Daily Writing Prompt and Quote 1/24/16

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1/24/16: Write About a Box of Chocolates. 

The minute you settle for less than you deserve you get even less than you settled for.
— Maureen Dowd

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Writer’s Life – Jan 22, 16

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Yesterday was just one of those days where I wrote just to say I showed up. I actually got up very early (2:30 am), and spent most of the morning marketing. I finally sat down to write and I got a call from the Post Office. I work part time for the postal service, which is basically every Saturday. Then other post offices around the valley call me if they are short. That’s what I did yesterday. It’s not a bad thing, but like I said, my valuable writing time went to marketing. And I’m writing this on a Saturday, so my goal is to find another half hour or so to write this afternoon, and then make up the word count starting on Sunday.

Last night my kids had a Halo party. When I came home, there were 16+ kids around 4 tv’s and xbox’s. It’s now 6:30 am, and there’s still a few kids. Therefore I didn’t get up early enough to do any writing, except to check in here with my numbers. 🙂

 

Word Counts

1/22/16 Word Count: 1,080 (ave. 2,160 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,080. 38,671/50,000

Pen Name Book +0. 22,429/20,000 Editing

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 21,648/20,000 Editing

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +0 2,891/15,000

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 2,336/5,000

January Word Count: 80,356

For Year: 80,356

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Daily Writing Prompt and Quote 1/23/16

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1/23/16: Write About a Mystery. 

People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.
— John Miller

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Daily Writing Prompt and Quote 1/22/16

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1/22/16: Write About a Reunion. 

Play the game, you know you can’t quit until it’s won.
— John Parr

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Writer’s Life – Jan 21, 16

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Week 3 Update

Week 3 of 2016 begins today and I’m somewhere near where I want to be with my writing. I’m at 79,000 words for January (and the year), averaging 3,700 words per day for the month, and am wrapping up quite a few projects I’ve been working on for a long time (a few for years). I will hit about 117,000 words for the month at my current pace.

With this being the last full week of the month, my goals are to finish Hungry Gods 3 (at least by the 31st), finish editing 2 books (one of which is Apocalypse Witch 3), and write 1 more short story. Then I can cross January off and start thinking about February.

I will try to release Apocalypse Witch 3 this week. 🙂

On a final note, with Spilling Blood ep. 11 released this week, I have begun writing Spilling Blood ep. 12.

Word Counts

1/21/16 Word Count: 3,699 (ave. 1,727 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,411. 37,598/50,000

Pen Name Book +244. 22,429/20,000 Editing

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 21,648/20,000 Editing

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +896 2,891/15,000

Pen Name Short Story #2 +1,148. 2,336/5,000

January Word Count: 79,276

For Year: 79,276

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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The Ultimate Spilling Blood Season Sale

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Two Complete Novels – $0.99 Each!

With the start of Season III of Spilling Blood, this is a great opportunity to discover or catch up on the complete series of Season I and II.

Right now, you can grab BOTH of the first two seasons on your kindle ereading device for less than a movie ticket, and in return you will receive countless HOURS of entertainment!

This sale is NOT on the episodes, but on the collections. Yes, that’s TWO COMPLETE NOVELS FOR $0.99 EACH!

WHY AM I SHOUTING? I DON’T KNOW!!!!

Better hurry though, this is a limited time sale (until Jan 27, 16). What are you waiting for? Escape reality into a world of the supernatural.

They’re waiting for you… :)=

Grab Season I for $0.99 here.

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Grab Season II for $0.99 here.

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Spilling Blood Episode 11 – Available Now

Spilling Blood Episode 11 now Available! Grab it for your kindle reading app and Kindle Unlimited.

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In Season III, the Game Changes
Taken to the very brink of death, Emily rises again. With new abilities. New alliances. And deadly new enemies.
Emily Steel will be tested to her limits as evil rises to consume her city.
Being a vampire just got deadly.

Vampires…
They’ve walked among us for centuries…
Lurking in the shadows…
Thirsting…
In Spilling Blood Season III, Emily’s struggle to survive as one of the undead continues. The events from last season have left her damaged. Can she trust the Dragon’s promise to help her learn her full potential?
Or does he only seek to possess her?
Season III is here, with all new threats and thrills, twisted horror, and dark lust.
It all begins with Episode 11. Season III is four episodes, with each book 50% longer than previous seasons.

Spilling Blood is a serial, with each part like a television episode, and the episodes collected in seasons.
Have you read the first ten episodes to Spilling Blood? This book is Episode 11, and starts Season III.

If you haven’t read Season I (episodes 1-4) or Season II (episodes 5-10), they are available episodically or in novel format.

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Daily Writing Prompt and Quote 1/21/16

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1/21/16: Write About a Relationship Ending. 

He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.
— Philip Massinger

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Writer’s Life – Jan 20, 16

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Yesterday I worked on Hungry Gods 3, started my second short story for the month, finished the first draft of Apocalypse Witch 3, and did a little editing. I have now passed the 75k mark for the month. I’m now writing more than 25k a week. Last week I set a goal for myself to reach an average of writing 4k a day, and I’m not there yet, but I’m going to be pretty close by this weekend.

My computer didn’t crash yesterday, so I’m happy about that. Hopefully it’s got that out of its system. And I watched the first episode of Orphan Black Season 3. Oh, I drank loads of coffee. True story.

EDITING

So I see a big challenge arising because of my output. I need to make real time for editing. I don’t know how much time I realistically need to set aside for this task to get books released in a timely manner. In the past, the answer was give all the time, until the book was complete. That doesn’t work for me now.

So to start, I’m going to go at an hour at a time, and see how many words I get through. I’ll start a new spreadsheet to track this, and it’ll be more data for this page. This will give me an idea of how long it’s going to take before the book sees the light of day.

Note to self – this is something I should do with marketing too.

Word Counts

1/20/16 Word Count: 5,917 (ave. 2,064 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,862. 36,327/50,000

Pen Name Book +327. 22,185/20,000 Editing

Apocalypse Witch 3 +2,544. 21,648/20,000 Editing

Pen Name Short Story #2 +1,184. 1,184/5,000

January Word Count: 75,577

For Year: 75,577

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Writer’s Life – Jan 19, 16

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Yes! That’s a new title for Daily Word Count you see up there. Because, word count, right? But Writer’s Life… that sounds adventurous.

And it could be! Sometimes! Because, writers!

And yesterday was no exception. I had an antagonist enter the story of my life. I totally didn’t expect it. It was my computer. It froze up on me three times, and once I lost a few hundred words in Hungry Gods. Of course, I’m blaming the Windows update from Microsoft that happened the night before. Microsoft is the Big Bad of this story, and the PC like maybe a Level Boss, or even an anti-hero (since we’re usually friends – but that’s how it usually works with antagonists, the ones who love you the most are deal out the most hurt). There’s no resolution yet. It’s like an obscure indie film leaving the audience wondering if this glimpse into the protagonist’s life is just there to leave us wondering if it’s a profound statement about life and inevitability.

And while my PC sabotaged much of my productivity, I did manage to release Spilling Blood ep 11 (there will be an official announcement later), as well as plan for a Spilling Blood series sale starting in a couple days, PLUS! Word count.

So yesterday’s writing kept me completely in the world of Hungry Gods. It is ~69% complete. I fell beneath my minimum daily writing goal of 2,750 words, because… you know… PC issues.

Word Counts

1/19/16 Word Count: 2,636 (ave. 1,757 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +2,636. 34,658/50,000

Pen Name Book +0. 21,858/20,000 Editing

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 19,396/20,000

January Word Count: 67,024

For Year: 67,024

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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