Love in Dark Settings

"George R.R. Martin is the hugely successful purveyor of an ongoing, seven-volume fantasy series called A Song of Ice and Fire. Four books are done. The first three came quickly, then there was a five-year wait for the fourth. The first indicated publication date for the fifth instalment, fiercely awaited, was 2006. That has rather obviously been missed: Martin is still writing it. The natives are restless.

"How restless? Well, on his blog, cutely called Not a Blog, Martin fired back two weeks ago at what he called 'a rising tide of venom' about how late he is. Seems some of his loyal and devoted readers are savagely attacking him for taking holidays, for watching football in the fall, for attending conventions, doing workshops, editing a volume of short stories, even for being '60 years old and fat' (I'm quoting here, trust me) - the implication being he might drop dead before fulfilling his obligation to do nothing else but finish the damned series. . . .

"Martin wasn't happy. 'Maybe it's okay if I take a leak once in a while?' he wrote. His blog response was accompanied by a flashing 'angry' icon face.

"It is all too easy for another writer to sympathize, and I do, hugely, but I can't help but note that the only reason readers know about holidays and football games (and his favourite team) is that Martin has told them. On his blog."

--Guy Gavriel Kay: Release the Fans!

May: 3500 (average 875/day). Wrote 4 days. 12%. 5 stories and 1 novel reprinted.

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 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). 710 words written.
x --Master and Servant 3 (Prison City). 1720 words written.
--Sacrifice 4 (Prison City).
--Cycle 1 (Prison City).
--Cycle 2 (Prison City).
--Warden 1 (Prison City).
x --Warden 4 (Prison City). 710 words written.
--Warden 5 (Prison City).
--Riddle 3 (Prison City).
--Blackout 2 (Prison City).
x --Blackout 5 (Prison City). 360 words written.
--Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 6 and 8 (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 --"If Dante Had a Beta Reader" (Master/Other).

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).
--Cycle 0 (Prison City).

Send to beta readers:
--Breached Boundaries (The Three Lands).
--Freezing in Hell (From Hell to the Stars).
xx --"If Dante Had a Beta Reader" (Master/Other).

Awaiting beta reports/rewrites:
--Sweet Blood 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Edgeplay in Mayhill 1-3 (Loren's Lashes).
--Water in a Drought (Loren's Lashes).
--"If Dante Had a Beta Reader" (Master/Other).

Edit from beta reports:
--Right or Right (Darkling Plain).
--Law of Vengeance (The Three Lands).
xx --"If Dante Had a Beta Reader" (Master/Other).

Do final editing:
xx --Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
x --Transformation 1 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Transformation 2-4 (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:
xx --Rebirth 1-4 (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Rebirth 5-6 (The Eternal Dungeon).
xx --Pleasure (Master/Other).

Lay out for online/e-book publication:
--Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon) - Kindle edition.
xx --Whipster (Michael's House) - Kindle edition.

Lay out for print publication:
--Rebirth (The Eternal Dungeon).
--Whipster (Michael's House).