stats 2014 update
I’m 53 days and 43 percent of the way in to draft 5. It’s going a bit slower than I had hoped when I started...
The vast majority of competition in Aristillus was friendly – or, at the very least, civil
In the novel I have this bit: The vast majority of competition in Aristillus was friendly – or, at the very least, civil. It wasn’t...
Economics Two Point Oh
On twitter there was a thread where Accelerando and my novels collided: https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/465959302575185920 I thought I might as well share one of the chapters where...
stats 2014
draft start finish duration words/day size 1 1 Jan ’11 24 Aug ’11 235 720 169,000 2 1 Jan ’12 3 Aug ’12 215 976...
I’ve started draft 5
Almost exactly six months ago I finished draft 4. And then I put the novel on a shelf. On the one hand, boo! On the...
short stories, sales funnel, miscellaneous life updates
Aristillus The Aristillus books are off to a writing coach who will be reviewing them (or, rather, Act 1 of book 1) over the holidays....
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Sarah Hoyt has a great blog and I always love reading it, but a recent post of hers included this video: I left my response...
Write a Million Words
C.L. Stone: Write a million words. Your first million is practice. Hugh Howey‘s response: This is so difficult to appreciate and even harder to do....
Stats in a table (updated)
draft start finish duration words/day size 1 1 Jan ’11 24 Aug ’11 235 720 169,000 2 1 Jan ’12 3 Aug ’12 215 976...
draft 4: DONE
words paperback pages hardcover pages book 1: 164,916 659 549 book 2: 167,133 668 557 total: 332,049 1,328 1,106 (Pagecounts are calculated as 250 words/page...