In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* Hallelujah
* Finished the novel
* The Numbers
See “Hallelujah” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/hallelujah-2/.
There are many other beautiful short videos at The Passive Voice. You’ll see them it you click the link above and then (after “Hallelujah”) click the Home tab. Wishing you a beautiful, peaceful day.
I finished the novel on Chrismas Eve. Woohoo! That’s 9 novels on the year and 54 overall.
As it stands at this moment, I PLAN to take most of today off to spend with my wife, her sister Dori and my son Jason. Then I PLAN to use the days between now and the end of the year (inclusive) to apply my first readers’ input to The Journey Home: Parts 1 and 2, create covers and promo docs, and get those published and up for pre-sale.
(But I MIGHT work on a one-off, a new novel idea I have. I’d love to finish the year with one more novel, albeit a short one. Or I might move on to The Journey Home: Part 4.)
And sometime in 2021, MAYBE I’ll work on that special project that keeps dinging away in my head. Or at least maybe make a start on it. I plan to hit the ground running on January 1 with my next novel, probably in the Future of Humanity (FOH) series.
For those who care about such things, somehow I missed updating my number totals yesterday. The numbers below are correct.
Talk with you again soon.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 240 words
Writing of The Journey Home: Part 3 (novel)
Day 1…… 1568 words. Total words to date…… 1568
Day 2…… 2963 words. Total words to date…… 4531
Day 3…… 4652 words. Total words to date…… 9183
Day 4…… 5506 words. Total words to date…… 14689
Day 5…… 4107 words. Total words to date…… 18796
Day 6…… 5001 words. Total words to date…… 23797
Day 7…… 4256 words. Total words to date…… 28053
Day 8…… 6480 words. Total words to date…… 34533
Day 9…… 3072 words. Total words to date…… 37605
Day 10… 5190 words. Total words to date…… 42795
Day 11… 5067 words. Total words to date…… 47862 (done)
Total fiction words for December……… 97285
Total fiction words for the year………… 549816
Total nonfiction words for December… 17360
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 202570
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 752836
Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 9
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 13
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 54
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 214
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31