2016 End of Year Review

Ten Days into December, and I seem to remember the Forums switching over sometime this 

month. I figure if I get this in now, it's no great loss if I don't get around to editing it before the
 forum locks. If I do, so much the better! Also, I've dropped form the 100,000 word bracket down into 75,000. Numbers have been changed to reflect that.

Goals for The year: End of Year Review Write at least 1,000 words a month to keep the ideas flowing Managed to do that all year- though not yet for this month, but I'm still in NaNo Recovery Write the dang plots down as they come to me, especially the ideas I get at work- store a notebook at my desk for those moments. Did that! And I'm very glad I did, as I actually needed it. Continue updating idea project in Scrivener.  So many new ideas this year- luckily, most of them were for Works already in Progress. Write something to post on AO3.  Hah, oh the ambition... Finish Kings Shadow - because I still haven't  Nope, started over. Again. Post on blog at least once every month - because I failed at it last year. Terribly. Mostly successful? I posted at least One or two months were "turned in" late. But the posts are all there! Mid-Year Progress Report 2016       January   8,737   6,250 February   1,756 6,250 March   3,238 6,250 April   5,382 6,250 May   3,022 6,250 June   1,128 6,250 July     10,256 10,000 August 1,046 6,250 September 2,185 6,250 October 2,457 6,250 November 30,715 50,000 December 6,250 As of Nov. 30th, I have a word count of 69,922. December total is not yet available. Works in Progress: Izakk 2,197 Alexi 299 Arashi 10,416 Jafar 35,139 KS '16 5,323 Works In Mind: Arashi- Started in July OuranxHP- Started in October King's Shadow 2016- Started in Mid-Nov. Mysterious Evans- Started Oct. 30th (Co-Write)

November 2016- The War of the Words

November 2014

We're going to do this blogging month a bit differently... Because it is NaNoWriMo, for crying out loud!


Progress
Every week, at the least, post a blog of your weekly word count (total and week-only) and an excerpt from your novel. We'll cheer you on.

Week One (11/7): 7338/11668  = I wrote 7338 words this week. I also completed my first successful 5k weekend. Still behind, but not too badly- yet.

Week Two (11/14): 17393/23333  = I wrote 10055 words during the week. First ever 5k day on Sunday! Still way behind, and coming down with a bad head cold. If only I didn't have to work like an adult...

Random Update (11/19): So... the cold knocked me out for pretty much the entire week, but as of this afternoon I have finally gotten back to the keyboard- started at 17395, ended at 19073. almost to 20k!

Week Three (11/21): 

An actual project: Tea

Hurrah for the tea set! 

So- I bought most of the stuff for this project back in November/December.

I finished it- eventually. :)
Now all I have to remember is to take it in to work and find it a new home.

The defeat of the cork board- or at least really close

This- Thing. has. been. such. a. pain.

I started this ... probably three years ago.

It was originally only the four squares of corkboard

(thank you Staples).

However, apparently cork board and the removable sticky squares for hanging posters do not play well together- so it kept diving off the wall. Usually in the middle of the night.

Last year, I bought the poster board and stuck the corkboard to that, and then stuck the whole thing to the wall.

Once again, the whole thing fell off the wall at THREE AM and scared me half to death.

So- now there are rivets, and ductape around the edges. and more tape down the middle. and ribbon tying it to the shelf, so that it can't fall off the wall.

Muahahaha!

I will win.

Ouch, that hurt- a February Progress Report

February Goals

• Write and publish Blog Circle Post
• Finish Romance Pub Crawl by the end of the month
• 15 Days of the consistency challenge
• 10k
  
  February total- 1756 words.
  So, that was an awful month for writing. I think my motivation just died. I mean, sure I was busy- company merge, fixing all the computers that broke last month, filing taxes, my sister had a birthday, planning for a convention in March and vacation in May... Stuff happened. Just not writing stuff.
  Partially because the nerve in my write arm kept lighting up and since I have a data entry job, I didn't want to push it by writing at home.
  But still, less than 2k is pathetic.
  
  Ah well- here's to a better March!
                                    - Jay

One Down-- January Progress Report

Goals for this January:

• Start Writing
• Write at least 1,000 words this month

• Continue updating idea project in Scrivener.

• Start writing "Jafar"- new WIP

• Write and Publish Blog Circle Post
• Complete "I Have a Dream Challenge"

• Complete Full Moon Madness
• Minimum Month Goal- 8494
• 5k Weekend
• Shoot for the stars goal- 10,000 Made it to 8,737
  

                       Min. Goal                   Goal                 Final count

January:          8,494                        10,000                    8,737

Well, January is now "officially" over- it being February the first and all. Therefore, it is time to UPDATE the progress thread!

First the bad news- I did NOT make 10k this January. Let us have a second of silence to mourn the death of the goal. *pauses*

Second- the bright side- I DID finish my "minimum" goals for the month- one challenge and 8,494 words written. I even over shot by a few hundred on word count!

And this is in spite of dead keyboards, video card fits, head colds and my EDJ.

So. January has been conquered. Now if I can continue to win over the words in February, I'll be off to a good start 

May the words be with us all!

