It is my intention to set my writing career on an upward course this year, as mentioned in my 2015 News Years Resolutions post. So as part of my accountability and tracking toward this goal, I have been keeping better stats on my progress. This helps motivate me to strive for better scores and to show my progress in the long term. Of course, this is 99% for myself; most of you who may happen to be reading this won't especially care. But some of my fellow indie writers may take an interest or find some inspiration for building their own efforts and careers. These monthly posts will be cumulative and largely repeating of the same intro/premise with new numbers toward the end. The December post will, therefore, be a nice picture of the entire year.
To read the full deal on these monthly posts, including how I count words and how I set my goals, you can read the January post here. Otherwise, the rest of these monthly reports will be truncated to the stats alone, as below.
General Goal: 12,000 words per month (derived from 3,000 per week average)
February: 15,400 words (9550 words on the novella Invasion)
redesigned my blog
submitted stories to magazines
ebooks of Hungry Gods also sold very nearly every day during this month
January: 12,650 words (8550 words on the novella Invasion)
published The Prince and the Darkness
published Hungry Gods
Hungry Gods release sold well beyond my goal, had a nice halo effect that reached pretty much all my other books, and all the accumulated sales were spread across SIX different countries!
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