January's Numbers

-

Reading

9 Books

 

Wild Card by Jamie Wyman
Doll Bones by Holly Black
A Dangerous Invitation by Erica Monroe
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
God’s War by Kameron Hurley
Mistaken by Fate by Katee Robert
Betting on Fate by Katee Robert
Protecting Fate by Katee Robert
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

Writing

56,720-words

 
I managed to do better this year than I did in both 2014 & 2015 (I wasn’t even grasping at 2013’s total). Hopefully this is a sign of the year to come!

This month, I did something a little different, since I have my writing goals/tasts broken down into three categories, I used a chart to keep track of my totals. I like it, even though I started late. I think it will help me keep focus a little better next month.

Publishing

2 print versions

 

This month was a catch-up game and I managed to get the print versions of two books up and out, and then a new chapter of Forfeit souls available, but I didn’t have a release planned this month, so we’re right on track with this one!

Blogging

31 posts
 
I’m working on consistency and quality. No point in posting every day if it’s not worth reading! Hopefully I’m making strides toward that. Let me know if you’ve got any suggestions.

photo signature.jpg

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Goals Q1 2019 (And January’s Specifics)

-
If you were here on Wednesday for my IWSG post you’ll have seen that I don’t do resolutions.
They don’t work for me, I can’t set a hard and fast plan at the beginning of the year and stick to it. That’s just not how my brain is wired. And I’m 100% okay with it.
But I do like goals. I just like them on a smaller scale.
Things that can be tweaked and adjusted without any real “shame”.
Therefore, I am here to tell you my soft goals for the quarter, and my hard goals for the month.
In the first three months of this year, I’d like to get the following out of the way:

Writing: 220,000-words
Reading: 15 books
Editing: 3 books, plus some extra bits
Blogging: Back on a regular routine

Not going to lie. That 220k scares me a little, even though I wrote almost 100k more than that in the first quarter of 2013. My first quarter average for the last 6 years has only been about 171k.
I was recently accused of having too many books. A notion at which I scoffed and then ignored. But I do have too many boo…
Read more

2018 Wrap-Up Numbers

-
Image
I keep pretty detailed spreadsheets for each month because I’m a little neurotic, and I like seeing the progress in an analytical way. I totally get that this doesn’t work for everyone, that it can be frustrating and counterproductive for some.

I started back in 2013 when I decided I was going to write 1 million words in a year (or 11 months, as it turned out) and just kept doing it. It holds me accountable, keeps me on track, and helps me remember that I’ve done this before. I can do it again.


Words Written: 600,113-words in 12 months
(AVG 50,009-words/month)

By the middle of December, any other goals had whittled away until the only thing that really remained was getting to 600k. And by “really mattered” what I mean was, it was the only remaining attainable year-goal, and I’ve been focusing on the attainable lately, rather than trying to push myself to do something that is… a nightmare on paper.


My best month was October (113,815) my worst was March (19,684). These are neither my bes…
Read more

January 2019 Wrap-Up

-
Image
Words Written: 34,168 in 23 days
(Average: 1,486/day
8 Projects + Admin (11%)

I didn’t reach my goal of 57k. Not by a long shot. But I’m not stressing about that. It’s better than four months from last year, and as long as I’ve got an average of 1k/day (of the month, not actual writing days), I’m willing to count that as a win.

It’s been a rough start to the year, which invariably impinges on the writing stuff. So mostly I’ve been doing world building and nonsense like that. Things that add eventual depth to the story, but will probably never make it onto the finished page.

Pages Edited: 164
I’ve been sneaking these in wherever and whenever I can. But the bigger changes are oddly the easier to deal with, so these finite changes are taking FOR EVER to deal with. Next month should see a higher number *fingers crossed*.

Books Read: 7

I only got to 3 of the 5 books in my proposed stack. But I’m on track for the GR challenge, so I’m definitely not complaining. I started on Red Queen, but hav…
Read more