WordWatch 2007 - The Final Countdown
(Psst! Scroll past this for a new ARC giveaway in Friday's post.)December 29:
Great day yesterday, almost five thousand words. I wrote a disturbing scene that went a lot further than originally intended. Clothes that were supposed to stay on, ended up on the floor. Oops.
Words remaining: 11,154
Words per day to meet goal: 3,718
UPDATES:
December 30, 10AM:
Woo! Burning up the keyboard, plus I realized one of the Wicked Game tie-in short stories* I've started has almost 800 words, so I added that to the total. Also wrote 3,688 words, all before the football game. This could actually happen!
Total Words 2007: 293,315
Words remaining: 6,685
Words per day to meet goal: 3,342
December 31, 12:21 AM:
So close. Just found out we're getting a new foster later today (long, sad story, but it's kind of an emergency), but hopefully I'll be able to find five or six hours to write to finish off the three hundred thousand words. Problem is, I'm at the end of a scene and I'm not sure what's next, so it could be slower going than the last several days. Maybe something will come to me in my sleep.
Total words 2007: 296,713
Words remaining: 3,287
*to appear FREE on my website, one per month, starting with the release date
December 31, 10:52 PM
DONE!!
Total words 2007: 300,005
The champagne, she is a-poppin'. Happy New Year, everyone. I'm taking tomorrow off.
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Labels: vampire series, writing life
9 Comments:
-Catie
Posted by:
Catie at 12/30/2007 4:17 PM
Thanks for the cheers!
Posted by:
Jeri at 12/30/2007 4:51 PM
Good luck!
-Catie
Posted by:
Catie at 12/31/2007 6:22 PM
Cecilia
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Anonymous at 1/01/2008 8:20 AM
Posted by:
Catie at 1/01/2008 10:13 AM
Happy New Year!
Posted by:
Rob S. at 1/01/2008 6:18 PM
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Paul S. at 1/01/2008 11:59 PM
I don't have a word count goal this year--the second half of the year will depend on what sells. But if I get to Thanksgiving and discover I'm near a major benchmark, I'll motor ahead and try to make another meaningless wordcount goal. If nothing else, it keeps me motivated to work through the holidays.
Sorry about the song, Rob. It happens to me every night when we take the dog out for "The Final Pottieeeeees!"
Posted by:
Jeri at 1/02/2008 11:59 AM
That's...1,524,000 words in the last 5 years.
...good grod. O.O
-Catie
Posted by:
Catie at 1/03/2008 8:58 AM
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