2021 publications

[sholio]

Several of these are reprints, but here's what I had out in 2021:



I don't actually think this is sane, sensible, or recommended, but once I realized I was putting out roughly a book a month this year, I decided to see how long I could keep it going, just as a personal challenge to myself. As it turned out, I had something out every month this year except for March. (And I literally just noticed I used the exact same type treatment on the Horses and Wolf Country covers. Oops.)

I'm cheating a bit with the last one, because it's just a free Lauren story that's been on my Lauren Esker website forever and I finally got around to putting up on Amazon, but I made a new cover for it, so I'm counting it. Free version downloadable here.

Things to do for the rest of the year:

- Edits for Tor (my next Zoe) & ARCs.
- Much-needed website cleanup/update.
- Mailing list maintenance and redoing the onboarding sequence. (Or at least make a plan for it.)
- Color some Kismet pages with the hopes of restarting it in January.
- My annual New Year's Eve story.

Any of this that doesn't get done this month (well, except the last one) can be pushed into January; I'm planning on taking it easy between now and the end of the year.

Next year's primary goal is consistency. I can write fast, but what I'm not very good at is planning to work on specific projects and then sticking with those rather than bouncing to new things. I'm not entirely abandoning my usual "mayfly on crack" working process because it's just part of how my brain works, but in general I want to get better at reliably delivering books in a series by a particular deadline.

Comments

[sheron]

AAAAH. That's amazing! Especially considering your fic output on the side as well ♥ Insanely productive year.

[sholio]

This week I beat my previous annual word count maximum! MOST WRITINGLY YEAR EVER. (This tends to happen when I get into a new fandom, lol. I think my previous max year was the year I got into Iron Fist.)

[ellenmillion]

Amazing!! What was your word count, out of curiosity??

[sholio]

It's currently (about) 830,000, split between original and fanfic - 471,000 original. Which is obviously a staggering amount of words, but I paid for it; remember how I said I hit major burnout in July and August? This is basically why. I'm mostly recovered from it now, but I still haven't gotten back to being able to write as much or as long before hitting a wall and needing to recuperate a bit.

[ellenmillion]

So. Many. Words. O.o

That would fry anyone's brain.

[yhlee]

WOW. That's amazing. I hope you find a sustainable way to do those big wordcounts! :D

I hit 300,000 words this year, which is obviously MUCH SMALLER, but there seems to be a hard limit to how much plotty fiction I can generate. If I were writing crackfic or smut or even romance I think I could write more, but alas. XD

[umadoshi]

It's currently (about) 830,000, split between original and fanfic - 471,000 original.

*boggles* I'm sorry about the resulting massive burnout (and glad you've been recovering!), but still, wow.

[lunabee34]

That is very impressive. *high five*

[sholio]

Thank you!! *high-fives back*

[trobadora]

That is amazing! Congrats! :D

[philomytha]

That's incredible! Congratulations!

[chelseagirl]

Oh good heavens! I've been working on my current WIP for about three years now.

I blame the day job and pandemic-related brain fog, but . . . .

[yhlee]

Congrats!!!

[mific]

My fave is the hedgehog cover!

[calandrahunter]

That's incredibly productive!