boo-yah

June 30, 2006

I have just hit the 200K mark for fiction words written this year. I have another 195K or so of actual contracted work due this year, not including revisions, and while visions of sugarplums dance in my head about achieving an extra 80K beyond that, this is the first time I’ve ever been dead on track halfway through the year.

So far this year I’ve:

– turned in 3 manuscripts (HEART OF STONE, COYOTE DREAMS, THE PHOENIX LAW)
– revised 2 mss to editorial spec (HoS, tPL)
– written 2 comic scripts
– turned in 2 50 page proposals (HOUSE OF CARDS, STRONGBOX CHRONICLES #4)

In the remainder of the year, I’ll be:

– turning in 2-3 manuscripts (HoC, THE QUEEN’S BASTARD, SBX4)
– turning in 2-4 proposals (CAULDRON BORNE, HANDS OF FLAME, THE PRETENDER’S CROWN, SBX5)
– revising 2-3 mss to editorial spec (CD, HoC, TQB)
– writing 3+ comic scripts
– writing synopses for 3-6 comic scripts

Right *now*, however, I’m going to go eat lunch, have a shower, walk the dog, clean the kitchen, make some graham crackers, clean the kitty litter, make some snack bars that Deirdre just gave me the recipe for that look OMG good, finish writing this chapter, watch some Gilmore Girls, have dinner that my incredibly wonderful husband made for me before he went to WORK, walk down to Cobh to walk home again with my husband who is at WORK, and maybe do a drawing.

:)

ytd wordcount: TWO! HUNDRED! THOUSAND!

7 thoughts on “boo-yah”

  1. Thank goodness I’m not a writer. I feel unproductive and inadequate just skimming that post. If I actually was in the business, I’d be intimidated beyond belief!

  2. I sent you a quickie email to your gmail account in response to the last.
    Careful with that schedule…someone might think you’re trying to be prolific or something :P

    -=Jeff=-

  3. Y’know, it just occurred to me–you’ve become so prolific that I’m going to need all the bookshelf space I’m clearing out (oog, did I buy some terrible books when younger) to have room for all your series!

    Still need a book icon. o.O

  5. It’ll slow down after a while here, I promise. :) A lot of this is about Establishing A Presence. It’s not just *your* bookshelves I want to take up a lot of space on!

  6. My brain is hardwired wrong, or something, because I genuinely look at that and think, “Christ, is that all I’ve managed to do?” There is *no logic* behind this thought, and I know it, but it doesn’t take up enough space to look impressive to me, or something. o.O :)

  7. Don’t worry. I’m sure as you get more settled into your career, you’ll manage to achieve a less miserable level of productivity. :P

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