Words for month: 16,858. Daily average for the month is 562 words, for the year is 448 words. Wrote 13 of 30 days. Words were split between SF novel, a short story, a book review, and novellas.
No outline work this month, though I did start typing in the SF novel (which I've been writing longhand) so I can figure out what plot holes I've left in what's written so far.
Short stories: Wrote book review for Vision. Also wrote fanfic for the Scalzi/Wheaton Unicorn Pegasus Kitten contest.
Fifth World went up at flashquake.
When Pigs Fly went up at Daikaijuzine.
Submissions: 16 short stories, 1 review. (This is more than the number of rejections because I subbed to an anthology that accepts sim-subs -- the market it's been out at is on indefinite hiatus. And I'm counting the reprint sale here, too, because I entered it on my tracking spreadsheet.)
Acceptances: Daily Science Fiction accepted "Essence of Truth." Book review for Vision accepted. "Snake in the Grass," my first sale, will be reprinted when Assassins: Clash of Steel goes to press for Rogue Blades Entertainment.
Rejections: 14 short stories, 1 poem.
No crits this month.
GSHW meeting: Did not attend this month.
Reading: 5 books and a novella. The Gettysburg Approach to Writing & Speaking like a Professional, by Philip Yaffe; The Sorcerer of the North, by John Flanagan; Changes, by Jim Butcher; Silver Borne, by Patricia Briggs; From Hell With Love, by Simon R. Green; The God Engines, by John Scalzi.
Got an AussieCon voting membership so I could get the Hugo nominees in electronic form. Read one novella, the short stories, started a novel (Boneshaker by Cherie Priest).
Book-in-a-Week: Started to participate, realized it wasn't working for me, and opted out of BIW.
Joined the SF Poetry Association.
Paying work: Proofread books on San Diego and Linux. (891 pages proofread.)
Exercise: Did walk/jog intervals 4 days. Worked in garden 7 days. It wasn't all aerobic work, but it's progress.
Other than being good at keeping the subs out, the focus really hasn't been there this month. Since I'm heading on vacation for the end of July and the beginning of August, we'll see if I do any better this coming month!
Showing posts with label monthly progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monthly progress. Show all posts
Friday, July 02, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
monthly writing progress, May
Words for month: 27,064. Daily average for the month is 873 words, for the year is 425 words. Wrote 27 of 31 days. Words were split between SF novel (6,703 words), fantasy novel (4,406 words), and short stories and articles.
Outlines: Made limited progress on novella outline.
Short stories: Wrote 6 stories for SAD, plus the first 621 words of another. Oh, and an article plus a book review for Vision (though I still owe another review).
Submissions: 18 short stories (including all 6 new ones), 1 poem, 1 article, 1 review.
Rejections: 13 short stories, 1 poem. (One of these stories didn't get resubmitted because I was waiting for a market that was re-opening June 1.)
Acceptances: "Banded Jade" by Aoife's Kiss, "Being Green" for Aurora Wolf print anthology, "Writing Comfortably" for Vision, and "Fifth World" by flashquake.
Read Daikaijuzine slush.
GSHW meeting: Went. Did not enjoy the speaker much -- he believes that all fantasy should be subversive, so if you're writing in an establish subgenre, you are by definition NOT writing fantasy. No, I didn't talk to him about my work. I did enjoy getting to spend time talking to other writers face-to-face, though.
Reading: 9 books completed this month. Vanished, by Kat Richardson; Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs; Vane Pursuit, by Charlotte MacLeod; The New Year's Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini; Battle for Skandia, by John Flanagan; Alcatraz vs. the Knights of Crystallia, by Brandon Sanderson; The Lover's Knot, by Clare O'Donohue; How to Write a Damn Good Mystery, by James N. Frey; Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Book-in-a-Week: Did not participate this month.
Outlines: Made limited progress on novella outline.
Short stories: Wrote 6 stories for SAD, plus the first 621 words of another. Oh, and an article plus a book review for Vision (though I still owe another review).
Submissions: 18 short stories (including all 6 new ones), 1 poem, 1 article, 1 review.
