Here are my monthly stats for October

• 4,400 new words of fiction written this month. ¹
   
• 15 first drafts currently in progress. ²
   
• 1 first draft currently "ripening" before second draft. ³
   
• 0 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   
• 3 third drafts currently in progress.⁴
   
• 0 third drafts currently awaiting polishing.
   
• 0 fourth drafts in currently in progress.
   
• 6 stories currently submitted to markets
   
• 1,400 words in shortest story currently submitted.
   
• 7,000 words in longest story currently submitted.
   
• 0 offers of publication received this month.
   

¹ Better than September, but that’s not saying much. I blame the election.

² I always have a lot of first drafts "in progress," until one of them really grabs me and I work on it obsessively.

³ I employ a six-week "ripening" period for first drafts. Two of the three drafts here are actually ready for revision into second drafts; I just haven’t got around to them yet.

⁴ Still bottlenecked. Will persevere. Election’s over; time to get to work.

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