                                  -Jay

March Progress Report V

     So, Anime Boston 2014: Magic&Mischief is over. It was totally awesome, my costume held up pretty well, and I am sorry to see it go. First order of business was to catch up on sleep.
    That accomplished, I now need to catch up in WriYe, make enough money to pay off the credit card bills, finish putting the ConCave together and organize it, do some job searching... and basically get back to normal life. Oh, and post pictures, game, and read.


Writing:

• 437 words into Drakaeo
• 3936 new words between KS, Drakaeo and Never Surrender (Dan AU)
• 1-2 hours Editing

Crafts/hobbies: 

• TERA Rising: 4 hours

 Other: 

• WriYe 1st Quarter Verification almost ready to send in
• Finally watched Disney's Frozen

March Progress Report IV

Greetings from AB '14!


Writing:

• NO words into King's Shadow- Go work on the cosplay.
• 510 new words between KS and Never Surrender (Dan AU)
• Editing- NONE- Seriously. Work on the Cosplay.

Crafts/hobbies: 

• TERA Rising: NO hours, Finish your cosplay and get to Boston!  
• Klein cross-play costume completed! 

 Other: 

• Read an entire trilogy- yeah, this was instead of writing....

March Progress Report III

Greetings from the ConCave! Well, we're now less than a week out from AB, still have a few things to wrap up, but we're nearly ready (good thing, too!)

Writing:

• 1200 words into world building for King's Shadow
• 6610 new words between KS and Never Surrender (Dan AU)
• Caught up to WriYe word count goal

Crafts/hobbies:

• TERA Rising: logged about 10 hours 
• Katana- painted, added clear coat finish- just needs the handle bound 
• Plate armor and katana sheath are done, need to be attached with straps
• Sewed small "plates" onto right sleeve
• Wig cut/style- outsourced, waiting for call to pick up

Other:

• Read two books
• Started cleaning out desk

March Progress Report II

And yet another busy week! I hope we finally have all the materials for this cosplay stuff. (Two weeks until Anime Boston! We're cutting it close!) But oh how my writing is suffering...

Writing:

• Managed another 3k this week, still about 3k behind my goal. I was doing great until ...Friday?
• Got another several pages of editing done
• Updated word count spreadsheet

Crafts/hobbies:

• Started playing TERA Rising again, logged about 15 hours
• Katana shaped out of foam, added hilt and enameled
• Plate armor and katana sheath cast out of plaster
• ConCave craft area reorganized and mostly cleaned up

Other:

• Moved uncle's boxes and furniture from basement to storage
• Dismantled office desk and moved from balcony to basement
• Signed up for Camp Nano in April
• Ran Tech Sunday morning

March Progress Report I

Writing:

• Another scene of King's Shadow
• Plotting for the next 'arc' of the story- filled out, created more characters
• Over 10k in Dan's story during the month of February- all after the 14th.

Crafts/hobbies:

• Found a home for ALL of the scrapbook- stuff
• Bought the rest of the materials for Kleina costume

Other:

• Cleared out the Island of Misfit Toys/Moria (In common tongue, the un-insulated room above the garage- did I mention that is was cold this week?) for several hours during the week and pretty much all of Saturday 
• Played in the Elder Scrolls Online BETA (So much fun, even if I am a flailing newbie whose sister set up non-archer characters. Archer= only MMORPG character I have logged more than two hours on. I was trying to play a mage.)
  The mudcrabs though- I remember those from Morrowind- those should just DIE. (Kill on Sight) 

February Progress Report III

Note: So, yeah, I published this on time... no, no I did not.


Writing:

• Several scenes of King's Shadow; the story is finally coming at a decent pace.
• Plotting for the next 'arc' of the story
• Nearly 5k in Dan's story

Crafts/hobbies:

• Worked on Klein costume- not quite completed, maybe another week
• Ordered wig- and received wig. It's- short and Really Red xD
• Cut fabric for huntress overdress

February Progress Report II

Oh, that's right- I need to post this on Sundays. I have the feeling that this is going to be a recurring theme, forgetting the progress report...

    Writing:

• Started scene two in "The King's Shadow"
• First read-through for editing R'anna's In the Wake of Ambition (first 150 pages)
• Continued working on Novel Bibles
• Added another scene in Dan
• Began editing Dan

    Crafty things:

• Completed Quilt
• Organized Scrapbooking Supplies

February Progress Report I

    In an effort to keep the forward momentum going, an update on this week's progress! (I'll be posting these on Sundays, hopefully.)

    Writing:

• Finally finished the first scene of "The King's Shadow"
• Printed out what I have written for the other four stories I'm currently working on, so that I can re-read them and start writing again.
• Mid-creation of novel bibles for all five works in progress.

    Crafty things:

• Hand sewed center eight blocks of Quilt (January). Need to set up a sewing machine to do edge word and bind.
• Started sorting "scraps" for SMASHbook (Just My Cup of Tea) and two scrapbooks (ConCave and an unnamed personal one). It looks like a craft store blew up.

    Other:

• My Taxes (definitely deserves a mention)
• Read two books
• Researched for a professional portfolio (at least 2-3 hours)