January Update

From my post of 1/23, my goals:

As of 1/23, the four WIPs along with my plans for them:
    •    The Faux Princess: 91 300 words, to beta reader by Jan 31;
    •    The Voyages Home: 2500 words, draft complete by April 30;
    •    Princess (A Beckie and Ian story): 51 000 words, draft complete by April 30, and
    •    Low Places (A Beckie and Ian story): 50 000 words, draft complete by Feb 15.

So, how did I do?

As of today, Feb 1, my four WIPs are:
    •    The Faux Princess: 90 956 words, sent to beta reader Jan 30 (met this goal);
    •    The Voyages Home: 2500 words, no change; draft complete by April 30;
    •    Princess (A Beckie and Ian story): 51 000 words, no change; draft complete by April 30, and
    •    Low Places (A Beckie and Ian story): 65 932 words, still on track to complete draft by Feb 15.

My January progress above isn’t indicative of the entire month, which you can see in this figure:






I did 43 569 original words in January, averaging 1405 per day, with four days of writing nothing and three or four more of not very much. The cut-off portion has additional stats.

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