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I only got an hour of writing in yesterday, but still got in 2k words. The rough draft of Spilling Blood will be done this weekend. Time is short this morning so here’s my numbers.

Word Counts

1/8/16 Word Count: 2,129 (ave. 2,129 wph)

Hungry Gods 3 +1,022. 18,447/60,000

Spilling Blood 11 +1,107. 16,449/15,000

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 15,020/20,000

Pen Name Book +0. 4,679/20,000

January Word Count: 28,082

For Year: 28,082

2016 Completed Projects: Short Story.

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Yesterday’s writing was okay. Funny to call a day with a productivity of over 4k words an okay day, but that is where it falls with my current writing speed. I’m starting to pick up on burning out the little windows of distraction, of what I use to keep from writing. One necessary evil is reading articles on writing. I consider it research, and for those of you who also follow me on Twitter, you know I share a lot of them. The second one is still social media. The only real cure for that one is by limiting my time there, and its funny how you can blink and an hour’s gone by when you’re scrolling through your facebook feed.

I also think I’m going to reconsider the order in which I’m writing to get some of my projects knocked out, instead of giving 4 titles roughly equal treatment. I am thinking I want to have a minimum of 3 hours of writing a day, which is a little bit under 6k words a day, and anything above and beyond is a bonus. I am seeing Spilling Blood 11 nearing completion this week (and I think the cover is ready), plus a short story I’m writing under another pen name. Apocalypse Witch may get some much needed love after Spilling Blood this week. Who knows? 🙂

Word Counts

1/4/16 Word Count: 4,117 (ave. 1,647 wph)

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 15,020/20,000

Hungry Gods 3 +1,360. 13,197/60,000

Spilling Blood 11 +807. 11,774/15,000

Pen Name Book +959. 4,679/20,000

Pen Name Short +991. 3,753/5,000

January Word Count: 15,651

For Year: 15,651

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I had a great day writing yesterday, dedicating a solid 3 1/2 hours to my books. I’m using a round robin method combined with a pomodoro timer to keep myself interested, so the day doesn’t go to one single title. While this might slow down getting any single one book completed, it moves numerous titles toward completion at a fairly decent rate. I would also argue that because I am BIC, it’s not slowing anything down. What’s the alternative? Writing a thousand words and deciding I’ve written enough for the day? As you can see by my numbers from yesterday, what I’m doing works for me. So far. 🙂

The week is looking promising. I’m already at 11,534 words, and that’s in only three days. Using the pomodoro technique (using a timer for 25 minute writing bursts), I’m averaging 1500 words an hour, although yesterday alone, my writing average hit 1700 words. I am thinking about going up to a full 30 minutes and see if the extra five minutes will take me to 2k words an hour. Maybe next week. 🙂

Word Counts

1/3/16 Word Count: 6,115 (ave. 1,747 wph)

Apocalypse Witch 3 +0. 15,020/20,000

Hungry Gods 3 +1,713. 12,829/60,000

Spilling Blood 11 +1,647. 10,967/15,000

Pen Name Book +1,037. 3,791/20,000

Pen Name Short +1,718. 2,761/5,000

January Word Count: 11,534

For Year: 11,534

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