Love in Dark Settings

"Work: get something done, though that something may not be much, and it may be at times dull work doing it."

--Hugo Daniel Harper to the boys of Sherborne School, Dorset, in 1877; as quoted by L. V. Lester in A Memoir of Hugo Daniel Harper (1896).

January: 37,470 (average 3122/day). Wrote 12 days. 125%

Percentages are based on a goal of 30,000 words per month (1000 words per day). Averages do not count days on which I did not write.

x = Worked on this month.
xx = Task completed this month.

Research:
--On Guard 8 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
x --Prison City.
--Short Sharp Shock 3 (Leather in Lawnville).

Continue/finish writing (next unfinished story in series):
--Law Links 1-6, various scenes (The Three Lands).
--Petty (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3 (Life Prison).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
x --Master and Servant 1 (Prison City). 19,390 words written.
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4 (Loren's Lashes).
--Short Sharp Shock 1 and 3 (Leather in Lawnville).

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).
--On Guard 5 (Ch. 12 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 7 (Ch. 16 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 8 (Ch. 17 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Forge 1-4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 4-5 (Life Prison).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison).
--Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison).
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Triad (Triad).
x --Master and Servant 3 (Prison City). 4730 words written.
x --Master and Servant 5 (Prison City). 3790 words written.
x --Warden 1 (Prison City). 2130 words written.
x --Warden 2 (Prison City). 680 words written.
x --Warden 5 (Prison City). 390 words written.
x --Blackout (Prison City). 6360 words written.
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 5 (Loren's Lashes).
--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 3 (Leather in Lawnville).

Edit (light editing):
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).

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:
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).

Awaiting beta reports:
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 1-3 (Loren's Lashes).

Edit from beta reports:
--Right or Right (Darkling Plain).
--Law of Vengeance (The Three Lands).
xx --Rebirth 2 (a re-edit) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Rebirth 6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Pleasure (Master/Other).

Edit (heavy editing):
--Wizard of the Sun (Darkling Plain).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).

Proofread:
xx --Noble 1 (Princeling).
x --Rebirth 2 (The Eternal Dungeon).

Do final editing:
xx --Noble 1 (Princeling).
--Rebirth 1 (Chapter 5) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Rebirth 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Transformation (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy and Hell (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 1-3 (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --Hell's Messenger 1 (Life Prison).
x --Hell's Messenger 2 (Life Prison).
xx --Master and Servant 2 (aka The True Master) (Prison City).

Ready for layout, but hold till other installments are ready:
[Nothing currently.]

Lay out for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]

Lay out for e-book/online/list publication:
xx --Noble 1-2 (Princeling).
--Hell's Messenger 1 (Life Prison).
xx --Master and Servant 2 (aka The True Master) (Prison City).

Lay out for print publication:
--Bard of Pain (The Three Lands).
--Whipster (Michael's House).

COVERS AND BOOKTRAILERS

Banners - create:
--From Hell to the Stars.
--Main Stream.
xx --Princeling.
xx --Prison City.

Online covers - create:
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
xx --Noble (Princeling).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
xx --Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --Mercy's Prisoner (Life Prison).
xx --Hell's Messenger (Life Prison).
xx --Master and Servant (Prison City).

Print book cover art - create:
--Bard of Pain (The Three Lands).
--Whipster (Michael's House).

Booktrailers - create:
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
--Life Prison.
--Loren's Lashes.

Booktrailers - edit:
--Right or Right (Darkling Plain).
--Noble (Princeling).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--The Eternal Dungeon.
--Michael's House: "Michael."
--Michael's House: "Janus."