But that would be because I've been working so hard and editing so much, really, really, really.
So with 35,000 edited and another 5000 written I'm safe. And youse?
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The 2012 Koala Challenge
I think we'll call this column an 'example' of a typical month for a while...keep picking up the badges, though!
Keep writing, keep submitting and earn Koala Love Points! Report in at the end of every month and She Who Is Always Right will total your points and let you know which badge you may display on the side of your blog.
New victims always welcome - please let me know in the comment trail of the latest post. Full instructions for the 2012 challenge here!
Nine or more points:
Angie
Stevie
Pam
Rick (who's Rick? Ah well, he reported in)
Eight points:
Seven points:
Six points:
6 Iasa (it was 5.5, but I'm rounding her up out of amazement. I think it's an Iasa Record)
Five points:
Four points:
Three points:
Two points
One point
Pete
"We were on a break..."
Displease the Koala by neglecting your writing altogether and you may find yourself joining Sarah
KOALA SMACKDOWN
Displease the Koala even more and she may call in her slippery sidekick and put you on:
SUPER-SMACKDOWN!
Aniket
Robin
With thanks to JJ de Benedictis for the fantastic artwork (and her fine abilities with toenail pliers).
Keep writing, keep submitting and earn Koala Love Points! Report in at the end of every month and She Who Is Always Right will total your points and let you know which badge you may display on the side of your blog.
New victims always welcome - please let me know in the comment trail of the latest post. Full instructions for the 2012 challenge here!
Nine or more points:
Angie
Stevie
Pam
Rick (who's Rick? Ah well, he reported in)
Eight points:
Seven points:
Six points:
6 Iasa (it was 5.5, but I'm rounding her up out of amazement. I think it's an Iasa Record)
Five points:
Four points:
Sempra
Whirl (how'd he beat me?! That never happens!)
Three points:
3 McK
Two points
Mar
Sylvia
One point
Pete
"We were on a break..."
Jenna
JJdeGoblin
Displease the Koala by neglecting your writing altogether and you may find yourself joining Sarah
on
KOALA SMACKDOWN
Displease the Koala even more and she may call in her slippery sidekick and put you on:
SUPER-SMACKDOWN!
Aniket
Robin
With thanks to JJ de Benedictis for the fantastic artwork (and her fine abilities with toenail pliers).
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18 comments:
(I really want to add LIKE A BOSS after all of this. It was a good month.)
108,000 words edited: 21 points
17,565 words written: 7 points
1 synopsis written: 1 point
1 novel submitted: 1 point
And if a story exchange on Goodreads counts:
1 short story submitted: 1 point
Oh I forgot. I don't do this!
I think I might be getting the wrong idea of what things are normally like around here.
Edited 4000 words
Wrote 6800 words
6 poetry submissions
Also sent my novel to a friend to beta-read it; does that count for points? Probably not?
Also 3 of the poems I submitted a month or so ago have been accepted. Woo!
12,000 new words written on novel.
1,000 lines and mini-scenes written as well, so 13K in total.
Reread approx 40K and edited, switched things around, took some dead wood out, that kind of thing.
Don't know exactly how many points that is, but it's gotta get me i good territory, right?
Hey, you're back! Was hoping you were okay. :)
Writing: 5058 = 1pt
Editing: 67,875 = 13pts
TOTAL = 14 pts
No subs this month, sucky writing, but lots of editing. That's probably not going to change this month, either, with my novel in process. I'm going to have about 5 days to do edits on 114K words toward the end of May, then it's going through two rounds of proofing (which I'll get to go over and make changes on) and they're looking to release in late July. [flail]
Still wish I were writing more, but at least I'll have a new book out soon, which is very cool. :)
Angie
To be honest, I have no idea. I do know that in April I wrote a lot. My WIP started April at about 20,000 words (if I recall) and finished at about 39,000 words. (Already at 46,000 today, so I'm in good shape for May already.) I'm sure I did a bunch of other stuff, too, but a little jaunt to a third world country interfered a bit.
6,700 words written, so only two points.
And that toenail you ripped out FOR NO GOOD REASON is growing back nicely.
17k written 7 pts
1 novel beta read 1
35k words edited 7
2 guest blogs posts 2
I think I'm safe.
Whoot to Jenna, yay on the novel, and yay on Angie's novel too! Looks like a lot of folks in good territory.
Ah, Serena, as the posts above show, there is no such thing as a typical month. Scores range from twenty plus down to zero zero zero, which is what keeps my Goblin happy. All those twenty pluses make me feel throughly inadequate, but then I remember I need to sleep sometimes, and apparently they don't, so... While I'm mentioning, congrats to all you high scorers and acceptance-people! And then Peter usually throws in something about international travel, and Iasa's usually been living in a cave somewhere in South America. What was I talking about? Random? Who said that?
Ah, Goblin, it is my job to keep you in line, hence the occasional random toenail pull just to show you who's really the boss - SO YOU'RE WELCOME MY PET.
JP Hannan - ah, memories. My first ever smackdown. Good times. Come back, any time!
Alas, work was hard-core and I spent too much time building a Old West town in Minecraft - 1 point only. :-/
All I managed was three guest blog posts, but I seem to be writing again this month,
Oh, man.
I'm really fighting to keep my toenails, here. I haven't done any writing this month, and since the only thing I revised was the same thing I revised last month and I don't honestly feel I've improved it at all, I can't claim any points.
So.
I claim 3 points for my three subs.
Better luck next month.
So late, I'm bound to get my botty smacked even if I revealed I'd written a trilogy.
5000 words writ, about the same edited, plus 6000 words of farmyard dialogue and some articles.
4-5?
By the way, I'm pretty sure I'm taking May off. Loads of stuff just came up (like, serious life changes), and I need some time to make sure I have a place to eat, sleep, and write for the rest of the year.
Julia, Beware the Evil Power of Minecraft!
Goblin, make a light snack on a couple of Stevie's toenails, just to keep her focused.
Motheree, saved by subs.
Whirl, McK can't really punish lateness at the moment due to her own slackness. Otherwise...
Serena, McKoala is sometimes sympathetic to life circumstances and it seems like this qualifies. Hands off, Goblin.
*crunch, crunch*
I restricted myself to only two of Stevie's toenails, but they are quite delicious.
So....May....?
O, eucalyptically anointed one! It's half past June! I wrote my CV this month- that surely counts as fiction! I claim a point!
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