Well, lookie there, another three months have gone by. And what have I done?
-Sold three stories (two of them collaborative) and an article.
-Attended WorldCon, Foolscap, a writing retreat, and the King Tut exhibit.
-Read my story “By the Sea” before a packed house at the Grants Pass anthology release.
-Finished editing NIGHTCRAFT MOTHER in preparation for market.
-Drafted most of OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS.
Metrics:
-Wrote 115,566 words of new fiction in 78.25 writing hours.
{That’s a total of 196,617 words of new fiction on the year; so, it was a good quarter for fresh writing, to be sure.}
-This includes: 107,766 on OUR LADY and the rest on various bits of other short pieces, mostly “Embers” and “The Hippie Monster of Eel River”.
Other stuff:
-Quit my job (last day December 1….sigh)
-Quit my therapist
-Flew back and forth to Portland a few times
-Drove back and forth to Portland once
-Went to far too many oncology appointments (ANY oncology appointments are far too many)
-Saw two movies (one in theater, one on DVD)
-Attended two weddings, both fairly nontraditional, and therefore all the better for it
-Fed some cats
-Read some books (metrics and titles on these at year-end only)
Not bad. Much more to do. Onward!