I never tried to do a total, but at one point I counted that I have 5 e-books that break 100k each and lost count of how many that are over 50k each. People can say whatever they want about my writing, but people who buy my books are getting a lot of bang for the buck.
Every time I look at what is named "fragments" which contains scenes I cut out of stories, scenes that are just scenes that maybe I find a home for, snippets of conversations, etc...I think of the character from the Ally McBeal show. The guy they called the "Biscuit" there was a scene where he looks into a toilet, sighs and says "Remnants" and that's what I always think of with those random bits.A quick count tells me I have 220k words published here on Lit. That's probably half what I have in my Drafts folder.
The luxury of still being a very new writer makes it easy to count the stories and lenght for each. I have a spreadsheet which has the word count and other metrics of every story and series I have done and am currently working on.
I read that poem a while back—it’s beautifully sad. I think I may have left a comment saying something to that effect. Congrats on its success.
I was quite excited when I passed 100 followers a couple of months ago. They've taken their own sweet time, I've been publishing on this site for three years!
Trad pub is brutal. Good luck and I think it's awesome that you're querying agents/publishers!Not sure if it's a "Milestone", but I'm going to count it as one.
Today, I received my first rejection from a traditional publisher. Not my first rejection because everything else has been accepted, but the first because it's the first time I've sent anything to a publisher.
I know every author will experience rejection, and I understand why this story was rejected. But still, it stings a little bit!
On the bright side that means I can let my historical romance stew for a bit, and focus on writing pure smut instead.
Absolutely brutal! I'll try again though, once I've licked my wounds and recovered.
