Month-End Update: November 2015

Unfortunately (though, fortunately, for the late hour at which I’m writing), I don’t have much to report for November. Mostly, this is because I had an extended holiday to attend an academic conference with my husband and also go home to visit my friends and family after a long, arduous four months in Connecticut. Therefore, in the spirit of not having much to say, I’ll keep this one short and sweet.

Writing/Drafting

Blog Posts Written — 4 (plus one guest post and one reblog)
Fiction Words Written — 25,690
# of Days I Wrote Fiction — 13
Outlines Written — 0

Editing/Revising

Drafts Revised — 0
# of Days I Revised — 0
Misc. Editing — N/A

Reading

Books Finished

Fiction Unboxed by Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt
An Oxford Holiday (An Ingenious Mechanical Devices Short Story) by Kara Jorgensen
Let’s Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, And Why You Should by David Gaughran
How to Market a Book by Joanna Penn
The Man in the High Castle  by Philip K. Dick
Reader Magnets: Build Your Author Platform and Sell More Books on Kindle by Nick Stephenson




Books Begun/In-Progress

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King




Books Reviewed

No Quarter (The Ambeth Chronicles #2) by Helen Jones – read review

Author Business Activities

Free video series on growing a mailing list
Free video training on finding an audience
Shipping signed copies of The Cogsmith’s Daughter to generous readers!

Goals for December

Get back to a regular blogging schedule
Implement my new social media marketing schedule
Craft a marketing plan for 2016
Resume work on Desertera #2
Write 2016 resolutions (business and personal)

What have you accomplished this month? What are your goals for December? For *gasp* 2016? Share in the comments!

 

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