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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 23, 2024 0:06:45 GMT -5
Thanks. *smiles shyly* There is another one, if people don't think I'm bragging... I just did the count-up, and I'm over 55K, but only by like 74 words... though I guess I should have included my goals for each story I'm working on. Most everything I have is stuff I've been working on for years... all WIPs, I guess. But there are a few which are new, too.
For a list of titles, I did one a couple years ago, so they should be in the archives. It will be found on page one of my 2020 progress thread, if anyone wants to see most of what I'm working on, though the Crimson Scales series has gained a few more books, and there are several new serieses, like the one I titled the Grimoire series. and the Galewynd Canyon series, and the Copper Door series, along with several singles--ie, stand-alone stories.
However, the thing is, I set myself a goal of 5,000 words per file I'm working on, and the new ones were the first ones I reached the 5k word count with, this time. Some of the others are things which I know I won't be able to get the 5k on; things like Planetary Information, which is about as complete as it is getting for now, unless I go ahead and do the planetary information for some of the other worlds I have made.
And some will have to be more like 10k each to bring my total to 1M, this time. I know my goal was supposed to be 700K, but if I can get more, then I will be happy about it. And I have reached the goal in several instances, though in no way have I accomplished all of it as yet. Not even my full monthly goal for January, yet, really. I'm working on reaching my small goals for almost 200 files, and of that number, I have managed it for 7 of them. There are 12 others which aren't even close to the 5K goal as yet.
But I'm still working, so I should be able to get a few more done this month, so my milestone count will climb, I'm sure. Anyway, back to work, I guess.
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 23, 2024 23:39:23 GMT -5
I have another minor milestone... I am about 1300 words away from my monthly goal to hit 700k for the year. It shouldn't be hard to get there tonight...
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 27, 2024 0:43:37 GMT -5
Well, I crossed 61K early this morning...
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Post by galactic-pirates on Jan 27, 2024 4:03:00 GMT -5
You are on fire *waves pom-poms*. What are you counting in your words? Is it all drafting? Or also planning/journaling etc. I am curious
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 27, 2024 5:35:58 GMT -5
Notes and drafting for the most part. I do have a file for my journal, but it is a file all its own. I mean, I know I could count the words here, but I haven't had to as yet this year. Maybe if I don't have enough by the end of November, but not yet.
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 29, 2024 5:44:43 GMT -5
Well, here we are again... but I have more words to report... more than 66k, to be specific. Though, I'm sure there will be more coming to be recorded.
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 31, 2024 6:36:03 GMT -5
I just did the math for today... and found I have about 10% of my year's goal done. I'm sitting at a hair over 71K completed right now.
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Post by auroralynneskye on Jan 31, 2024 20:10:19 GMT -5
You guys are gonna be blown away by today's total!! I had two of the best writing days so far this year, and when I did the math, it turned out my total is over 91K!
I couldn't believe it, I had to do the math twice to be sure I had it right!
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Post by galactic-pirates on Feb 1, 2024 2:28:27 GMT -5
Wow 20k in two days is indeed mind-blowing! You have a really healthy buffer which is a fantastic start to the year. Good luck in February *cheers*
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Post by auroralynneskye on Feb 1, 2024 3:13:47 GMT -5
Thanks... it's not been easy, but they were two of the best days of writing I've had in years, like I said earlier.
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Post by auroralynneskye on Feb 2, 2024 0:15:15 GMT -5
Well, not as much of a jump to report this time, but I'm a bit over 95k now...
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Post by auroralynneskye on Feb 6, 2024 18:56:59 GMT -5
Got a little problem here... I need to get the use of a vehicle and a storage unit in Butte County, Ca, within the next couple days, or I'm going to be losing my place. I can get some money, but what I have needs to go to fix our car. If anyone can help, this is an SOS!!!
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Post by auroralynneskye on Feb 12, 2024 2:04:39 GMT -5
I know, I have been lost in the silence again. But I have had good reason this time. And I will explain, so people know what has been going on in my life; why I sent out the SOS which I did. Our inspection failed, as I may have mentioned before, but I was told I should focus on getting the work done, so that is what I have been doing. To this end, I have most of the clutter dealt with now, by way of sending most of my possessions to storage. But there is still a lot of cleaning to do in the wake of moving the stuff. And there are still a few boxes to move to storage when my nephew gets here at 6 in the morning. Not to mention we will need to reorganize the storage unit soon too...! But we should be done fairly soon, now, and we might actually stand a chance of passing this time. We still have to move the freezers, but at least we get to keep them, and moving them away from the windows is a small price to pay for the ability . There had been talk that the freezers were no allowed by our lease, but that has been proven not to be true, much to my relief.
On the topic of the car which I needed access to, or at least the use of, our car wasn't running for quite a long while as of the day of our inspection, which was I believe the 7th of this month. I had bought a battery for it back in November which failed after one use, and wouldn't be charged at all, no matter what we tried. It turned out this was because it was the wrong size; a 26R instead of a 35S.
But, one of my neighbors helped me get to the place I bought our last automotive battery from and return the battery we had which wasn't working, and now the car runs, though we still have to do the registration for it, as well as correcting the issue with the bearing which had been going out for months now. This doesn't mean it cannot be moved, however, which is one of the things which was causing a problem for the manager's assistant when they were here. So perhaps she will be pleasantly surprised on Tuesday when she finds it not there anymore, and we tell her it is being repaired.
But the freezers and the car were parts of the problem with our inspection, so since they have been sort of sorted out, the worst of the troubles involved boxing up and taking out most of the stuff we have to our new storage unit.
Needless to say, this has been a VERY busy past few days!! But this should explain why I haven't posted anything since the 6th.
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Post by Kandybar on Feb 12, 2024 11:46:39 GMT -5
Oof, sounds like a lot! I'm glad it's getting done, and fingers crossed that your next inspection goes well!
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Post by auroralynneskye on Feb 23, 2024 3:41:32 GMT -5
So far, the inspection has not happened, because the manager who I get along with is leaving at the end of this week. She is planning to hand us off to the new manager, who we don't know, or her AM who we get along with not at all.
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