Rejections: 13 short stories, 1 poem. (One of these stories didn't get resubmitted because I was waiting for a market that was re-opening June 1.)
Acceptances: "Banded Jade" by Aoife's Kiss, "Being Green" for Aurora Wolf print anthology, "Writing Comfortably" for Vision, and "Fifth World" by flashquake.
Read Daikaijuzine slush.
GSHW meeting: Went. Did not enjoy the speaker much -- he believes that all fantasy should be subversive, so if you're writing in an establish subgenre, you are by definition NOT writing fantasy. No, I didn't talk to him about my work. I did enjoy getting to spend time talking to other writers face-to-face, though.
Reading: 9 books completed this month. Vanished, by Kat Richardson; Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs; Vane Pursuit, by Charlotte MacLeod; The New Year's Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini; Battle for Skandia, by John Flanagan; Alcatraz vs. the Knights of Crystallia, by Brandon Sanderson; The Lover's Knot, by Clare O'Donohue; How to Write a Damn Good Mystery, by James N. Frey; Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Book-in-a-Week: Did not participate this month.
Friday, April 30, 2010
monthly writing progress, April
Words for month: 5,080. Daily average for the month is 169 words, for the year is 309 words. Wrote 12 of 30 days. Words were split between an SF and a fantasy. Still trying for a page a day, but didn't do well on it this month.
Editing/submitting: Typed in edits, wrote a synopsis and cover letter, did an audio pass, and sent off a partial.
Outlines: Made progress on novella outline and near-future-SF novel outline. Played with ideas for new cozy mystery series, but did no actual outlining work.
Short stories: Got the first line of a new one. Think it should be fun.
Submissions: 4 short stories, 1 poetry, 1 flash, 1 novel.
Rejections: 4 short stories, 1 poem, 1 flash.
Acceptances: None this month.
Crits: Short story for a friend. For the one I haven't made progress on, I sent what I've gotten done so far to him, and I'll look at his next draft.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month, as family was here. Would've been a good one, too.
Reading: 8 books completed this month. The Nimble Man, by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski; Small Favors, by Jim Butcher; The Quilter's Legacy, by Jennifer Chiaverini; Alcatraz versus the Scrivener's Bones, by Brandon Sanderson; On Writing, by Stephen King; Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs; The Life-Eaters, by David Brin and Scott Hampton; Something from the Nightside, by Simon R. Green
Other reading of note -- read over half of How to Write a Damn Good Mystery, by James N. Frey.
Book-in-a-Week participation was okay, as I set my goal low (10 pages). Did almost all of the writing on the final 2 days.
Editing/submitting: Typed in edits, wrote a synopsis and cover letter, did an audio pass, and sent off a partial.
Outlines: Made progress on novella outline and near-future-SF novel outline. Played with ideas for new cozy mystery series, but did no actual outlining work.
Short stories: Got the first line of a new one. Think it should be fun.
Submissions: 4 short stories, 1 poetry, 1 flash, 1 novel.
Rejections: 4 short stories, 1 poem, 1 flash.
Acceptances: None this month.
Crits: Short story for a friend. For the one I haven't made progress on, I sent what I've gotten done so far to him, and I'll look at his next draft.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month, as family was here. Would've been a good one, too.
Reading: 8 books completed this month. The Nimble Man, by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski; Small Favors, by Jim Butcher; The Quilter's Legacy, by Jennifer Chiaverini; Alcatraz versus the Scrivener's Bones, by Brandon Sanderson; On Writing, by Stephen King; Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs; The Life-Eaters, by David Brin and Scott Hampton; Something from the Nightside, by Simon R. Green
Other reading of note -- read over half of How to Write a Damn Good Mystery, by James N. Frey.
Book-in-a-Week participation was okay, as I set my goal low (10 pages). Did almost all of the writing on the final 2 days.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
monthly writing progress, March
Words for month: 12,351. Daily average for the month is 398 words, for the year is 356 words. Wrote 24 of 31 days. Most of the words were on January's new idea, but 3,132 were on last year's NaNo. The page a day thing seems to be working reasonably well.
