I prefer words to numbers but I can’t deny the appeal of some nice, crunchy statistics. It also provides for some measure of accountability. I have two metrics that I track: first draft and final edit word count. Tracking word count during revision is just too tedious for me.

As of June 2011, I’ve written more than 127,000 words across 41 short stories. These are word counts based on the current draft of those stories.

In an effort to be more regular (yay accountability) I’m now tracking my daily new (first draft) word count. It’s not perfect but it’s something. A mere 250 words/day is over 90k/year. I’m hoping to build the daily average to 750; at that rate, I could draft a 120k word novel in half a year.

Daily Word Count

Current Project(s)

 Aye of the Hagfish – Drafted, reverse-outlined, and in revision. To be submitted by August 31th, 2011.

Untitled post-apocalyptic mech story – Revising, to be submitted by August 31st, 2011.