Progress 2004

Month	# of Words 1998	# of Words 1999	# of Words 2000	# of Words 2001	# of Words 2002	# 0f Words 2003	# of words 2004	Difference 2003/2004
January	57,456	45,156	50,837	45,327	50,472	54,602	46,603	-7999
February	32,101	58,143	41,267	36,219	101,300	95,360	51,943	-43,417 (-51,416)
March	35,494	31,633	31,705	34,937	113,717	132,785	109,935	-22,850 (-74,266)
April	38,375	41,585	30,788	35,308	58,053	64,167	40,643	-23,524 (-97,790)
May	39,988	37,080	40,332	53,526	56,483	70,769	62195	-8574 (-106,364)
June	49,999	41,425	41,449	52,178	58,623	60428	35307	-25121 (-131,485)
July	53,892	55,917	67,135	54,324	86,207	86,637	111639	+25002 (-106,483)
August	35,798	36,709	66,162	58,483	117,695	88,608	140,048	+51,440 (-55,043)
September	36,675	74,062	36,049	77,238	82,243	82943	131028	+48,085 (-6958)
October	45,586	59,824	52,790	100,265	101,321	101,466	74784	-26682 (-33,640)
November	46,052	50,532	48,067	100,071	181,820	156,345	194,551	+38,206 (+4566)
December	67,942	60,694	57,597	53,906	55,847	35193	36908
Total for year	538,266	601,842	567,178	701,782	1,064,141	1,029,283	1,035,404

	Title	Began Finished	Novel Novelette Novella Short Article Poem Outline	Finished or Unfinished	Genre	# of Words
1	Only a Novel Book 1	1/1/04 12/10/04	Book (NF)	Finished	Nonfiction	113538
2	Farstep Station	1/1/04 8/7/04	Novel 1	Finished	SF	75888
3	At the Edge	1/3/04 1/6/04	Story 1	Finished	Historical Fantasy	2853
4	Muse (rewrite from scratch)	1/4/04 5/2/04	Novel 2	Finished	Mystery	74,879
5	Outline: The Wind and the Sand	2/14/04 8/25/04	Outline 1	Finished	Fantasy	3396
6	Written in the Sand	3/8/04 Restart 8/27/04 12/31/04	Novel 3	Unfinished	Fantasy	45755
7	Sangre: And a Gerbil in a Pine Tree	3/10/04 12/9/04	Story 2	Finished	SF	9283
8	Dark Staff # 5: Eliora's World	3/25/04 3/31/04	Novel 4	Finished	Fantasy	65,324
9	When the Wild Looks In	4/1/04 4/1/04	Essay 1	Finished	NF	423
10	Waiting for M'Lady to Drown	4/13/04 4/18/04	Story 3	Finished	Historical Fiction	1405
11	The Sacrifice of Ruins	5/1/04	Story 4 SAD 1	Finished	Historical Fantasy	1130
12	In the Light of the Woods	5/2/04 5/3/04	Story 5 SAD 2	Finished	Fantasy	1468
13	Between a Rock and a God's Place	5/3/04 5/5/04	Story 6 Sad 3	Finished	Fantasy	4690
14	All Things Fall	5/6/04	Story 7 Sad 4	Finished	Fantasy	2168
15	Outline: Resolutions of Trust	5/6/04 12/11/04	Outline 2	Finished	Suspense	8,106
16	Free Spirit	5/7/04 5/12/04	Story 8 Sad 5	Finished	Mystery	5415
17	Justice	5/13/04	Story 9 Sad 6	Finished	SF	1005
18	Outline: Darkness Falls	5/6/04 10/23/04	Outline 3	Finished	SF	12566
19	The Last Dance	5/23/04	Story 10 Sad 7	Finished	Fantasy	958
20	Mercy on the Road to Ashton	5/24/04 5/26/04	Story 11 SAD 8	Finished	Fantasy	1696
21	Raven	5/26/04 5/28/04	Story 12 SAD 9	Finished	Fantasy	4100
22	Fortune's Promise	5/27/04 5/31/04	Story 13 SAD 10	Finished	Urban Fantasy	2960
23	Sooma 1	7/2/04 7/20/04	Novel 5	Finished	SF	50,123
24	Paid in Gold and Blood	8/8/04 9/9/04	Novel 6	Finished	Fantasy	80,176
25	The Night Fog	7/18/04	Essay 2	Finished	Nonfiction	403(?)
26	Ada Nish Pura	9/10/04 10/07/04	Novel 7	Finished	SF	101,431
27	Outline: Bad Connections	9/29/04	Outline 4	Finished	SF	16,761
28	Lyon	10/10/04	Story 14	Finished	Fantasy	3720
29	Outline: Serendipity Blues	10/15/04 12/18/04	Outline 5	Finished	Mystery	3722
30	Outline: Dancer	10/28/04 12/14/04	Outline 6	Unfinished	SF	14,294
30	Bad Connections	11/01/04 11/10/04	Novel 8	Finished	SF	106,042
31	Darkness Falls	11/11/04 11/30/04	Novel 9	Finished	SF	84,123

Finished material might be anything from a first to a final draft if that last draft meant a substantial amount of reworking.

