It's 2018! I know, it has been for over a month, but I've been busy. Sadly, that busy time has mostly been made up of real life and work. I didn't have turnover at the day job this past year (yay, finally!), but I still stayed incredibly busy. We spent a lot of 2017 fixing up the house. So, at the end of the day, not much time or energy left for writing or illustrating. So, what did my 2017 look like?
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| English: Christmas fairy tale, light show, Grabrovnica, Croatia Hrvatski: Božićna bajka na imanju obitelji Salaj u Grabrovnici kraj Čazme (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
68.58 hours worked
15,134 words written
452 average words per hour
1 illustration finished
4 blog posts published
0 new books published
God, that's depressing. I did make some progress, though. I finished a rough of another illustration, and I'm almost done coloring a third. That last is, so far, the most complex illustration in the upcoming Derrick and Max book, and it's taking quite awhile.
I also finished writing the 1st draft of A Christmas Tale. I finished editing the 2nd draft of Bound, and I'm now working on the 2nd draft of A Christmas Tale (I like to give them some breathing room between drafts, so I work on another project). Since editing tends to involve a lot of time with little progress in terms of words written, my words per hour were rather low last year.
I also attended the first four Brandon Sanderson lectures. I can't believe they're free. If you've not watched them, you should. It's time well spent. Here’s the first one:
So, that was my 2017. In looking back, I didn't hit a single one of my resolutions, but I made some progress. I didn't achieve what I'd hoped to, but it's a new year. Just because I didn't hit my targets doesn't mean I'm going to give up. So, here's what I hope to achieve this year:
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