PROGRESS REPORT: February 2009 and March 2009
"Nalo Hopkinson once said something along the lines of 'writing a novel is like wrestling with a mattress.' I thought that was a bull's eye description of the process. A novel is bigger than you are, it's bulky, it's hard to grasp, it threatens to fall over on you, it doesn't go where you want it without shoves, prods, kicks and swearing. The joy might come when you've finally got the unwieldy thing where you want it."
--Patricia A. McKillip.
PROGRESS REPORT: February 2009
February: 37,650 (average 3137/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.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 6 (Master/Other).
Continue/finish writing:
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Law Links (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).
--Petty (Princeling).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--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 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3-5 (Life Prison).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison).
--Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison).
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Triad (Triad).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
x --Master and Servant 1 (Prison City). 4090 words.
x --Master and Servant 3 (Prison City). 20,370 words.
--Sacrifice 2 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 4 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 5 (Prison City).
xx --Warden 0 (Prison City). 1540 words.
x --Warden 1 (Prison City). 720 words.
--Warden 4 (Prison City).
x --Blackout 2 (Prison City). 2440 words.
x --Blackout 5 (Prison City). 6490 words.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4 and 6 (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (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).
Edit (light editing):
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
xx --On Guard 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
x --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6, 9, and 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Warden 0 (Prison City).
Send to beta readers:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--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).
--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:
--Rebirth 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Do final editing:
--Rebirth 1 (Chapter 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 1-2 (Life Prison).
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 --Hell's Messenger 1-2 (Life Prison).
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.
Online covers - create:
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
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."
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PROGRESS REPORT: March 2009
"I tend to research as I go, but I got into historical fiction with a basic knowledge of 19th century English culture, etc. The day-to-day details kill me all the time, and I always end up spending way more time researching on, say, a certain rug pattern common in Victorian households, when all I need is a quick reference to it in one sentence. It's insane. Historical fiction writers are born masochists with our own personal floggers hot glued to our clammy hands."
--Hayden Thorne.
March: 8440 (average 1406/day). Wrote 6 days. 28%
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.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 6 (Master/Other).
Continue/finish writing:
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Law Links (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).
--Petty (Princeling).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 5 (Ch. 12 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --On Guard 7 (Ch. 16 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon). 730 words written.
--On Guard 8 (Ch. 17 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Forge (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3-5 (Life Prison).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
x --Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison). 830 words written.
--Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison).
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Triad (Triad).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
--Master and Servant 1 (Prison City).
--Master and Servant 3 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 4 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 5 (Prison City).
--Cycle 0 (Prison City).
--Cycle 1 (Prison City).
x --Cycle 2 (Prison City). 2970 words written.
--Warden 1 (Prison City).
--Warden 5 (Prison City).
x --Riddle 3 (Prison City). 1400 words written.
--Blackout 2 (Prison City).
x --Blackout 5 (Prison City). 2510 words written.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4 and 6 (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (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).
Edit (light editing):
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
Edit (heavy editing):
--Wizard of the Sun (Darkling Plain).
xx --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6, 7, 9, and 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Send to beta readers:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
xx --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
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 5-6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Pleasure (Master/Other).
Do final editing:
x --Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Transformation (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy and Hell (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 1-3 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Ready for layout, but hold till other installments are ready:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for online/list publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for online/e-book publication:
xx --Love in Dark Settings Omnibus.
Lay out for print publication:
--Whipster (Michael's House).
COVERS AND BOOKTRAILERS
Banners - create:
--From Hell to the Stars.
--Main Stream.
Online covers - create:
xx --Love in Dark Settings Omnibus.
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
--Night Shadow (Darkling Plain).
--From Hell to the Stars (Darkling Plain).
--Transformation (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sacrifice (Prison City).
--The Fool (Master/Other).
--Eternally Divided (Master/Other).
--O Most Unthankful (Master/Other).
--The Slavefic Plot Creator (Master/Other).
--A Sexual Minority Speaks Out (Master/Other).
--Puppets (Master/Other).
--Twenty Thousand Gold Stars (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Print book cover art - create:
--Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Whipster (Michael's House).
--Patricia A. McKillip.
PROGRESS REPORT: February 2009
February: 37,650 (average 3137/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.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 6 (Master/Other).
Continue/finish writing:
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Law Links (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).