New cozy mystery series idea attacked me, so I've been making some notes on it.
Short stories: No writing on any.
Submissions: 12 short stories, 1 poetry, 2 flash. Only one story is new -- "Creeping White," sent to PARSEC.
Rejections: 10 short stories, 1 poem, 2 flash.
Acceptances: Short accepted by Space & Time (though I'm still waiting for the e-mail from the editor-in-chief).
Crits: Epilogue done on one crit; no progress on other (ack!).
Read Daikaijuzine slush.
Attended GSHW meeting this month -- good talk by Ty Drago, followed by lunch at the diner. Very enjoyable.
Did Holly Lisle's Crash Revision workshop on Savvy Authors. It's a variant on her one-pass revision, and it prompted me to start typing in edits from Sabra's redlined manuscript.
Reading: 7 books completed this month. Solomon Kane, by Robert E. Howard; Mean Streets (UF anthology); The Icebound Land, by John Flanagan; The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; The Unnatural Inquirer, by Simon R. Green; Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson; Just Another Judgement Day, by Simon R. Green
Other reading of note -- read a good chunk of The Nimble Man by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski.
Editing/submitting: Finished polishing the remaining chapters of mystery and sent it off in response to request for full.
New cozy mystery series idea attacked me, so I've been making some notes on it.
Short stories: No writing on any.
Submissions: 12 short stories, 1 poetry, 2 flash. Only one story is new -- "Creeping White," sent to PARSEC.
Rejections: 10 short stories, 1 poem, 2 flash.
Acceptances: Short accepted by Space & Time (though I'm still waiting for the e-mail from the editor-in-chief).
Crits: Epilogue done on one crit; no progress on other (ack!).
Read Daikaijuzine slush.
Attended GSHW meeting this month -- good talk by Ty Drago, followed by lunch at the diner. Very enjoyable.
Did Holly Lisle's Crash Revision workshop on Savvy Authors. It's a variant on her one-pass revision, and it prompted me to start typing in edits from Sabra's redlined manuscript.
Reading: 7 books completed this month. Solomon Kane, by Robert E. Howard; Mean Streets (UF anthology); The Icebound Land, by John Flanagan; The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; The Unnatural Inquirer, by Simon R. Green; Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson; Just Another Judgement Day, by Simon R. Green
Other reading of note -- read a good chunk of The Nimble Man by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski.
Editing/submitting: Finished polishing the remaining chapters of mystery and sent it off in response to request for full.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
monthly writing progress, February
I was just going to do the weekly progress, plus the week before that, since I remembered not posting last week. Imagine my surprise to realize I haven't posted my progress since February 6! At this point, rather than posting three weeks' worth of progress and then posting the monthly progress, it made more sense to do a single post.
Words for month: 9,195, mostly a page a day on a single novel, but also some short work, including a synopsis. Daily average for the month is 328 words, for the month is 334 words. Wrote 23 of 28 days.
Continued outline for the next novel I want to write (Sundered Sword). Also did a fair bit of background reading.
Short stories: Completed one I've been working on since December. Wrote one article (Website review). Did 9 short story submissions this month.
Other submissions: 2 poetry, 1 flash, 1 novella.
Rejections: 9 short stories, 1 novella (market doesn't favor that length). Only 1 of the short stories wasn't sent back out again; 1 was sent out more than once.
Acceptances: 2 articles for Vision.
Crits: Finished one novel, epilogue left on a second, some progress on a third. Also, one short story crit.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month -- was in Boston for Boskone. Truly fun.
Reading: 3 books completed this month. Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld; Metatropolis, edited by John Scalzi; and Norse Code, by Greg van Eekhout.
Other reading of note -- read a good chunk of Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, did some blog reading, and discovered some lovely books on stellar mechanics available free on-line at Harvard.
Editing/submitting: Finished polishing the first 3 chapters of the mystery novel and sent it off into submission-land.
Also signed up with Book-in-a-Week. First time for participation starts tomorrow. Looking forward to bingeing on writing.
