Welcome to my year in review! What a year it was. Here’s a quick summary of some of the writing highlights from my year.
January 2023
Completed my first short story written using dictation. Otherwise, January was a quiet month for me.Mostly introspective.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 28,380
Flash Fiction Posts: 4
Works Completed: 3
Submissions: 5
February 2023
I finished the rough draft of Dragon’s Hoard! After a month of quiet, it was time to get moving
and start checking off the outstanding projects.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 28,622
Flash Fiction Posts: 4
Works Completed: 3
Submissions: 3
March 2023
Recharge and refocus month. The last several months saw the completion of several projects.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 23,833
Flash Fiction Posts: 5
Works Completed: 3
Submissions: 8
April 2023
Worked on web design, music composition, and exciting new stories. Spring is time to move!
Including a trip to California for Writer and Illustrators of the Future.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 15,964
Flash Fiction Posts: 5
Works Completed:1
Submissions: 2
May 2023
After encouragement, began working on a new Mystery Project. I didn’t know it then, but it would become a full novel!
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 46,925
Flash Fiction Posts: 5
Works Completed: 5
Submissions: 6
June 2023
Finished the Mystery Project. The rough draft ended at about 56,000 words. Writing a novel in a month proved an excellent, new challenge.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 44,277
Flash Fiction Posts: 5
Works Completed: 3
Submissions: 6
July
A hard month. This included unplanned trips, editing, and work. But also looking forward
to new projects glimpsed on the horizon.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 28,568
Flash Fiction Posts: 4
Works Completed:16
Submissions: 8
August 2023
I completed year one of Project Wildfyre! The year certainly had more challenges than I’d imagined when I began the challenge, but I didn’t quit.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 6,865
Flash Fiction Posts: 5
Works Completed:2
Submissions: 2
September 2023
I completed editing and submitted the first novel ever! Yes, this was the Myster Project. Also, had another project swing into high gear.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 14,907
Flash Fiction Posts: 4
Works Completed: 5
Submissions: 26
October 2023
Fyretober returned! A month of writing flash fiction stories daily in addition to my normal weekly flash fiction. Some fun stories came out of the experience.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 46,224
Flash Fiction Posts: 35
Works Completed: 3
Submissions: 11
November 2023
Fyrecon, birthdays, and new wheels (for the office chair). This month raced by! I also participated in and won NaNoWriMo! This finished the last outstanding novel.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 55,897
Flash Fiction Posts: 6
Works Completed: 1
Submissions: 7
December 2023
I put out a collection of Christmas stories. I enjoyed the experience, did some editing, but otherwise took the month off.
Accomplishments Summary
Words Written: 624
Flash Fiction Posts: 4
Works Completed: 0
Submissions: 9
Life is never as simple as presented on the page. More happened in the year than I care to or can recount here, and all of life impacted my writing for the positive and negative. Overall, the growth and stretching I had was great.
Last year I challenged myself to submit frequently. This year I did not but submitted even more. I finished rough drafts of all the novels I’ve been wanting to write. I grew.
2023 Accomplishment Summery
• Words Written: 341,086
• Flash Fiction Posts: 86
• Works Complete: 44
• Submissions: 93
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