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[agilebrit]

And, so, in a fit of morbid curiosity, I did some math.

I have, at this moment in time, 94,700 words out on active submission right now, across 12 stories. I need to hunt a market for a further 1,000 words.

I've trunked 6,500 words across two stories.

I've posted 5,100 words here, in one story, as a freebie.

I've had 21,400 words actually published, with a further 7,100 words about to be.

I have a 97,000-word novel languishing on my hard drive because I can't bring myself to finish the damn synopsis and start that soul-sucking agent hunt again. I look at that, and look at the fact that I am in no way a natural novel writer, and wonder why an agent would want to take on a one-shot wonder.

I banged out 144,000 words in a sequel to that novel that went absolutely nowhere.

I have 9+ abandoned stories, plus another abandoned novel, also languishing on my hard drive. Some of those stories I loved too, especially that novel. God knows how many words are wrapped up in those things. I'm too depressed to look.

They say the first million words is practice. I guess I'm about a third of the way there.

I hate numbers.