Writing Stats 2024
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amado1January: 5,960 words total
-- Anhedonia, 756 words.
-- First Words, 486 words.
-- Weyoun Writes a Musical, 861 words.
-- Touch, 480 words.
-- Music, 562 words.
-- Vorta Delicacies, 855 words.
-- Birth, 468 words.
-- Color, 568 words.
-- Drinking Games, 592 words.
-- Nervous Tics, 332 words.
February: 1,196 words total
-- This Sorry Flesh, 1196 words (published!)
March: 45,512 words
-- A Faint Scent of Weed in the Weave of a Shirt, 1730 words.
-- A Story About Blood, 1463 words.
-- Deadnettles, 2070 words.
-- Lead Me to Calvary, 1357 words (earmarked for an upcoming zine).
-- Miss Dolly, 1991 words.
-- Other Slants of Light, 11,818 words.
-- Shield and Spear, 400 words.
-- Snow Day, 955 words.
-- So Abram Rose, 2369 words.
-- Strip Club Werewolf, 13,949 words.
-- The Morning Train to Chicago, 529 words.
-- Unit 371, 1558 words.
-- What Wondrous Love Is This, 1027 words.
-- The Feast of Bast, 2652 words.
-- Between the Scars, 1644 words.
April: 21,721 words total
-- All Fours, 2437 words.
-- Edward Penishands, 1225 words (published as a zine!)
-- Nose to Tail, 2907 words.
-- Spring Violets, 1046 words.
-- Twins, 868 words.
-- Under the Knife, 1728 words.
-- It's Called a "Neg," Daniel, 3174 words.
-- Dirty Laundry, 8336 words.
May: 16,824 words total
-- A Dog to Its Vomit, 5319 words (submitted, rejected).
-- Mr. Bad Smile, 1307 words.
-- Seedling, 1244 words.
-- Sinkhole, 3405 words.
-- Snow Queen, 536 words.
-- Teratoma, 2259 words.
-- Dr. Phil Horror Zine, 2754 words.
-- Also, I think this was the month NaZine came out, with my short story, "The White Worm."
June: 33,820 words total
-- Come to Mama, 1278 words.
-- First Love, 9899 words.
-- Mark of the Beast, 1522 words.
-- One Shot, 3496 words.
-- How to Tame a Tiger, 11,871 words.
-- How to Fix a Broken Light, 5754 words.
July: 24,745 words total
-- All of Us Spies, 3435 words (earmarked for Gasmasc)
-- Ball and Chain, 2862 words.
-- Closer to God, 3550 words.
-- Migraine, 844 words.
-- Passchendaele, 1419 words (earmarked for Gasmasc).
-- Slow Walk, 6141 words (Chapter 1)
-- Ghost Ship, 2951 words (Chapter 2)
-- Weather-Resistant, 2432 words (Chapter 3?! I just found this! I totally forgot about it!).
-- The Wrong Side of the Wound, 1111 words (earmarked for Gasmasc).
August: 3,230+
-- Underpass, 1433 words.
-- Stories for Creepy Little Psychopathic Boys, 1797 words.
-- Various poems.
September: 8,140+
-- A Surgeon's Touch, 7802 words (published!)
-- The Story of the Moon, 338 words.
-- Various poems.
October: 35,164+
-- Sex Behavior of the Deviant Vorta, 2304 (zine fic).
-- Divine, 8788 words (unfinished).
-- Lips Too Chilled, 2198 words.
-- What Happens on Shore Leave, 824 words.
-- Green Light, 1366 words.
-- Three's a Party, 1996 words.
-- Deep Mitth'roa'tnuruodo, 1311 words.
-- The More the Merrier, 832 words.
-- Out of Sight, Out of Mind, 1740 words.
-- K'sici, 4319 words.
-- Intricate Rituals, 2261 words.
-- It's the Size That Counts, 1305 words.
-- A Catch in the Throat, 3397 words.
-- Join the Empire! Enlist Now!, 968 words.
-- I Wanna Be Your Dog, 597 words.
-- Perchance to Dream, 566 words.
-- All Work and No Play, 392 words.
-- Various poems.
November: 8,364+
-- Sun Dogs, 2222 words.
