Progress report on my writings: December 2008
PROGRESS REPORT ON MY WRITINGS: December 2008
Percentages below are based on a goal of 30,000 words per month (1000 words per day). Averages do not count days or months on which I did not write.
2008
January: 23,780 (average 1699/day). Wrote 14 days. 79%
February: 18,760 (average 1563/day). Wrote 12 days. 62%
March: 26,125 (average 2612/day). Wrote 10 days. 87%
April: 17,610 (average 1600/day). Wrote 11 days. 59%
May: 5790 (average 1447/day). Wrote 4 days. 19%
June: 1055 (average 527/day). Wrote 2 days. 4%
July: 2190 (average 2190/day). Wrote 1 day. 7%
September: 3290 (average 1645/day). Wrote 2 days. 11%
October: 15,610 (average 5203/day). Wrote 3 days. 52%
November: 55,740 (average 3278/day). Wrote 17 days. 186%
December: 23,190 (average 3312/day). Wrote 7 days. 77%
Total average for 2008: 17,558/month, 2327/day. Wrote 83 days, an average of 8 days per month out of the 11 months in which I wrote.
Total for 2008: 193,140 / 360,000. 54%
[By comparison:
Total average for 2007: 9,672/month, 1668/day. Wrote 58 days, an average of 6 days per month out of the 10 months in which I wrote.
Total for 2007: 96,720 / 360,000. 27%]
==STATUS OF STORIES==
Updated 18 December 2008.
x = Worked on this month.
xx = Task completed this month.
Research:
x --On Guard 8 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Short Sharp Shock 3 (Leather in Lawnville).
Continue/finish writing (next unfinished story in series):
x --Law Links 1-6, various scenes (The Three Lands). 15,480 additional words written.
--Petty (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
x --On Guard 5 (Ch. 12 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon). 650 additional words written.
--On Guard 7 (Ch. 16 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 8 (Ch. 17 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3 (Life Prison).
x --Mercy's Prisoner 4 (Life Prison). 2810 words written.
--Mercy's Prisoner 5 (Life Prison).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
--Triad (Triad).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (Loren's Lashes).
Continue/finish writing (future stories):
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Death Mask (The Three Lands).
--The Fire Before (The Three Lands).
--Touch Fire (The Three Lands).
--Unbound (The Three Lands).
--The Golden Chain (The Three Lands).
--Empty Dagger Hand (The Three Lands).
--The Long Night (The Three Lands).
--Unknowable (The Three Lands).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--Sweet Blood 4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Forge 1-4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison).
x --Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison). 4250 additional words written.
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Bloodplay in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Stonewall in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Work-for-Hire in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Mainstreaming in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Short Sharp Shock 1 and 3 (Leather in Lawnville).
Edit:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6 and 9 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Send to beta readers:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
--Hell's Messenger 1-2 (Life Prison).
Awaiting beta reports:
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 1-3 (Loren's Lashes).
Edit from beta reports:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Right or Right (Darkling Plain).
--Law of Vengeance (The Three Lands).
--Rebirth 2-6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Pleasure (Master/Other).
Proofread and do final editing:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
x --Noble 1 (Princeling).
--Noble 2 (Princeling).
--Debt Price 1-3 (Master/Other).
Do final editing:
--Rebirth 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --Whipster 2-3 (Michael's House).
Ready for layout, but hold till other installments are ready:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Text ready for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for e-book/online/list publication:
xx --Whipster (Michael's House).
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
Text ready for e-book/online/list publication:
xx --Whipster (Michael's House).
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
Lay out for print publication:
--Bard of Pain (The Three Lands).
--Whipster (Michael's House).
Text ready for print publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Percentages below are based on a goal of 30,000 words per month (1000 words per day). Averages do not count days or months on which I did not write.
2008
January: 23,780 (average 1699/day). Wrote 14 days. 79%
February: 18,760 (average 1563/day). Wrote 12 days. 62%
March: 26,125 (average 2612/day). Wrote 10 days. 87%
April: 17,610 (average 1600/day). Wrote 11 days. 59%
May: 5790 (average 1447/day). Wrote 4 days. 19%
June: 1055 (average 527/day). Wrote 2 days. 4%
July: 2190 (average 2190/day). Wrote 1 day. 7%
September: 3290 (average 1645/day). Wrote 2 days. 11%
October: 15,610 (average 5203/day). Wrote 3 days. 52%
November: 55,740 (average 3278/day). Wrote 17 days. 186%
December: 23,190 (average 3312/day). Wrote 7 days. 77%
Total average for 2008: 17,558/month, 2327/day. Wrote 83 days, an average of 8 days per month out of the 11 months in which I wrote.
Total for 2008: 193,140 / 360,000. 54%
[By comparison:
Total average for 2007: 9,672/month, 1668/day. Wrote 58 days, an average of 6 days per month out of the 10 months in which I wrote.
Total for 2007: 96,720 / 360,000. 27%]
==STATUS OF STORIES==
Updated 18 December 2008.
x = Worked on this month.
xx = Task completed this month.
Research:
x --On Guard 8 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Short Sharp Shock 3 (Leather in Lawnville).
Continue/finish writing (next unfinished story in series):
x --Law Links 1-6, various scenes (The Three Lands). 15,480 additional words written.
--Petty (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
x --On Guard 5 (Ch. 12 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon). 650 additional words written.
--On Guard 7 (Ch. 16 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 8 (Ch. 17 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3 (Life Prison).
x --Mercy's Prisoner 4 (Life Prison). 2810 words written.
--Mercy's Prisoner 5 (Life Prison).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
--Triad (Triad).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (Loren's Lashes).
Continue/finish writing (future stories):
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Death Mask (The Three Lands).
--The Fire Before (The Three Lands).
--Touch Fire (The Three Lands).
--Unbound (The Three Lands).
--The Golden Chain (The Three Lands).
--Empty Dagger Hand (The Three Lands).
--The Long Night (The Three Lands).
--Unknowable (The Three Lands).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--Sweet Blood 4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Forge 1-4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison).
x --Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison). 4250 additional words written.
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Bloodplay in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Stonewall in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Work-for-Hire in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Mainstreaming in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Short Sharp Shock 1 and 3 (Leather in Lawnville).
Edit:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6 and 9 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Send to beta readers:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
--Hell's Messenger 1-2 (Life Prison).
Awaiting beta reports:
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 1-3 (Loren's Lashes).
Edit from beta reports:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
--Right or Right (Darkling Plain).
--Law of Vengeance (The Three Lands).
--Rebirth 2-6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Pleasure (Master/Other).
Proofread and do final editing:
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
x --Noble 1 (Princeling).
--Noble 2 (Princeling).
--Debt Price 1-3 (Master/Other).
Do final editing:
--Rebirth 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --Whipster 2-3 (Michael's House).
Ready for layout, but hold till other installments are ready:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Text ready for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for e-book/online/list publication:
xx --Whipster (Michael's House).
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
Text ready for e-book/online/list publication:
xx --Whipster (Michael's House).
xx --Re-creation (The Three Lands).
Lay out for print publication:
--Bard of Pain (The Three Lands).
--Whipster (Michael's House).
Text ready for print publication:
[Nothing currently.]
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