ROW80-2

My round 2 goals are:

  1. Write 3000 words per week, minimum. This is a little less than what I set for round 1, but pacing is more the point of this goal.
  2. Incorporate beta reader comments into round 2 edit of My Fair Vampire
  3. Finish first draft of EITHER Sins of Our Mothers or Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.  Words written can count for goal #1.
  4. Beta read or critique at least 1 novel and 3000 words per week.

Goal 1 (3000 weekly words):

  • Week ended 4/9/11:  2178 words for Don’t Ask and a few hundred in the evenings
  • Week ended 4/16/11:  5372 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 4/23/11:  4866 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 4/30/11:  5743 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 5/7/11:  11,319 words for Don’t Ask and Prometheus
  • Week ended 5/14/11: 8188 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 5/21/11:  9804 words for Don’t Ask and a short story
  • Week ending 5/28/11:  12073 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/4/11:  9927 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/11/11:  8568 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/18/11:  1886 words for Don’t Ask, 1132 for short story = 3218
  • Partial period ending 6/23/11:  3600 for short story 1 and 800 for AW flash = 4400
  • GOAL ACHIEVED!!!!

Goal 2 (MFV edit):

  • Week ended 4/9/11:  Nothing
  • Week ended 4/16/11:  Nothing
  • Week ended 4/23/11:  Nothing
  • Week ended 4/30/11:  Nothing
  • Week ended 5/7/11:  Nothing
  • Week ended 5/14/11:  Nothing
  • Week ending 5/21/11:  Nothing
  • Week ending 5/28/11:  Nothing
  • Week ending 6/3/11:  Rewrote the ending
  • Week ending 6/11/11:  Nothing
  • Week ending 6/18/11:  8 chapters!!
  • Partial period ending 6/23/11: Nothing
  • GOAL Partially Achieved

Goal 3 (Finish 1st draft):

  • Week ended 4/9/11:  2178 words for Don’t Ask and a few hundred in the evenings
  • Week ended 4/16/11:  5372 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 4/23/11:  4866 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 4/30/11:  5743 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 5/7/11:  7686 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ended 5/14/11:  8188 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 5/21/11:  9212 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 5/28/11:  12073 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/4/11:  9927 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/11/11:  8568 words for Don’t Ask
  • Week ending 6/18/11:  FINISHED FIRST DRAFT of Don’t Ask (100,500 words)
  • GOAL ACHIEVED!!!!

Goal 4 (beta read novel / critiques):

  • Week ended 4/9/11:  2 chapters (long ones), ~3200 words, inclusive of edit comments.
  • Week ended 4/16/11:  3.5 chapters, ~14,400, inclusive of edit comments
  • Week ended 4/23/11:  327 words misc critiques
  • Week ended 4/30/11:  8632 words misc critiques
  • Week ended 5/7/11:  2613 words misc critiques
  • Week ended 5/14/11:  1983 words misc critiques and a chapter for a beta read
  • Week ending 5/21/11:  8000 word critique + several beta read chapters + 2 Scribby critiques
  • Week ending 5/28/11:  several beta read chapters + 3000 word Scribby critique
  • Week ending 6/4/11:  Completed beta read of one novel…just need to xcribe notes and transmit
  • Week ending 6/11/11:  879 word critique and 2 chapters of new beta novel
  • Week ending 6/18/11:  More on beta read, at the 30% complete mark; xferred about 1/2 Kindle comments to file for other beta read
  • Partial period ending 6/23/11:  5000 word critique, at 55% mark on second beta novel
  • GOAL Partially Achieved