February's Numbers!

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Reading:
11 Books
(Avg GR rating: 3.6)
 
The High Priestess | Beauty & the Clockwork Beast | Feed | Pugilist Dreams | Dead Heat | Meeting his Match | Clementine | Queen of Swords |Queen of Wands |Two if by Sea | Second Chance Summer | Holiday in Danger

 Writing:
48,399 in 21 days
(Avg 2,304.7w/day)

I probably would have liked to get in another 9k, just to beat my 2014 w/c, but I passed last year’s count, so I’m calling it a win. I finished two drafts, revised two more, and did a lot of preplanning and other “get ready to draft” work.

Publishing:

2 books, one Free Flash

The first in my Clockwork Fairytales romance series. Beauty& the Clockwork Beast came out Feb 2nd and has been doing absolutely fabulous. Seriously, I can’t begin to thank all of you who’ve bought a copy enough!
And I published another short story February 15th. Pugilist Dreams is a fun SF with hints of cyberpunk . It’s free to read thought Kindle Unlimited.

On the blog for Valentine’s Day, I posted an urban fantasy flash story called Cupid’s Bow.
 
Blogging:

26 Posts
I missed three in there somewhere, but that’s okay. Last year, I only managed 8!

The 3 most popular posts this month:
Free Flash: Cupid’s Bow
Changing your Manuscript: Good, Bad, & Ugly
7 Things to Secure Your Place in Writing  History

 

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