Tag Archives: metrics

Bonus post: Metrics, continued

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Hatboy

Just a quick refresh on the metrics charts. I haven’t copied up the total word count graph yet but this weekend was a nice solid uptick. There you go.

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Interlude: What I’m Doing On My Holidays, Day, uh… (Turku, Part 2)

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 53. 106,695 words. Out of town and out of range again today, so here’s my latest set of metrics. Overflow on story 1, under-count on story 2, and story 3 not yet finished (but I’ve made an excellent start … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Metrics!

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Hatboy

So I had a few minutes at the end of my Friday, and I had a random slightly-sleep-deprived idea to show my second short story anthology metrics in a new and interesting way. Stay with me on this. On average, … Continue reading →

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Bad Cow (1)

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Hatboy

Bad Cow is in editing, and I’m preparing to start work on the next book in the series. Here, for the kick-off to a lazy weekend, is how the 700-800-page[1] behemoth’s word counts broke down by day. [1] Actual page … Continue reading →

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Another swear-counter

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 9. 60 pages, 29,228 words. I still haven’t got much to add today, so I’ll settle for a lazy swear-and-Australianism[1] count for the draft as it is. [1] Or perhaps I should say “swear-and-other-Australianism”… Bloke: 15 Fuck: 34 (so, … Continue reading →

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The Final Metrics of Man

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 22. 51 pages, 23,853 words. Here’s a quick run-down of the final book, Human, and its vital stats in celebration of the imminent release of FFoM #7, Damorak. First we have the chapter-by-chapter metric: BOOM, look at that there … Continue reading →

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Now when I said “the end of this week”…

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 33. 254 pages, 117,469 words. …okay, I didn’t stop to think through that today is Thursday already. Plus today I have to stop writing early to take the bus to work, because Mrs. Hatboy needs the car. Oh well. … Continue reading →

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Guhhhh … Sunday?

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 22. 202 pages, 94,541 words. Not a bad run of writing. I still have two chapters left in Part Two, but they can be pretty short and I’ll see if I get any more done this afternoon and this … Continue reading →

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Argh Thursday

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 12. 160 pages, 72,665 words. Well this week happened fast. Ropecon approaches. In the meantime, I’m just going to leave this here. Not sure what’s happened, really. Oh well, back to work. I got my last paycheque from Lionbridge … Continue reading →

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Argh Tuesday

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 10. 141 pages, 63,858 words. Nothing much to add today. I finally took the step of whopping all my Final Fall of Man books together into one PDF, to make it easier to search for references and plot points. … Continue reading →

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