by Katherine Villyard | Dec 31, 2008 | writing stats
How did I do this year, writing wise? Short stories completed: 0. Novel drafts completed: 1. Short stories sold: 2. Rejections: 15. Projects in brainstorm mode: 2. Aside from the big short story goose egg, not bad. Well. I finished a short story, just not one...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 29, 2008 | geekiness
I impulsively went to Microcenter to look for upgrades for my linux desktop, since that was my bribe for myself. It looks like the spare processors I was going to use are old enough that I can’t use them with a new motherboard, so I didn’t think I’d...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 28, 2008 | novels
I have two projects I’m brainstorming for possible novelization. One is a short story I’m thinking of expanding, and the other is my old script frenzy idea that was never fully fleshed out. The short story is, not surprisingly, in good shape. The script...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 27, 2008 | novels
Final wordcount: 77,748. I’ve got several dropped threads that need to be added in rewrites, though. D’oh! On the other hand, the basic structure is there. I just need to add in all that stuff that was, you know, why I wrote this thing in the first...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 26, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 77,210. Goal wordcount: 80,000. Guesstimated final wordcount: 78,778. Percent of goal complete: 96.51%. Percent of guesstimate complete: 98.01%. Date I would hit 80,000 words: December 31. Date I would hit guesstimate: December 29. I actually...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 24, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 76,072. Goal wordcount: 80,000. Projected final wordcount: 78,920. Percent of goal complete: 95.09%. Percent of projection complete: 96.39%. Date I would reach 80,000: 12/31/08. Date I would reach 78,920: 12/29/08. Yeah, there was an outline tweak...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 23, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 75,070. Goal wordcount: 80,000. Guesstimated draft 0 wordcount: 76,833. Percent of goal complete: 93.84%. Percent of guesstimate complete: 97.71%. Date I would reach 80,000: January 1, 2009. Date I should reach guesstimated draft 0 wordcount:...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 21, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 73,043. Goal wordcount: 80,000. Projected date I would hit 80,000 words: 1/3/09. Projected draft 0 wordcount: 76,833. Projected draft 0 completion date: 12/28/08. I’m writing 1000 words a day instead of 500 because I’m on break, and...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 16, 2008 | writing stats
Current wordcount: 71015 (woohoo!) Goal wordcount: 80000 Projected draft 0 wordcount: 76669 Projected date to hit 80000 words: 1/3/09 Projected date to hit projected wordcount: 12/27/08 I admit it, I’m relieved to see the projected wordcount go up even though...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 14, 2008 | novels, writing stats
Current wordcount: 69,959. Official wordcount goal: 80,000. Date spreadsheet predicts I’ll hit 80,000: January 2. Predicted draft 0 wordcount: 75,488 (ouch). Predicted day I’ll hit predicted draft 0 wordcount: December 24. I’m not that worried about...