[Home] [Up] [Archive] [Progress 1998] [Progress 1999] [Progress 2000] [Progress 2001] [Progress 2002] [Progress 2003] [Progress 2004] [Progress 2005] [Progress 2006] [Progress 2007] Year to Date (2000):
| Month |
# of Words
|
# of Words
|
Difference 98/99 |
# of Words 2000 | Difference 99/00 |
| January |
57456 |
45,156 |
-12300 |
50,837 |
+5678 |
| February |
32101 |
58,143 |
+26042 |
41,267 |
-16,876 |
| March |
35494 |
31,633 |
-3861 |
31,705 |
+72 |
| April |
38375 |
41,585 |
+3210 |
30,788 |
-10,797
|
| May |
39988 |
37080 |
-2908 |
40,332 |
+3252
|
| June |
49999 |
41425 |
-8574 |
41,449 |
+ 24
|
| July |
53892 |
55917 |
+2025 |
67,135 |
+11,218
|
| August |
35798 |
36709 |
+911 |
66,162 |
+29,453
|
| September |
36675 |
74062 |
+37387 |
36,049 |
-38013
|
| October |
45586 |
59824 |
+14238 |
52,790 |
-7034
|
| November |
46052 |
50532 |
+4480 |
48,067 |
-2465
|
| December |
67,942 |
60694 |
-7248 |
57,597 |
-3097
|
| Total for year | 538,266 |
601,842 |
+63,576 |
567,178 |
-21,156 |
Material worked on:
SFWA word count lengths
*Novel -- 40,000 words or more
*Novella -- 17,500 - 39,999 words
*Novelette -- 7,500 -17,499 words
*Short Story -- 7,499 words or fewer
| Title |
Began
Finished |
Novel Novella Novelette or Short Story |
New Rewrite |
Genre (Age) | # of Words |
| DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 1/1/00
1/25/00 |
Novella
1 |
New | M (YA) | 33,737 |
| The Captain's Last Orders | 1/26/00
1/30/00 |
Short Story
1 |
New | SF | 7415 |
| JOEY MOUSKIN'S TALE (REWRITE OF SS TO MG NOVEL) |
2/1/00
7/3/00 |
Novelette
1 |
Rewrite | F (MG) | 12,692 |
| THE GIFT OF VALOR | 2/14/00
2/20/00 |
Novelette
2 |
New | SF | 8264 |
| HEY BABY, WHAT'S YOUR GLAMOUR (WITH PAULA FLEMING) | 2/14/00
3/27/00 |
Short Story
2 |
New | F | 3976/5910 |
| Keepers at the Gate of Reality | 2/21/00
2/27/00 |
Short Story
3 |
New | F | 2241 |
| Unlikely Companions | 2/28/00
3/4/00 |
Short Story
4 |
New | F | 6264 |
| The War Between | 3/6/00 |
Novelette
3 |
New | F | 8263 |
| Singer # St. Jude # 3 Just Killing Time |
3/8/00 |
Novel
1 |
New | SF | 47,329 |
| Darda's last hope | 3/13/00
3/18/00 |
Short Story
5 |
New | SF | 3058 |
| Cougar -- First Run | 3/17/00 |
Novella
3 |
Rewrite | SF | 30,063 |
| Weaving the Strands of Love |
3/20/00
3/26/00 |
Short Story
6 |
New | F | 3057 |
| THE MAP |
4/3/00
4/8/00 |
Short Story
7 |
New | F | 5683 |
| Dangerous Patterns |
4/21/00
5/5/00 |
Short Story
8 |
New | SF | 6183 |
| A Fate Cast in Stones |
5/6/00
5/10/00 |
Short Story
9 |
New | F | 2000 |
| A Whisper of Ghosts and Shadows (B5 fanfic) | 5/18/00 |
Novella
4 |
New | TV | 26,141 |
| Fly Away | 6/21/00
7/16/00 |
Short Story
10 |
New | F | 4,730 |
| Brendon's Song | 6/29/00
7/31/00 |
Novel
2 |
Rewrite | F | 54,544 |
| Such Gifts As These Tales for a Silver Queen | 8/13/00
10/9/00 |
Novel
3 |
New | F | 66,867 |
| The Bequest of Dangerous Pets | 8/13/00
8/17/00 |
Short Story
11(D1) |
New | F | 3929 |
| A Ride Through Hell and Back | 8/18/00 |
Short Story
12 (D2) |
New | F | 5301 |
| Seer | 8/27/00
9/9/00 |
Short Story
13 (D3) |
New | F | 5139 |
| The Gods of Falta | 8/31/00
9/4/00 |
Short Story
14 (D4) |
New | F | 2328 |
| Reginald & Shadow Cat | 9/12/00
9/15/00 |
Short Story
15 (D5) |
New | F | 3791 |
| Tasha's Forest |