Words for month: 9,195, mostly a page a day on a single novel, but also some short work, including a synopsis. Daily average for the month is 328 words, for the month is 334 words. Wrote 23 of 28 days.
Continued outline for the next novel I want to write (Sundered Sword). Also did a fair bit of background reading.
Short stories: Completed one I've been working on since December. Wrote one article (Website review). Did 9 short story submissions this month.
Other submissions: 2 poetry, 1 flash, 1 novella.
Rejections: 9 short stories, 1 novella (market doesn't favor that length). Only 1 of the short stories wasn't sent back out again; 1 was sent out more than once.
Acceptances: 2 articles for Vision.
Crits: Finished one novel, epilogue left on a second, some progress on a third. Also, one short story crit.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month -- was in Boston for Boskone. Truly fun.
Reading: 3 books completed this month. Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld; Metatropolis, edited by John Scalzi; and Norse Code, by Greg van Eekhout.
Other reading of note -- read a good chunk of Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, did some blog reading, and discovered some lovely books on stellar mechanics available free on-line at Harvard.
Editing/submitting: Finished polishing the first 3 chapters of the mystery novel and sent it off into submission-land.
Also signed up with Book-in-a-Week. First time for participation starts tomorrow. Looking forward to bingeing on writing.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
monthly writing progress, January
Words for month: 10,513. Split between new scenes to old work, new ideas, and short stories. I wrote 16 of 31 days, and averaged 339 words per day (counting all the days of the month).
Started outline for the next novel I want to write. Also did a fair bit of background reading, though no complete books yet. Organized notes for two other ideas so the background material is all in one place for me to outline from.
Short stories: Progress on several. Completed one. Wrote one article (book review). Did 27 submissions this month.
Crits: Made some progress on all three that I'm juggling.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month. Won't be able to attend next month. Hoping for March.
Reading: 5 books completed this month. The Career Novelist, by Donald Maass; Destroyer of Worlds, by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner; The Burning Bridge, by John Flanagan; Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days, by Alastair Reynolds; Pushing Ice, by Alastair Reynolds
Other reading of note -- refreshed my brain on Getting Things Done and read bits of Making It All Work by David Allen, read more of Fire in Fiction by Maass, started Heirs of the Fisherman, read the first half of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, and read both the Motivation and Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing blog series by Dean Wesley Smith (which got me rethinking having dropped my mystery story rather than submitting it).
Editing/submitting: Well, in addition to work on adding subplots to the urban fantasy, I have been working on brush edits of the cozy mystery. I've also written a query letter, started a synopsis, and winnowed down a list of markets (not agents) to submit to, as a test of Smith's ideas.
This coming month will mostly be more of the same, but I want to write every day, even if it's just a single page. Also, I'm going to Boskone mid-month.
Started outline for the next novel I want to write. Also did a fair bit of background reading, though no complete books yet. Organized notes for two other ideas so the background material is all in one place for me to outline from.
Short stories: Progress on several. Completed one. Wrote one article (book review). Did 27 submissions this month.
Crits: Made some progress on all three that I'm juggling.
Did not attend GSHW meeting this month. Won't be able to attend next month. Hoping for March.
Reading: 5 books completed this month. The Career Novelist, by Donald Maass; Destroyer of Worlds, by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner; The Burning Bridge, by John Flanagan; Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days, by Alastair Reynolds; Pushing Ice, by Alastair Reynolds
Other reading of note -- refreshed my brain on Getting Things Done and read bits of Making It All Work by David Allen, read more of Fire in Fiction by Maass, started Heirs of the Fisherman, read the first half of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, and read both the Motivation and Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing blog series by Dean Wesley Smith (which got me rethinking having dropped my mystery story rather than submitting it).
Editing/submitting: Well, in addition to work on adding subplots to the urban fantasy, I have been working on brush edits of the cozy mystery. I've also written a query letter, started a synopsis, and winnowed down a list of markets (not agents) to submit to, as a test of Smith's ideas.
This coming month will mostly be more of the same, but I want to write every day, even if it's just a single page. Also, I'm going to Boskone mid-month.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
