is the current word count of HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT, with all longhand work transcribed. This doesn’t count the prologue novelette, which is currently around 14,000 words, and could possibly go longer. I definitely need at least 5-10K to wrap it up, but I now have all of March to do it, which is nice. (Although I’ll… Continue reading 97, 543
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Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18
I added the raw word count deficit (i.e., total minus target) because that feels like potentially a motivating data point; rate to finish is cool, but this early in the project, it won’t move much unless I get ahead or behind by an enormous amount. Whereas moving the deficit below zero (i.e., getting ahead) is… Continue reading Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18
Accountabilipost
I put myself on a regimen after Labor Day: 60,000 new words of Heatstroke Heartbeat by the end of the year. (Heatstroke Heartbeat is the third installment in a quartet about the illegal underground dragon-racing scene in the city of Yemareir; the first two books, Brimstone Slipstream and Windburn Whiplash are awaiting cover art before… Continue reading Accountabilipost