It is Done! · 6:06am May 4th, 2018
So, things are changing a bit.
Some of you may know that waaaay back last June I ran into some serious financial trouble and that one of my patrons rode to the rescue and saved my ass. In exchange for the ass saving I had to pay them back in words. 100,000 words to be exact. So since then I have been labouring under that lash while at the same time working to meet my other writing commitments.
Now, to be clear, the patron never once bugged me about how fast I was writing or when I would be done. Just that it needed doing inside of a year at most. But, I am a harsh taskmaster to myself and about two months ago, I looked at how far I’d gotten and panicked a bit as I compared it to how much time was left. So, I threw myself into a frenzy of writing the two stories that they were counting toward the total. You know those stories as “Brightly Lit” and “Mail Troubles.”
This past weekend the patron contacted me and told me that as far as they were concerned, the task was done, and they were pleased with what I had written. I was ecstatic because by my reckoning I still had 10,000 to go, but I wasn’t going to complain.
Now, I still have writing commitments. The smaller ones haven’t left, but the big one is now done and gone and with it, a lot of pressure. Which means that I can indulge myself again on personal projects and stories that have been patiently waiting for an update.
Here is my monthly writing schedule going forward:
1 - Brightly Lit
2 - Mail Troubles
3 - Personal Project
4 - Personal Project
5 - Patron’s Choice (only if there is time left in the month)
There are three stories I really want to polish off, or at least get moving with again. There are, in order of their age:
Journey
Slaves to Darkness
Twilight Learned
Not to mention that I also have partially written chunks of a Cuddle Dungeon sequel, Thruster Mark IV, and another song story. So many words I want to write, so little time, especially with my gaming addiction.
Conan Exiles comes out of Early Access next week, and all official servers are being wiped for that. The Long Dark is still a favorite. I particularly enjoy streaming my attempts to survive on Interloper difficulty in that game. 7 Days to Die is still fun on occasion and I play a lot of World of Warships under the name “Mare_in_the_Moon” with the MLPVA clan. That’s on top of being a father of three teenagers. I have a busy life.
Anyway, it’s been awhile since I made a blog post, and completing the 100,000 words has been a major milestone in my writing career, so I thought I should let you folks know about it and how it’s completion will affect me going forward.
All the best to you and yours.
Congrats!
Your stories tab puts the combined count of all your stories at 418K words. You can gun for the half-mil total as your next long-term goalpost.
Good to hear you managed to get some heavy work done.