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...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Katherine Villyard | Dec 12, 2008 | life, the universe, and everything, novels
Of course, setting a writing goal means a server disaster that includes me staying until 4:30am and then getting up at 7 to go to training. I missed a couple of writing days. Will I end up getting the upgrade anyway? Tune in at the end of the month and find...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Katherine Villyard | Dec 6, 2008 | novels, procrastination
It’s not that I don’t want to write. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it. It’s that I’m tired. What I don’t get is that I’m writing less now than I was during the email migration. Argh! On the other hand, my spreadsheet of...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Katherine Villyard | Nov 29, 2008 | geekiness
I am a System Administrator. In fact, I am a SAGE Level III SysAdmin. I am not an Administrative Assistant. I will not let you write down my job title as Administrative Assistant on a hospital admission form. And no, I will not take a message for my boss. If you...