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If there’s one thing that gets me focused and writing every day, it’s probably this blog post. Recapping on my progress and thinking of what I need to do puts me back into a writing mood.

Yesterday I got up too late to get much of an early start, but I did manage to set aside 30 minutes and go for it. After that, I went and delivered mail. When I got home, I took a nap, but I don’t remember because I was unconscious.  😛

So today’s my last chance to get words written for January. Let’s do this. 🙂

Btw… tomorrow’s blog post will be about my January results – successes and failures. I’ll also take a look at February and where I want to go (and 29 days to do it in). There’s a few habits changes I’m going to make, one of which will affect this blog. Not a biggie, thus the change.

(Spilling Blood ep. 1 is Free today).

Word Counts

1/30/16 Word Count: 947 (ave. 1,894 wph) Editing: Nope

Hungry Gods 3 +947. 47,923/50,000

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +0 8,394/15,000

Pen Name Book +0. 22,874/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 5,361/5,000 Editing

January Word Count: 99,174

For Year: 99,174

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Didn’t write much yesterday, got in half an hour, edited for a while, and went office painting with a friend all day. Today’s going to look much the same, but I’ll be a postal carrier instead of a painter.

This month will be dependent on Sunday to pull out any last minute word counts. But I’m in a good place. 🙂 It’s been a good month.

(Spilling Blood ep. 1 is Free today).

Word Counts

1/29/16 Word Count: 898 (ave. 1,796 wph) Editing: 1 hr

Hungry Gods 3 +898. 46,976/50,000

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +0 8,394/15,000

Pen Name Book +0. 22,874/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 5,361/5,000 Editing

January Word Count: 98,227

For Year: 98,227

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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With the end of week 4 I have slowed down with my writing, mainly because I have to give time away for editing. This dropped me from 37oo words a day (average) to 3400 words a day. That’s overall, mind you, figured from January 1st, so my output daily this week has been significantly lower (and I took one day off from writing, so that hurt). I might be finding a more realistic pace, since editing has to be part of the daily routine.

However, that drop of 300 words will bring me down from 117k words for the month closer to 107k. Honestly not too big of a deal, but still a bummer from my point of view. There’s still 3 days left for January, I’m sitting at 97k right now for the month, so it’s going to come down to how much time I manage to keep in the chair. But I’m also very freakin’ close to finishing the editing on one of my projects. Sacrifices. *Sigh*

Also, I’ve begun to plan for February’s writing schedule. I’m pretty sure I’ve decided on the full length novel, and then there’s Spilling Blood to finish. Hungry Gods might go a little long too, beyond the 50k. Aside from my pen name projects, I might be able to squeeze in one other project. Don’t know what it’s going to be though.

(Spilling Blood ep. 1 is Free today).

Word Counts

1/28/16 Word Count: 3,501 (ave. 1,750 wph) Editing: 2 hrs

Hungry Gods 3 +1,706. 46,134/50,000

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +1,795 8,394/15,000

Pen Name Book +0. 22,892/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 5,361/5,000 Editing

January Word Count: 97,329

For Year: 97,329

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Yesterday was an alright day. I spent some time examining why Hungry Gods was slowing down, and I realized I needed to redo the outline for the last part of the book. There’s enough going on that things had changed from my initial outline. Spilling Blood ep. 12 is moving very quickly. I expect the 1st draft to be done sometime in the first week of February.

And then there’s editing. Blargh!!! The pen name book mentioned below is around 30% complete.

Today marks the end of week 4 of the year, so I’m going to push for a higher word count today. Guess I should get off the internet for awhile. 🙂 Tomorrow I’ll take a look at progress and how I am doing with my goals.

(By the way, Spilling Blood ep. 1 is Free today).

Word Counts

1/27/16 Word Count: 4,096 (ave. 2,048 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,949. 44,465/50,000

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +2,147 6,819/15,000

Pen Name Book +0. 23,008/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 5,361/5,000 Editing

January Word Count: 93,828

For Year: 93,828

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Well I threw yesterday away. January 26th is a crumpled piece of paper with notes on it of what could have been, tossed in the general direction of a trash receptacle, and now lies next to it waiting for someone lacking apathy to come along and make the necessary effort to pick it up and make it disappear.

That’s a bit of an exaggeration. I wrote for an hour. I had a fairly low word count.

Not that I sat around and watched TV or anything, because I only walked through that room and it was off, okay? I sat down and wrote for an hour (as I mentioned), had a life insurance meeting with a salesman (that was a lengthy bit of time), and then got a call from a friend to go and do some touch-up painting on a building in Heyburn (that’s in Idaho). So I went on a short road trip and I painted. That was my day!

Word Counts

1/26/16 Word Count: 1,546 (ave. 1,546 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,546. 42,698/50,000

Pen Name Book +0. 23,073/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +0. 5,361/5,000 Editing

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +0 4,672/15,000

January Word Count: 89,732

For Year: 89,732

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Yesterday was a productive day, as I had hoped. I’m hoping today will be better. Windows updated again, and my PC is hatin’ it. It took about an hour to get it working again afterward. I suppose if I was smart I’d turn off the auto updates, but I’m a writer and it’s all about danger. 😛

I finished Short Story #2 yesterday and it’s added to the pile of titles needing edited, which is growing alarmingly.

And finally, my word count for the year actually passed what I wrote in all of 2015. I didn’t write much last year, other than Spilling Blood Season II and Soul Sister. I hope to pass 100k this week. 😀

Word Counts

1/25/16 Word Count: 5,985 (ave. 1,823 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +1,711. 41,152/50,000

Pen Name Book +516. 23,073/20,000 Editing

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

Pen Name Short Story #2 +1,977. 5,361/5,000 Editing

Spilling Blood ep. 12 +1,781 4,672/15,000

January Word Count: 88,186

For Year: 88,186

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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I got in an hour of writing before the day began yesterday, working on Hungry Gods and a short story. Then it was church followed by a birthday party. I’m hoping to do some serious writing output today. 🙂 I will leave a little time to edit today too.

Word Counts

1/24/16 Word Count: 1,845 (ave. 1,845 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +797. 39,468/50,000

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 +1048. 3,384/5,000

January Word Count: 82,201

For Year: 82,201

2016 Completed Projects: Spilling Blood 11, Short Story.

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Welcome back to Writer’s Life, where I share my exciting adventures from the day before… that I did.. that’s usually about being a writer…. or… EXCITEMENT FROM THE CHAIR!!!

So yesterday, I slept in until 6. I got up, wrote yesterdays, Writer’s Life, delivered mail all day, came home and crashed. I. Did Not. Write.  I didn’t even show up. On my spreadsheet, I have a big ole’ 0 on my word count. 😛

I’m okay with that. (deep breaths) I’ve got to realize there will be days that just don’t work out. (more deep breaths). Am I ashamed? I’m going to lie and say NO! I’m going to hold my chin up, and write some today. As punishment, I’m going to force myself to write 10k words for the next 5 days, Monday through Friday. I’d start punishing myself today, but I’ve got shit to do. But I can’t write about that until tomorrow, because I’m talking about yesterday.

Word Counts

1/23/16 Word Count: 0 (ave. 0 wph) 

Hungry Gods 3 +0. 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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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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