Year Total: 990,115
Increase Over Year Prior: -120,003
Novel Total: 9
Increase Over Year Prior: -2
Longest Novel: Ramifications, 120,027 words, 219 pages
Shortest Novel: Disrupted, 90,002 words, 168 pages
Summary of the Year:
All in all it's seemed like something of a whirlwind year, filled with many good novels, as well as some changes; the most notable being a two-month hiatus taken between June and September — which resulted in the postponement of my first fantasy in the fictitious world of Ureonaiea until next year — during which I had a wonderful time volunteering at a summer camp, which only yielded more story ideas for the future.
Another exciting change was unseen, as I purchased a computer of my own on October 31. This allowed me to be out of the family dining room and off in a more quiet place that definitely benefitted Ramifications quite a bit, not that any of my other novels were any less good.
In fact, they were all wonderful, and I was more than happy with them. Looking back, I don't think any of them were absolute disasters that are in sore need of rewriting (as Ramifications' predecessor was, and so was Disrupted's somewhat). They will probably get a little bit of revising as time goes on, but I doubt you'll see any of them come through as rewrites again.
This was actually probably one of the full-year lineups I was looking the most forward to writing, although next year is pushing a close second, with the rewrite of the first book in the Ureonaiea Sagas actually coming for real next spring, as well as another historical western rewrite in June.
I will be going back to help out in the camp again next summer because I really enjoyed it, and I do feel like the hiatus was bit of a breath of fresh air in my writing life as a whole, so then will be a break until September, which will feature something of another fairy tale retelling, although it is also a blending of a couple different ones, and then, following that, will be the rewrite of my first-ever book, which I am giving massive overhaul that it deserves.
In November I will be trying my hand at something of a superhero novel that I'm really looking forward to, but to kick off the new year in January I'll be doing my first-ever Christmas novel, which is also highly anticipated, as is the February rewrite of my novel with the fastest turnaround from creation to writing, having been conceived a mere two months before I actually wrote the first words; others, like my first-ever book, have been ten years in the making.
For now, I will admit I'm looking forward to the break that December offers, mostly so that I can 'move in' to my new computer and get the planning work done next year's novels — as well as deciding the roster for the year following — so, for now, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
See you on December 30!
R.A. Millet
Shortest Novel: Disrupted, 90,002 words, 168 pages
Summary of the Year:
All in all it's seemed like something of a whirlwind year, filled with many good novels, as well as some changes; the most notable being a two-month hiatus taken between June and September — which resulted in the postponement of my first fantasy in the fictitious world of Ureonaiea until next year — during which I had a wonderful time volunteering at a summer camp, which only yielded more story ideas for the future.
Another exciting change was unseen, as I purchased a computer of my own on October 31. This allowed me to be out of the family dining room and off in a more quiet place that definitely benefitted Ramifications quite a bit, not that any of my other novels were any less good.
In fact, they were all wonderful, and I was more than happy with them. Looking back, I don't think any of them were absolute disasters that are in sore need of rewriting (as Ramifications' predecessor was, and so was Disrupted's somewhat). They will probably get a little bit of revising as time goes on, but I doubt you'll see any of them come through as rewrites again.
This was actually probably one of the full-year lineups I was looking the most forward to writing, although next year is pushing a close second, with the rewrite of the first book in the Ureonaiea Sagas actually coming for real next spring, as well as another historical western rewrite in June.
I will be going back to help out in the camp again next summer because I really enjoyed it, and I do feel like the hiatus was bit of a breath of fresh air in my writing life as a whole, so then will be a break until September, which will feature something of another fairy tale retelling, although it is also a blending of a couple different ones, and then, following that, will be the rewrite of my first-ever book, which I am giving massive overhaul that it deserves.
In November I will be trying my hand at something of a superhero novel that I'm really looking forward to, but to kick off the new year in January I'll be doing my first-ever Christmas novel, which is also highly anticipated, as is the February rewrite of my novel with the fastest turnaround from creation to writing, having been conceived a mere two months before I actually wrote the first words; others, like my first-ever book, have been ten years in the making.
For now, I will admit I'm looking forward to the break that December offers, mostly so that I can 'move in' to my new computer and get the planning work done next year's novels — as well as deciding the roster for the year following — so, for now, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
See you on December 30!
R.A. Millet
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