So, yep, I used my word counts and facebook posts to come up with this chart of what I've been doing since June.
Since some of you have asked me, "So what do you do all day?" or "What does your average week look like?" or "So you just write stories all day?"...
Here's an actual list of what I've been doing. Mind you, this doesn't include the daily stuff (brushing teeth, checking email, putting the dog outside to do his business, etc) but it is sort of amusing nonetheless. The one thing it showed me? The reason I never have a good answer for, "What is your average day like?" is that I never have an average day. Each one is pretty different and sort of shows me just playing hunt and peck to get things knocked off my to do list one at a time...
Just like everyone else.
Based on this, in the past almost two months (broken down below):
I wrote 35k in June and 46k in August for a grand total
of about 81,000 words written in the past two months.
I’ve edited 362,000 words for various freelance
assignments.
I’ve both revised and rewritten about 229,000 words. (which kinda makes my words written for the two months 310,000? ...meh, close enough. I'm a writer, not a math-er.)
All told, that makes about 672, 060 words of literature
that crossed my desk before going out into the world.
This doesn’t include ARCs I’ve read or other books I’ve
enjoyed in that timeframe as I make no marked change on them. I just read
them. Books I know I've read in this time frame? I'm listing them below, but if you're really curious what I thought about them, find me on GoodReads. Also, I don't know how many words these books add up to my total total, but I'm not yanking them open and doing all the math to figure it out either.
Wrecked, by Shiloh Walker
The Arrow, by Monica McCarty
Dead Giveaway, by Charles Ramsey
Finding Me, by Michelle Knight
Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon, by Carmen Falcone
Just a Little Bit Lost, by Laurel Trivelpiece
Wolf Bite, by Heather Long
His Marriage Bargain, by Sidney Bristol
The Accidental Duchess, by Madeline Hunter
July
1 - went to breakfast/went to docs/ college classes/took
kids to visit friends
2 - wrote 3k horror/attacked ebook pirates/revised 15k/went to Erie mall
3 - college class/visited friends
4 - family reunion/ went to bar with April and Jamie
5 - discussed proofs/ family tea party
7 - college classes/assignments
6 - ordered indie cover/contract discussion with editor/visited
family, cemetery and Cleveland metroparks and did photoshoot/ got charged 3x
for one purchase at Dollar General
7 - got contract offer/ wrote 8k horror/ contract
discussion with editor
8 - college class/bought indie cover/sent cover form to
pub/possible tornado
9 - college class/visited niece/had nephews over for
slumber party
10 - generated invite for block party/promo blast
11 - made graphics/ scoured internet for book I read in
6th grade-found and ordered it
12 - critted 10k/edited 22k/ junking with exhub &
kids/ found keystone letterbox
13 - revised 17k/ finances reviewed with accountant/
went junking /#13 on Amazon list
14 - kids immunized/various school related tasks
15 - author party
16 - wrote 17k/ edited 22k book/sent DMCAs
17 - college class/met friends at walnut beach
18 - signed & accepted book contract/ went junking
19 - sent invites to block party
21 - critted 8k/edited 42/ helped revise resume/discussed
meeting with editor
21-24 revised and edited 54k
23 – Wriggled in RWA envy/ various publishing tasks
with Amazon/visited sister
24 – Visited with editor pal/explored First Ladies
Museum in Akron/pumped too much gas because I got distracted taking pics of the
sky
25 - sent invites to Block Party/contract
negotiations/DMCAs/went junking
28 - made graphics/asked questions in Q&A with
Desiree Holt/sent out ARCs to reviewers
30 - set up blog tour/wrote blogs/discussed contract
with editor/made graphics
31 - wrote 7k/ made covers for self pubs/ kids worked
on mural
August
1 - wrote 9k/submitted to publisher/made
graphics/discussed audible rights with pub
2 - completed edit 11k/accepted contract/ revamped (broke)
website
3 - invoiced edits/revised blurb for pub/haircuts for
kids/visited parents
4 - fridge starts decline to death/kids swim/prep for release days and final
5 - Book release/ fb block party/ found flea on
dog/Flip out and mass murder of all bugs
4 - fb block party/ wrote 4k/ sent out info for fb
party/set up installation for internet upgrade/organized block party/discussed
cover proofs/discussed school things
6 - painted derby car/visited friend/bestseller in
three categories/beginning to notice food poisoning but not aware that is what
it is yet
7 - box set released/food poisoned because fridge
died/took final exam for college/Sent out DMCAs/sent out some prizes from
contests/discussed cover art for pub title/discussed coming fb party
8 - son’s first date/ sorted kids clothes/sent book for
audiobook production
9 - back to school shopping/visited fair with
son/bonfire/ revamped (broke) website
10 - birthday party for adopted daughter/bonfire/more
negotiations regarding contract/box set release party on fb
12-14 revised and edited 88k/broke my house/visited
with fam
14 - final pass on 22k edit/ Made graphics/completed
online registration for son
13 - installed new fridge/got run over by a grocery
cart/bought $300 groceries/yogurt war/ watched first outlander
15 - wrote 5k/ bought photography for indie cover/various
office tasks/back to school shopping/ made cover flat
16 - revised 5k/ edited 45k book/got edits on one book
back/discussed cover art for indie title/visited parents/created ad campaign
and associated graphics/ dogsat
17 - wrote, organized and edited 14k/created cover art
& graphics/published on amazon/visited parents
18 - Completed contract negotiations with
publisher/wrote review for ARC/discussed editing schedule with an
editor/created physical office for online students and school completed
organization
19 - Traveled to Cleveland and Euclid/explored Our Lady
of Lourdes healing waters and cemetery/visited with family/traveled home from
Clevaland/completed ALS Ice Bucket Challenge/traveled to Geneva to visit and
see Outlander
20 - made graphics/school related items - first day for
older kids/read ARC for review
21 - wrote 13660/created reveal tour and post/wrote
book review (400words)/created retroreads graphics
So...yeah. That's what I've been doing. *squints at list*
Gads, the food poisoning.
