Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 07

METRICS Previous Word Count: 82,606 New Words: 183 Total words for the first draft: 82,789 2024 Metrics Words Total: 5043 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 7185 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: I’m flailing through a fight scene that I don’t see clearly yet. Fave line: “Gonna force me to carry another ghost of a murdered soul?” at Else I Accomplished Today: Tire got patched but I have had the hardest time getting started on anything else today. What I'm looking forward to: Being done with all of this! What I'm not looking forward to: The work to be done with all of this.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 06

METRICS Previous Word Count: 82,519 New Words: 87 Total words for the first draft: 82,606 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4920 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 7002 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Barely got anything done before leaving for my eye appointment, and then was totally distracted once I returned home after it. Fave line: “You look like Ferris’ last playmate. Systir?” What Else I Accomplished Today: I bought new computer glasses that should block blue light and new contacts. What I'm looking forward to: Getting more done tomorrow. What I'm not looking forward to: Having to find out what is wrong with one of my tires.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 05

METRICS Previous Word Count: 82,374 New Words: 145 Total words for the first draft: 82,519 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4872 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 6915 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Not much. The AC at work was broken and set on freezing my office and that made it hard to concentrate. Fave line: “You brought playmates this time, bródir.” What Else I Accomplished Today: Not much because of the cold and outside was 100% rain, so I didn’t get any home chores done either. What I'm looking forward to: Getting my eye appointment done tomorrow. What I'm not looking forward to: Driving in the rain. Least favorite activity.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 04

METRICS Previous Word Count: 82,124 New Words: 250 Total words for the first draft: 82,374 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4762 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 6770 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Today was a rough writing day. I put too much on my list and couldn’t focus. And then my laptop had a freeze up and I had to reboot. Didn’t lose anything but time working on things. Fave line: Raven sneered at it silently. It looked stupid in this space designed for normal human furniture; they couldn’t sit on the platform without poking their heads against the tile ceiling, if not through it. What Else I Accomplished Today: Meh, I got paying job stuff done. What I'm looking forward to: Buying some chocolate. What I'm not looking forward to: Changing the litter boxes but it must be done.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 03

METRICS Previous Word Count: 81,820 New Words: 304 Total words for the first draft: 82,124 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4660 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 6520 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Slowly setting the scene for a fight scene. Fave line: “Try looking in a window first, boys. Then we’ll try a door.” What Else I Accomplished Today: I kept the list short, so I didn’t get overwhelmed with so much to do. What I'm looking forward to: My massage appointment later today. What I'm not looking forward to: Commuting home.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 02

METRICS Previous Word Count: 81,624 New Words: 196 Total words for the first draft: 81,820 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4605 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 6216 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Finished one scene and started a new one. Fave line: “So are they in or did they leave a light on for when they get home?” What Else I Accomplished Today: This ended up being chore catch up day, starting with the kitchen. Which didn’t get finished completely, but visible progress. What I'm looking forward to: Having some free time where I can really concentrate on this and not having so many chores to split my attention. What I'm not looking forward to: Commuting to work tomorrow.

WIP Progress Report

Half the year is done and I have been busy.

• January 2024 & June 2024: Trigun: Three of a Kind -- I have finished my edits and it is with my beta reader.
• February 2024: Cookbook -- this project is mostly me consolidating collecting recipes into a Scrivener cookbook project. It only gets worked on when I have nothing else to do. February had vacation to Universal Studios and uploads to Ao3, but I got caught up in writing what I call ad posts for DUF and Tumblr and forgot that there are still six old stories and thirteen fanmixes to upload. Oops.
• March 2024: Biker Mice From Mars: Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness -- finished the first draft.
• March 2024: Biker Mice From Mars: Evil Jack: Till Death Do We Part -- finished the first draft.
• April 2024: Strix: Forget the Sun -- still writing the first draft.
• May 2024: Star Wars: Rescue the Farmboy: Mission on Mimban -- finished my edits and it is with my beta reader.
• July 2024: BookWorm's Library update -- this one has turned into some behind the scenes changes to make things easier for me in the future when I really didn't have stories ready to be published. But I did find the FanFiction Garret files, so I can add that section with the next update.
• August 2024: Finished my edits on Evil Jack: Till Death Do You Part and it's with my beta reader now. Tweaked the future stories order in the Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare series. But my edits on Wars Are Won: Sacrifice of Happiness ended up having to taking a new course in the second draft. I forgot about complications in the story itself because I was so busy setting up future payoffs.

This is my third year focusing (as best I can) on one project a month before jumping to a new one, and I am starting to see results in so many projects. Getting the Library's website updated with new material is a huge one, along with getting back to old fandoms. Plans for the rest of the year:

• September 2024: back to writing Strix: Forget the Sun
• October 2024: finish the edits on Rescue the Farmboy: Mission on Mimban and start posting it.
• November 2024: finish the edits on Trigun: Three of a Kind and start posting it.
• December 2024: back to updating the BookWorm's Library and I should have stories ready to go on it by then.

I hope the next five months are productive for you too.

Strix: Forget the Sun September Metrics 01

METRICS New Words: 81,358 New Words: 266 Total words for the first draft: 81,624 2024 Metrics Words Total: 4533 2024 Cumulative Word Count: 6020 What I Accomplished in the Narrative Today: Broke back into the scene I left in April and remembering what I was going to do next. I have no idea how the ghosts work, so I’m leaning into that. Fave line: Her face pinched pensively. “What if I leave completely if you die?” What Else I Accomplished Today: I finished the cat wheel and laundry, not the rest of the list. What I'm looking forward to: Not going to work tomorrow. What I'm not looking forward to: The rest of the chores that I haven’t gotten done this weekend.