2008 in review: writing

[ellarien]

It feels like a year in which I spent most of the time not writing. I do seem to have drafted about 85,000 words since Jan 1st, though -- 28K on a failed nanowrimo and the rest on the Behemoth novel mostly in an incomplete round of thing_in_150 earlier in the year. I didn't finish the Behemoth novel, let along the nano-thing (which is actually the exile planet novel, provisionally titled Thule), though, so I feel like a failure. Also, I didn't revise anything at all. (And I'm not at a point where I want to even think about submitting.)

I think for 2009 I should try not setting rigid wordcount goals; there are too many traps there. What I do want to try is something like writing at least something -- even if it's only a bit of outline or a few sentences -- say five days a week. The next couple of weeks are not a good time for starting new habits, as I'll be out of the country from Jan 2nd-10th, but I'll see what I can do.

Also, I know I haven't been posting much lately, and I haven't even kept up the Friday Flowers for the last couple of months. I'll try to be better about that, too.