2018 Writing Recap
Here we are again with the year-end recap. This has been a busy year, with two new novels written (first drafts) and lots and lots of editing! Next year will be even more full of editing, so my yearly writing goal will be much lower than it normally is. I'm looking forward to it, though, because by the end of it I should have many novels ready to send out into the world!
For those interested in my actual monthly breakdown for this year, read on.
January
Worked on edits for The Curse of the Kelim draft 2 (previously titled The Land of Monsters)
February
Finished editing The Curse of the Kelim draft 2
Finished writing short story - The Wind Catcher
Started editing short stories - The Green Knight Stands Watch, The Crooked God's Bargain, The Island of Forgotten Things. Put Island aside for the moment.
March
Decided The Crooked God's Bargain is a novel
Started writing The Last Mages of Greybrook draft 1 again
April
Continued writing The Last Mages of Greybrook draft 1
Decided to slow down & focus on The Last Mages of Greybrook and Jack of Crows instead of multiple projects at once
Started editing Jack of Crows again
May
Started revising a short story from college for submission. Decided I would rather submit a different story, so revised the second story and submitted.
Started writing short story - The Moth Queen
Decided Jack of Crows needed to be split up into three books. Came up with names for each book.
Continued writing The Last Mages of Greybrook draft 1
Finished revisions on The Strawman Chronicles Book 1: Jack of Crows.
June
Continued writing The Last Mages of Greybrook draft 1
Started writing book 1 of my Witch/Fae series again
July
The Queen of Moon and Shadow released!
Edited two short stories and one novel for my boyfriend
Edited The Queen of Blood and Madness
Finished The Last Mages of Greybrook draft 1
Paused all work on Witch/Fae
Started editing The Forest Guardian draft 2 and The Curse of the Kelim draft 3
August
Edited short story - Bard in Shining Armor
Started writing short story - The Home of Forgotten Companions
Started editing The Queen of Blood and Madness draft 4
Finished editing The Forest Guardian draft 2 and The Curse of the Kelim draft 3
September
Finished writing short story - The Home of Forgotten Companions
Started writing The Queen of Thorn and Ivy draft 1
Started editing The Forest Guardian draft 3
October
Continued writing The Queen of Thorn and Ivy draft 1
Finished editing The Forest Guardian draft 3
Started editing The Curse of the Kelim draft 4
Started edits for a novel and two short stories for my boyfriend
November
Finished The Curse of the Kelim draft 4
Continued writing The Queen of Thorn and Ivy draft 1
Continued edits for my boyfriend
December
Finished edits for my boyfriend
Finished writing The Queen of Thorn and Ivy draft 1
Tales of the Interstellar Bartenders' Guild released!
Decided The Call of the Fae series would include five books instead of three
Final word count for 2018: 194,971
Now, on to my goals for 2019.
As I mentioned above, I plan to focus heavily on editing in 2019. If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year I should have completed:
The Curse of the Kelim draft 5
The Forest Guardian drafts 4 & 5
The Last Mages of Greybrook drafts 2-5
The Queen of Thorn and Ivy drafts 2-5
The Myth of Light draft 1
Writing goal for 2019: 80,000
Editing goal for 2019: about 960,000
That's it for now!
