Word Total: 900,139
Increase Over Year Prior: -89,976
Novel Total: 9
Increase Over Year Prior: 0
Longest Novel: Trigger, 120,063 words, 212 pages
Shortest Novel: One Small Wish, 90,001 words, 163 pages; Unforeseen Events, 90,001 words, 164 pages
Summary of the Year:
In some ways, this has seemed a very long year, and in other ways, very short. The prolonged break in the middle of the summer probably has something to do with that on both ends of the spectrum.
There were a couple of surprises this year on the writing front; the first surprise was that I only wrote three 120,000-word novels, and the second was that I had my first-ever tie for a novel length of significance, as I actually had two novels tied for shortest in word count, even if One Small Wish takes the cake if one goes by page count.
I wrote a lot of fairly good stories this year, whether they were rewrites of old projects — such as Disconcerting, which was a reboot of the first-ever book I wrote, and Frigid Revenge — or new projects — all of which I really quite enjoyed in their own way — and really do feel like my writing abilities are improving with each passing novel.
Looking to next year, I'm excited for a few changes: the first is that I'll be going back to writing one novel a month from January–November and the second is that I intend to introduce some standardised symbols for my pronunciation guides, mostly because I feel the way that I presently write up my pronunciation guides isn't conveying things as accurately as I'd like it to.
Next year will also mark a little bit of a significant event in my writing career as I will be beginning my year with a novel of the historical genre for the first time; in fact, I'll be writing more than a few novels next year that have strong historical connections, which will be lots of fun.
Until next year, have a very Merry Christmas.
R.A. Millet
Next Post: December 31
Shortest Novel: One Small Wish, 90,001 words, 163 pages; Unforeseen Events, 90,001 words, 164 pages
Summary of the Year:
In some ways, this has seemed a very long year, and in other ways, very short. The prolonged break in the middle of the summer probably has something to do with that on both ends of the spectrum.
There were a couple of surprises this year on the writing front; the first surprise was that I only wrote three 120,000-word novels, and the second was that I had my first-ever tie for a novel length of significance, as I actually had two novels tied for shortest in word count, even if One Small Wish takes the cake if one goes by page count.
I wrote a lot of fairly good stories this year, whether they were rewrites of old projects — such as Disconcerting, which was a reboot of the first-ever book I wrote, and Frigid Revenge — or new projects — all of which I really quite enjoyed in their own way — and really do feel like my writing abilities are improving with each passing novel.
Looking to next year, I'm excited for a few changes: the first is that I'll be going back to writing one novel a month from January–November and the second is that I intend to introduce some standardised symbols for my pronunciation guides, mostly because I feel the way that I presently write up my pronunciation guides isn't conveying things as accurately as I'd like it to.
Next year will also mark a little bit of a significant event in my writing career as I will be beginning my year with a novel of the historical genre for the first time; in fact, I'll be writing more than a few novels next year that have strong historical connections, which will be lots of fun.
Until next year, have a very Merry Christmas.
R.A. Millet
Next Post: December 31
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