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The Final Tally
Okay. Since onemoreshadow asked…
2008: THE NUMBERS
SENT OUT/PENDING:
“When I’m Armoring My Belly”, to Tesseracts 13
“Jar of Salts”, back out to Lone Star Stories
“Hell Friend” and assorted unpublished poems, to ChiZine’s Rannu Fund
“The Underneath”, to Shroud Magazine
“Verse Found Scratched Inside the Lid of a Sarcophagus (Dynasty Unknown)” and “Clown, Considered as a Memento Mori” to Not One of Us
ACCEPTED/PUBLISHED:
“Song Of The Mother”, Not One of Us
“Sown From Salt,” The Harrow
“The Jacaranda Smile”, Apparitions anthology
“Fin De Siecle”, Doorways
“at the moment I am living in a haunted house—”, Not One of Us
“Tantalus, Reaching Upwards” and “Minotaur”, on hold at ChiZine
“Marya Nox”, Ellen Datlow’s new Lovecraft-themed anthology (tentatively called Lovecraft Unbound)
“Speedometer”, Lone Star Stories
“Ring of Fire”, “The Speed of Pain” and “Crossing the River”, Dark Arts Publications’ 2009 anthology (still untitled)
“each thing I show you is a piece of my death”, Clockwork Phoenix 2
FICTION OVERALL:
Finished Stories—36,041 words
Unfinished Stories—29,538 words
Poetry—1,294 words
Unfinished Scripts/Treatments—21,328
FANFIC (all 3:10 to Yuma):
“A Knife Into My Bed”, Jackson/Charlie—2,893
“Hand in Hand”, Jackson/Charlie drabble—445
“Sickbed Duet”, Ben and Charlie gen—5,909
“Pits of Sin”, Ben/Charlie—8,460
“Hand of God”, Ben/Charlie—2,272
“Think Like a Gun”, Ben/Charlie—6,369
“Unruly”, Ben/Sebastian (for baggyeyes)—2,843
“Conversation”, Ben/Charlie (Hallowe’en challenge)—6,213
“Little Red Ants on a Hill”, Ben and Charlie gen—6,213
“Distracted”, Jackson/Charlie; “Yuma Prison”, Ben and Charlie gen; “Tease”, Jackson/Charlie (from Porn Battle prompts)—4,041
Make You Forget, Jackson/Charlie/Sutherland (for Porn Battle)—1,393
plus roughly 2,000 words’ worth of unused notes = 39,542 words
FINAL COUNT: 128,243 words for the year.
Memo to self: Write less fanfic, more fiction. Finish a script. Write a novel. Put together (two) new collection(s). In other words—just damn write.
2008: THE NUMBERS
SENT OUT/PENDING:
“When I’m Armoring My Belly”, to Tesseracts 13
“Jar of Salts”, back out to Lone Star Stories
“Hell Friend” and assorted unpublished poems, to ChiZine’s Rannu Fund
“The Underneath”, to Shroud Magazine
“Verse Found Scratched Inside the Lid of a Sarcophagus (Dynasty Unknown)” and “Clown, Considered as a Memento Mori” to Not One of Us
ACCEPTED/PUBLISHED:
“Song Of The Mother”, Not One of Us
“Sown From Salt,” The Harrow
“The Jacaranda Smile”, Apparitions anthology
“Fin De Siecle”, Doorways
“at the moment I am living in a haunted house—”, Not One of Us
“Tantalus, Reaching Upwards” and “Minotaur”, on hold at ChiZine
“Marya Nox”, Ellen Datlow’s new Lovecraft-themed anthology (tentatively called Lovecraft Unbound)
“Speedometer”, Lone Star Stories
“Ring of Fire”, “The Speed of Pain” and “Crossing the River”, Dark Arts Publications’ 2009 anthology (still untitled)
“each thing I show you is a piece of my death”, Clockwork Phoenix 2
FICTION OVERALL:
Finished Stories—36,041 words
Unfinished Stories—29,538 words
Poetry—1,294 words
Unfinished Scripts/Treatments—21,328
FANFIC (all 3:10 to Yuma):
“A Knife Into My Bed”, Jackson/Charlie—2,893
“Hand in Hand”, Jackson/Charlie drabble—445
“Sickbed Duet”, Ben and Charlie gen—5,909
“Pits of Sin”, Ben/Charlie—8,460
“Hand of God”, Ben/Charlie—2,272
“Think Like a Gun”, Ben/Charlie—6,369
“Unruly”, Ben/Sebastian (for baggyeyes)—2,843
“Conversation”, Ben/Charlie (Hallowe’en challenge)—6,213
“Little Red Ants on a Hill”, Ben and Charlie gen—6,213
“Distracted”, Jackson/Charlie; “Yuma Prison”, Ben and Charlie gen; “Tease”, Jackson/Charlie (from Porn Battle prompts)—4,041
Make You Forget, Jackson/Charlie/Sutherland (for Porn Battle)—1,393
plus roughly 2,000 words’ worth of unused notes = 39,542 words
FINAL COUNT: 128,243 words for the year.
Memo to self: Write less fanfic, more fiction. Finish a script. Write a novel. Put together (two) new collection(s). In other words—just damn write.
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Sandra
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