Travel reports, as well as many articles (I lose track of them) are not listed although they do count in the word totals for the year.

Below is my submission tracker:

Carried over from 2003 Completed	Musing of Four Muses Writer Online 4/22/03 rejected 4/10/04 (missed email)	Dirge for a Forgotten Outpost Fables 5/25/03 Rejected 1/26/04	Up To Our Asses in Alligators Planet Relish 6/28/03 Mag Closed	Why the old woman... 12th Planet, 9/28/03 Mag Closed
	Exit WDContest 9/30/03 Rejected 2/29/04	Evolution FlashQuake 11/8/03 Rejected 2/15/04
January	If You Dream... Fables 1/22/04 Sold 3/31/04	Beloved of Mother DDP anthology 1/27/04 Sold 1/29/04	Price of the Song DDP anthology 1/27/04 Sold 1/29/04
February	Muse Maass 2/15/04 Rejected 3/15/04	Three Fragments Faroutside 2/26/04 Rejected 5/20/04
March	Niche F&SF 3/16/04 Rejected 3/22/04	Evolution Flash Me 3/19/04 Rejected 3/30/04
April	When the Wild Looks in 1000 Words 4/2/04 Accepted 4/2/04	Putting Down the Sword Aoife's Kiss 4/29/04 Sold 8/14/04 Beyond Centauri
May	Muse Query PPI 5/3/04 Rejected 5/15/04	Muse Query T/F 5/22/04 Rejected 7/28/04	Evolution Flash Fantastic 5/27/04
June	Dirge AbMag 6/22/04 Rejected 9/9/04	Rites of Spring TT 6/29/30 Sold 7/19/04
July	Between a Rock and a God's Place F&SF 7/19/04 Rejected 8/9/04	The Night Fog 7/20/04 1000 Words Accepted 7/23/04
August	Muse Query 8/16/04 PP Rejected 8/27/04	Star Bound 8/16/04 Yard Dog Press Sold 10/28/04	Between A Rock and a God's Place Asimov 8/16/04 Rejected 10/18/04	Year of the Fire Rat 8/23/04 DDP Sold 8/24/04
	Raven 8/29/04 DDP Sold 8/30/04	Unlikely Companions 8/32/04 DDP Sold 9/1/04
September	Without a Fear of Words DDP 9/2/04 Sold 9/3/04	Stalker DDP 9/13/04 Sold 9/15/04	Niche DDP 9/13/04 Sold 9/15/04
October	Mirrors 10/18/04 DAW Rejected 11/12/04	Ada Nish Pura AIO 10/21/04 Sold 11/23/04
November	Mirrors 11/16/04 Zumaya	Dirge for a Forgotten Outpost 11/30/04 DMR Accepted 12/23/04
December	If the snow comes 10000 Words 12/29/04 Accepted 12/31/04	Between a Rock and a God's Place ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS INFLIGHT MAGAZINE 12/31/04

[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 (2004):

Month

# of Words 1998

# of Words 1999

# of Words 2000

# of Words 2001

# of Words 2002

# 0f Words 2003

# of words 2004

Difference 2003/2004

January

57,456

45,156

50,837

45,327

50,472

54,602

46,603

-7999

February

32,101

58,143

41,267

36,219

101,300

95,360

51,943

-43,417 (-51,416)

March

35,494

31,633

31,705

34,937

113,717

132,785

109,935

-22,850 (-74,266)

April

38,375

41,585

30,788

35,308

58,053

64,167

40,643

-23,524 (-97,790)

May

39,988

37,080

40,332

53,526

56,483

70,769

62195

-8574 (-106,364)

June

49,999

41,425

41,449

52,178

58,623

60428

35307

-25121 (-131,485)

July

53,892

55,917

67,135

54,324

86,207

86,637

111639

+25002 (-106,483)

August

35,798

36,709

66,162

58,483

117,695

# of Words
1998

# of Words
1999

-43,417
(-51,416)

-22,850
(-74,266)

-23,524
(-97,790)

-8574
(-106,364)

-25121
(-131,485)

+25002
(-106,483)

+51,440
(-55,043)

+48,085
(-6958)

-26682
(-33,640)

+38,206
(+4566)

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
essay (counts as Short Story)

Novel
Novelette
Novella
Short Article
Poem
Outline

Finished
or
Unfinished

Only a Novel
Book 1

1/1/04
12/10/04

1/1/04
8/7/04