Hey Folks,
I planned to make yesterday the the 12th writing day of the current novel. But I decided to take the day off. As it turns out, today will also be a day off.
I hope tomorrow will be the 12th writing day. The novel is going fine when I tend to it, but my recent life roll had a little larger impact than I expected.
And then there was a second one waiting when I got back from New Mexico. At least it was lesser in intensity, though no lesser in importance. Just things to take care of. You know the deal. Life always wins.
For folks newer to this Journal, all calendar days figure into the overall average. For example, thus far this year my average (arithmetic mean) yield has been a little less than 2000 words per day of new fiction.
But I only count actual writing days in the accounting below. The average for actual writing days is just under 3000 words per day. Either way, I’ll take it.
I plan to be back up to speed tomorrow, but we’ll see what the day brings.
See you then.
Of Interest
If you still would prefer a traditional publishing contract, there’s hope for an actual Good contract. See Kris Rusch’s “The Small Traditional Publishers (2017 in Review) 2” at http://kriswrites.com/2018/01/10/business-musings-the-small-traditional-publishers-2017-in-review-2/. Don’t let the length scare you away.
Via The Passive Voice, if you use Facebook you might want to see “Media is collateral damage” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2018/01/media-is-collateral-damage/.
See Anne R. Allen’s “The One Thing That Will Kill Book Sales…” at http://annerallen.com/2018/01/kill-book-sales-10-ways/. (As with most things I find on Ms. Allen’s site, I recommend you take this article with a hefty grain of salt, especially her points 5, 6 and 7.)
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 300 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 300
Writing of The Origin Novel (working title)
BF…………… 32658 words.
Day 1…… 2689 words. Total words to date…… 35347
Day 2…… 2636 words. Total words to date…… 37983
Day 3…… 3189 words. Total words to date…… 41172
Day 4…… 2525 words. Total words to date…… 43697
Day 5…… 2609 words. Total words to date…… 46306
Day 6…… 2455 words. Total words to date…… 48761
Day 7…… 1341 words. Total words to date…… 50102
Day 8…… 2354 words. Total words to date…… 52456
Day 9…… 1194 words. Total words to date…… 53650
Day 10… 3297 words. Total words to date…… 56947
Day 11… 1358 words. Total words to date…… 58305
Day 12… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 29349
Total fiction words for the year………… 29349
Total nonfiction words for the month… 5950
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 5950
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 35299
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 0
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 27
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182