Days of Planning, Writing & Editing

 
I’ve started brainstorming in earnest for my next project, the first of several planned sequels to New Fairy Moon. The project name is, somewhat predictably, GoSH2.
 
Starting this new project made me wonder how much time I spent planning, writing and editing other books. Here are the stats for Gunwitch: A Tale of the King’s Coven.
 
Days spent planning: 17
 
Days spent writing it: 54
 
Days spent editing it: 34 (includes copyediting)
 
Total days: 105
 
Total finished word count: 103,000
 

And here are the stats for New Fairy Moon:
 
Days spent planning: 15
 
Days spent writing: 45
 
Days spent editing: 37 (includes copyediting)
 
Total days: 97
 
Total finished word count: 67,000

 
I can see how the higher per-day quotas I followed for Gunwitch made a big difference in how many total days were spent. Because New Fairy Moon is 1/3 smaller than Gunwitch, but took nearly as many days to write.
 
Which probably means I should up my per-day quotas again.
 
-David
 
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