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January 2022 Update
Writing:
I took last month off from writing, which was a much-needed break after wrapping up rewrites on Part 1 of BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL in November. I did write up a monthly post and yearly wrap up, but that’s it. Having a full month off from writing gave me time to catch up on my reading and let my brain rest for a bit, though I still didn’t read as much as I would have liked!
Word Counts:
Blog/Newsletter: 2,897
Total Words Written Last Month: 2,897
Total Words Written in 2021: 87,293
Plans for This Month:
Tomorrow, I plan to dig back in to rewrites for BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL. In November, I finished revising Chapters 1-5. This month, I hope to make decent headway on the next section, Chapters 6-10 (give or take, depending on how scenes fall). I divided the manuscript up into five sections in the hopes that it would make revising easier. The second section currently sits at 37,000 words. I hope to whittle it down to around 25,000 by the time I’m finished with rewrites. If I can manage to rewrite 2-3 scenes per week, I should be mostly finished with this section by the end of the month, but we’ll see. The previous section took me quite a bit longer than expected!
2021 Year End Update
Another weird year comes to a close. Writing has been just as difficult in 2021 as it was in 2020, for much of the same reasons, plus a few more. Thankfully, I was able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 early in the year (and then the booster) and kiddo got a second...
December 2021 Update
Writing: I finished Part 1 of BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL this month! After one round of intense rewrites and two rounds of edits over the course of several months, I managed to reduce the original word count of the first eight chapters and two prologues from 61,541...
November 2021 Update
I didn’t get to make as much progress on rewrites this month as I wanted as I was sick for the last two weeks. But progress is progress, so I won’t complain. I did run into a bit of a snag on one particular scene that I’m still trying to figure out, but I should get...
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January 2022 Update
Writing: I took last month off from writing, which was a much-needed break after wrapping up rewrites on Part 1 of BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL in November. I did write up a monthly post and yearly wrap up, but that’s it. Having a full month off from writing gave me...
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Brooke Johnson is an avid gamer, home baker, dabbling artist, tabletop roleplayer, amateur meadmaker, and published author. As the jack-of-all-trades bard of the family, she adventures through life with her fiercely bearded paladin of a husband, their rogue daughter, and four animal companions in the suburbs of Northwest Arkansas.