Writing hours in December 2015

A reader of mine just pointed out that while I had shared my accomplishments of 2015 and my goals for 2016, I haven’t yet posted my writing hours for December. Oops!

I’ve been so busy with my work-in-progress, Shaken to the Core, that I actually forgot my monthly tradition!

So let’s see what I’ve been up to in the last few weeks of the year…

For the most part, I’ve been working on the first draft of Shaken to the Core. By the time the cold from hell forced me to abandon the keyboard at the end of December, I was almost 50,000 words into the story.

I also spent some time doing additional research for that book, for example, finding out what kind of medicine physicians had readily available in 1906 and where people would buy gasoline for their automobiles. I also began doing a bit of research for my next novel, a contemporary romance that will be set in a hospital.

I also got the edits for the translation of Damage Control back (“Im Scheinwerferlicht”) from my German editor.

So, let’s take a look at my working hours in December:

 Fiction Writing EditingResearchNonfiction WritingMarketing & AdministrationTOTAL




2015 - TOTAL1,325 hours876 hours260 hours256 hours309 hours3,026 hours




January175 hours88 hours---5 hours29 hours297 hours


February155 hours53 hours4 hours9 hours36 hours257 hours


March116 hours120 hours32 hours1 hours25 hours294 hours


April79 hours86 hours6 hours18 hours48 hours237 hours


May97 hours100 hours19 hours54 hours32 hours302 hours


June143 hours80 hours21 hours2 hours25 hours271 hours


July89 hours42 hours1 hours0 hours19 hours151 hours


August112 hours111 hours---33 hours12 hours268 hours


September82 hours72 hours15 hours118 hours16 hours303 hours


October93 hours41 hours46 hours9 hours23 hours212 hours


November65 hours47 hours91 hours5 hours21 hours229 hours


December119 hours36 hours25 hours2 hours23 hours205 hours

Compared to 2014…

my total working hours went up by 19% (+475 hours)
my editing hours (that’s editing other authors’ manuscripts, not my own, by the way) went up by 62% (+326 hours)
my fiction writing hours went up by 36% (+352 hours)
my nonfiction writing hours went down by 31% (-115 hours)
my marketing hours went down by 20% (-79 hours)
my research hours went down by 7% (-19 hours)

Check back in a few days to check out my writing hours for January. I promise to post them on time

Have a nice Sunday!

Jae

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