are optioned and made into a movie. A movie that Jane may not want to see made. Something that compels her to return and see it done right.

The Other Shoe

This is a Regency, written for the 2011 NaNoWriMo. Here our hero, the heir to a Duchy fears our heroine is about to force herself on him after a moment's introduction. He gives her the cut direct which is seen by enough that it becomes an Ondit, which our Hero and Heroine then try to rectify only to cause them to have their names further linked together until they fall for one another. But the past embarrassments that society has placed upon them may cause them to avoid what their hearts yearn for.

Water Water Everywhere but Nary a Drop (ECO Agents)

The ECO Agent series is one suggested by my scientist brother Douglas. Here child prodigies destined to be scientists study at a university like school, but as they grow and develop as scientists they are taken to trouble spots around the globe. Their intuition and skills help solve the ills of Earth and they act a little like Comic Book heroes with a grounding in reality as they make discoveries. They are the ECO Agents.

Sci Fi Short 2

This is part of a five book short novel series. It explores a civil war in space. In this book the Unity of Man is broken and shooting starts between both sides.

Books sold in 2011 totals

501 Sales in 2011, up from 96 in 2010

The End of the World 21

The Shattered Mirror 20

Colonel Fitzwilliam's Correspondence 447

A Trolling We Will Go 5

Trolling Down to Old Mahwee 2

Trollings Pass and Present 1

Genghis Khan's Rules for (Warriors) Writers 6

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