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January 2021 Update
Writing went rather smoothly in December, though my word counts were lower than I would have liked. I was able to write every day before the holiday break, except for one day when I was sick (probable food poisoning). Some days, I netted a negative number of words, but it all counts as progress.
You can read my end of year update here.
Word Counts in December:
Blog/Newsletter: 2,634
BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL: 3,739
Total Words Written in December: 6,373
Total Words Written in 2020: 133,480*
*Number is higher than the end of the year report due to this number actually including that blog post.
Writing Talks:
I managed a couple of writing livestreams before the holiday break. I had planned to do a third, but kiddo really needed help finishing the Spirit Temple in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that afternoon, and I had no choice but to oblige.
12/4/20 : Brief update on BOSTOP progress
12/11/20 : Juggling worldbuilding, backstory, and plot without infodumping
Plans for January:
I intend to keep trucking along on BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL this month, focusing on getting through the first act if I can, then backtrack and do a little more finetuning based on feedback from some early readers. I think if I work on rewriting the book in sections, then going back and doing at least one good read-through of each section before moving on to the next one, I’ll be able to revise to a better degree than trying to do the whole thing through, then starting over again. The rewriting process so far has been really rough, considering the amount of editing that I’m having to do, so I think taking the time to polish each section will help make it feel more manageable.
2020 Year End Update
Well, we have finally made it to the end of this weird year, and that’s saying something, all things considered. We’re still in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, obviously, but we managed to make it through a momentous election, too. Between Biden’s win and the...
December 2020 Update
November went more or less as expected. I didn’t write at all the first week, with the election going on (was that really only a month ago?!), and afterward, I struggled with rewriting the first chapter of BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL, but I eventually got all the...
November 2020 Update
I finally finished my Draft 2 outline and started the rewrite of BLOOD OF SALT, TEARS OF PEARL this month, and I’m now almost to 10,000 words total on that, with the prologue rewritten and polished and now working on Chapter 1. I’ve been struggling a little bit with...
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January 2021 Update
Writing went rather smoothly in December, though my word counts were lower than I would have liked. I was able to write every day before the holiday break, except for one day when I was sick (probable food poisoning). Some days, I netted a negative number of words,...
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Brooke Johnson is an avid tea drinker, nonprofit co-founder, amateur seamstress, tabletop RPG enthusiast, and dabbling artist, in addition to all her book writing. As the jack-of-all-trades bard of the family, she adventures through life with her fiercely bearded paladin of a husband, their warrior princess daughter, a cowardly wizard of a dog, and two roguish cats that somehow rolled high enough persuasion to join the party.
They currently reside in Northwest Arkansas, and once they earn enough loot and experience, they’ll build a proper castle somewhere and defend against all manner of dragons, goblins, and whatever else dares take them on.