-- Find the Beginning, 2207 words.
-- His Softest Touch as Sharp as Lizard's Sting, 1927 words.
-- Firsts, 824 words.
-- Cupcake, 1184 words.
-- Various poems.
December: 43,021+
-- Adults Only! Hot Teen Girl TOPS Concert Pianist XXX, 2489 words.
-- Red Ochre, 2285 words.
-- Slow Walk, 38,247 words.
-- Various poems.
Thoughts:
March, April, and May were great months for original material. Lots of memorable short stories and two very hefty ones over 10K.
Things fell apart in June, despite the hefty wordcount for that month. At the end of May, Rich tantalized me with the idea of collaborating on zines, so I started the Dr. Phil Horror Zine and Gasmasc, wrote multiple stories for both. But Rich's work schedule kept him from following through with his part (no fault of his own), so none of those stories have been published. I still had some good writing juice in me through June and July -- some great fics were posted, I started Slow Walk, and I knocked out some killer horror stories for Gasmasc. Looking back, I guess I saw June and July as "waste" months because fics, stories earmarked for zines, and unfinished manuscripts don't hit the same as a spate of finished shorts that can theoretically be submitted anywhere at any time.
In August, I met up with Alex, Ben, and Gregor and re-started school, and quickly fell into a prose slump. I remember nothing of the stories I wrote this month. In September, I struggled to finish my horror story for the anthology and avoided my other writing obligations. Poetry, however, really exploded, was lots of fun and very productive.
In October, I sweated through a painful zine fic. Dove coaxed me into doing Imptober with her, and while it was like pulling teeth at first, I found my groove and wrote some pretty good fics. Energized again, I started playing with a dark romance novel, but lost my juice when the cover artist I commissioned ghosted me.
In November, I kept focusing on my poetry and kept my prose writing to just fics, all of which turned out excellent. And in December, my juice came back full-swing and I started blitzing through Slow Walk while also writing lots of fun poems, a commission, and a Severance fic.
It comes out to somewhere north of 247,697 words for the whole year. Next year I'll have to date my poems and type them up so I can see how they fall.
-- Anhedonia, 756 words.
-- First Words, 486 words.
-- Weyoun Writes a Musical, 861 words.
-- Touch, 480 words.
-- Music, 562 words.
-- Vorta Delicacies, 855 words.
-- Birth, 468 words.
-- Color, 568 words.
-- Drinking Games, 592 words.
-- Nervous Tics, 332 words.
February: 1,196 words total
-- This Sorry Flesh, 1196 words (published!)
March: 45,512 words
-- A Faint Scent of Weed in the Weave of a Shirt, 1730 words.
-- A Story About Blood, 1463 words.
-- Deadnettles, 2070 words.
-- Lead Me to Calvary, 1357 words (earmarked for an upcoming zine).
-- Miss Dolly, 1991 words.
-- Other Slants of Light, 11,818 words.
-- Shield and Spear, 400 words.
-- Snow Day, 955 words.
-- So Abram Rose, 2369 words.
-- Strip Club Werewolf, 13,949 words.
-- The Morning Train to Chicago, 529 words.
-- Unit 371, 1558 words.
-- What Wondrous Love Is This, 1027 words.
-- The Feast of Bast, 2652 words.
-- Between the Scars, 1644 words.
April: 21,721 words total
-- All Fours, 2437 words.
-- Edward Penishands, 1225 words (published as a zine!)
-- Nose to Tail, 2907 words.
-- Spring Violets, 1046 words.
-- Twins, 868 words.
-- Under the Knife, 1728 words.
-- It's Called a "Neg," Daniel, 3174 words.
-- Dirty Laundry, 8336 words.
May: 16,824 words total
-- A Dog to Its Vomit, 5319 words (submitted, rejected).
-- Mr. Bad Smile, 1307 words.
-- Seedling, 1244 words.
-- Sinkhole, 3405 words.
-- Snow Queen, 536 words.
-- Teratoma, 2259 words.
-- Dr. Phil Horror Zine, 2754 words.
-- Also, I think this was the month NaZine came out, with my short story, "The White Worm."
