Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

December was a rockin' month, as I wrote over 40,000 words (total TBD as the day ain't over yet). This is a new record for me. The month included two weeks over 10k, including a new record week of 10,575.

I also just completed three straight months of writing 500 words minimum per day (Sundays excluded).

My current novel, CANCELED, is at 50k words and rolling along.

I'd like to report exact stats for the year, but I only started tracking in March, so my stats would be incomplete. BUT, I can say that I have written well over a quarter million words for the year. I also have submitted short stories 122 times this year, with over 100 rejections (19 stories are still in the mail). I also sent out 75 novel queries.

Thanks to that blitz of novel queries for UNCLE SAM and ASSASSINWARE, I now have 1042 points.

Also this year (in November) I started my own website - www.michaeldbritton.com. However, it is not much more than a parking space right now. One day I'll open a store there, but don't want to spend the money for shopping cart functionality right now.

And now: my goals for 2010.

• Write 250,000 words (probably three novels and twenty short stories, but any combination will do).
• Submit short stories 100 times or more.
• Make 200 or more novel queries.
• Make it to at least one workshop in Oregon (dependent on finances)
  

Short and sweet.

2010 is going to be a great year!