--Petty (Princeling).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--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 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3-5 (Life Prison).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
--Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison).
--Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison).
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Triad (Triad).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
x --Master and Servant 1 (Prison City). 4090 words.
x --Master and Servant 3 (Prison City). 20,370 words.
--Sacrifice 2 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 4 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 5 (Prison City).
xx --Warden 0 (Prison City). 1540 words.
x --Warden 1 (Prison City). 720 words.
--Warden 4 (Prison City).
x --Blackout 2 (Prison City). 2440 words.
x --Blackout 5 (Prison City). 6490 words.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4 and 6 (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (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).
Edit (light editing):
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
xx --On Guard 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
x --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6, 9, and 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Warden 0 (Prison City).
Send to beta readers:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--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).
--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:
--Rebirth 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Do final editing:
--Rebirth 1 (Chapter 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 1-2 (Life Prison).
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 --Hell's Messenger 1-2 (Life Prison).
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.
Online covers - create:
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
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."
---
PROGRESS REPORT: March 2009
"I tend to research as I go, but I got into historical fiction with a basic knowledge of 19th century English culture, etc. The day-to-day details kill me all the time, and I always end up spending way more time researching on, say, a certain rug pattern common in Victorian households, when all I need is a quick reference to it in one sentence. It's insane. Historical fiction writers are born masochists with our own personal floggers hot glued to our clammy hands."
--Hayden Thorne.
March: 8440 (average 1406/day). Wrote 6 days. 28%
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.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 6 (Master/Other).
Continue/finish writing:
--Demon in His Lair (The Three Lands).
--Law Links (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).
--Petty (Princeling).
--Princeling (Princeling).
--On Guard 4 (Ch. 10 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 5 (Ch. 12 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --On Guard 7 (Ch. 16 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon). 730 words written.
--On Guard 8 (Ch. 17 unfinished) (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sweet Blood 2-5 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Forge (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy's Prisoner 3-5 (Life Prison).
--Hell's Messenger 3 (Life Prison).
x --Boundaries' Lover (Life Prison). 830 words written.
--Compassion's Keeper (Life Prison).
--Justice's Hammer (Life Prison).
--Triad (Triad).
--Honor and Hope (Michael's House).
--Master and Servant 1 (Prison City).
--Master and Servant 3 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 4 (Prison City).
--Sacrifice 5 (Prison City).
--Cycle 0 (Prison City).
--Cycle 1 (Prison City).
x --Cycle 2 (Prison City). 2970 words written.
--Warden 1 (Prison City).
--Warden 5 (Prison City).
x --Riddle 3 (Prison City). 1400 words written.
--Blackout 2 (Prison City).
x --Blackout 5 (Prison City). 2510 words written.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4 and 6 (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 4-5 (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).
Edit (light editing):
--Mystery (The Three Lands).
Edit (heavy editing):
--Wizard of the Sun (Darkling Plain).
xx --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Ready for beta readers, but hold till other installments are ready:
--In the Spirit (The Three Lands).
--Law-Lover (The Three Lands).
--On Guard 6, 7, 9, and 10 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Send to beta readers:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
xx --Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
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 5-6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Pleasure (Master/Other).
Do final editing:
x --Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Transformation (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Mercy and Hell (The Eternal Dungeon).
--On Guard 1-3 (The Eternal Dungeon).
Ready for layout, but hold till other installments are ready:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for list-only publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for online/list publication:
[Nothing currently.]
Lay out for online/e-book publication:
xx --Love in Dark Settings Omnibus.
Lay out for print publication:
--Whipster (Michael's House).
COVERS AND BOOKTRAILERS
Banners - create:
--From Hell to the Stars.
--Main Stream.
Online covers - create:
xx --Love in Dark Settings Omnibus.
--Law Links (The Three Lands).
--Night Shadow (Darkling Plain).
--From Hell to the Stars (Darkling Plain).
--Transformation (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Sacrifice (Prison City).
--The Fool (Master/Other).
--Eternally Divided (Master/Other).
--O Most Unthankful (Master/Other).
--The Slavefic Plot Creator (Master/Other).
--A Sexual Minority Speaks Out (Master/Other).
--Puppets (Master/Other).
--Twenty Thousand Gold Stars (Master/Other).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill (Loren's Lashes).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
Print book cover art - create:
--Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Whipster (Michael's House).
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