June: 33,820 words total
-- Come to Mama, 1278 words.
-- First Love, 9899 words.
-- Mark of the Beast, 1522 words.
-- One Shot, 3496 words.
-- How to Tame a Tiger, 11,871 words.
-- How to Fix a Broken Light, 5754 words.
July: 24,745 words total
-- All of Us Spies, 3435 words (earmarked for Gasmasc)
-- Ball and Chain, 2862 words.
-- Closer to God, 3550 words.
-- Migraine, 844 words.
-- Passchendaele, 1419 words (earmarked for Gasmasc).
-- Slow Walk, 6141 words (Chapter 1)
-- Ghost Ship, 2951 words (Chapter 2)
-- Weather-Resistant, 2432 words (Chapter 3?! I just found this! I totally forgot about it!).
-- The Wrong Side of the Wound, 1111 words (earmarked for Gasmasc).
August: 3,230+
-- Underpass, 1433 words.
-- Stories for Creepy Little Psychopathic Boys, 1797 words.
-- Various poems.
September: 8,140+
-- A Surgeon's Touch, 7802 words (published!)
-- The Story of the Moon, 338 words.
-- Various poems.
October: 35,164+
-- Sex Behavior of the Deviant Vorta, 2304 (zine fic).
-- Divine, 8788 words (unfinished).
-- Lips Too Chilled, 2198 words.
-- What Happens on Shore Leave, 824 words.
-- Green Light, 1366 words.
-- Three's a Party, 1996 words.
-- Deep Mitth'roa'tnuruodo, 1311 words.
-- The More the Merrier, 832 words.
-- Out of Sight, Out of Mind, 1740 words.
-- K'sici, 4319 words.
-- Intricate Rituals, 2261 words.
-- It's the Size That Counts, 1305 words.
-- A Catch in the Throat, 3397 words.
-- Join the Empire! Enlist Now!, 968 words.
-- I Wanna Be Your Dog, 597 words.
-- Perchance to Dream, 566 words.
-- All Work and No Play, 392 words.
-- Various poems.
November: 8,364+
-- Sun Dogs, 2222 words.
-- Find the Beginning, 2207 words.
-- His Softest Touch as Sharp as Lizard's Sting, 1927 words.
-- Firsts, 824 words.
-- Cupcake, 1184 words.
-- Various poems.
December: 43,021+
-- Adults Only! Hot Teen Girl TOPS Concert Pianist XXX, 2489 words.
-- Red Ochre, 2285 words.
-- Slow Walk, 38,247 words.
-- Various poems.
Thoughts:
March, April, and May were great months for original material. Lots of memorable short stories and two very hefty ones over 10K.
Things fell apart in June, despite the hefty wordcount for that month. At the end of May, Rich tantalized me with the idea of collaborating on zines, so I started the Dr. Phil Horror Zine and Gasmasc, wrote multiple stories for both. But Rich's work schedule kept him from following through with his part (no fault of his own), so none of those stories have been published. I still had some good writing juice in me through June and July -- some great fics were posted, I started Slow Walk, and I knocked out some killer horror stories for Gasmasc. Looking back, I guess I saw June and July as "waste" months because fics, stories earmarked for zines, and unfinished manuscripts don't hit the same as a spate of finished shorts that can theoretically be submitted anywhere at any time.
In August, I met up with Alex, Ben, and Gregor and re-started school, and quickly fell into a prose slump. I remember nothing of the stories I wrote this month. In September, I struggled to finish my horror story for the anthology and avoided my other writing obligations. Poetry, however, really exploded, was lots of fun and very productive.
In October, I sweated through a painful zine fic. Dove coaxed me into doing Imptober with her, and while it was like pulling teeth at first, I found my groove and wrote some pretty good fics. Energized again, I started playing with a dark romance novel, but lost my juice when the cover artist I commissioned ghosted me.
In November, I kept focusing on my poetry and kept my prose writing to just fics, all of which turned out excellent. And in December, my juice came back full-swing and I started blitzing through Slow Walk while also writing lots of fun poems, a commission, and a Severance fic.
It comes out to somewhere north of 247,697 words for the whole year. Next year I'll have to date my poems and type them up so I can see how they fall.