9/21/00
9/25/00 |
Short Story
16 (D6) |
New | F | 2515 |
| Squirrel and Bunny's Christmas Party |
9/26/00
9/29/00 |
Short Story
17 (D7) |
New | F | 1510 |
| The End of the World and We Know It |
10/4/00
10/4/00 |
Poem | New | F | 396 |
| Laid Waste |
10/4/00
10/7/00 |
Short Story
18 (D8) |
New | F | 3067 |
| The Long Way Home (West Wing fanfic) |
10/10/00
10/15/00 |
Short Story
19 |
New | TV | 9544 |
| Oaths | 10/17/00 |
Novelette
4 |
New | F | 11,641 |
| Heir to the Sun, the Wind and the Sand |
10/18/00
12/31/00 |
Novella
5 |
Rewrite | F | 35,484 |
| Brothers Under the Skin (West Wing fanfic) |
10/26/00
11/26/00 |
Novella
6 |
New | TV | 31,494 |
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Finished material might be anything from a first to a final draft if that last draft meant a substantial amount of reworking. |
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Rewrites are complete re-workings of an older manuscript usually by retyping the entire story from scratch. |
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Travel reports are not listed although they do count in the word totals for the year. |
Editing
Title |
date |
Rounds |
Silky |
1/1/00 (2/1/00) (6/1/00) |
1 (1/00) 2 (2/00) 3(6/00) |
| Shepherd Boy | 6/1/00 | 11/6/00 |
| News From the Front | 8/13/00 | 10/14/00 |
| Living in Caine's Hold | 11/15/00 | 12/07/00 |
Submissions:
(Blue -- still out, Black -- rejected, Red -- sold!)
| January | One Demand Too Many 01/09/00 Rejected 1/26/00 |
Lucky 1/27/00 Rejected 3/3/00 |
Those Who Reach 1/28/00 Accepted by Jackhammer 1/31/00 |
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| February | One Demand Too Many 02/01/00 Accepted by Anotherealm 3/17/00 |
Weber's Site 2/26/00 Rejected 5/27/00 |
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| March |
Our Lady of the Trees 3/5/00 Rejected 3/29/00 |
The Moment of Truth 3/19/00 Rejected 5/1/00 |
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| April |
Lucky 4/28/00 Rejected 5/22/00 |
Unlikely Companions 4/28/00 Rejected 7/2/00 | ||
| May |
A Fate Cast in Stones 5/12/00 Rejected 5/27/00 |
The Moment of Truth 5/31/00 Rejected 7/23/00 | ||
| June |
Lucky 6/28/00 |
A Fate Cast In Stones 6/30/00 Rejected 7/14/00 | ||
| July |
The Moment of Truth 7/28/00 Rejected 11/20/00 |
Weaving the Strands of Love 7/28/00 rejected 9/13/00 |
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| August |
A Fate Cast In Stones 8/19/00 |
Weber's Site 8/26/00 rejected 9/7/00 | ||
| September | A Warriors Work... 9/12/00 rejected 10/2/00 | Weaving the Strands of Love 9/14/00 rejected 9/25/00 | Joey Mousekin's Tale 9/ 20/00 | |
| October | Unlikely Companions 10/9/00 Accepted 10/30/00 | Weaving the Strands of Love 10/13/00 rejected 11/14/00 | Darda's Last Hope 10/13/00 Rejected 11/16/00 | News from the Front, 10/14/00 |
| Sheridan's Gift 10/14/00 rejected 10/20/00 | ||||
| November | The End of the World (poem) 11/15/00 | A Warrior's Work is Never Done 11/15/00 | ||
| December | Weaving the Strands of Love 12/22/00 | Sumerian Nights, 12/26/00 | ||
| 1999 submissions still out |
Warrior's Work 4/99 Rejected 8/00 |
Sumerian Nights 5/99 Rejected 9/6/00 |
Medusan Mutation 5/24/99 Rejected 1/24/00 |
The Good People... 12/27/99 Rejected 2/28/00 |