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Man, I am still really struggling, but at least I got to cross a script off my massive list and made some headway on a revision!
NOVEL X WORD COUNT: 0
VARIOUS & MISC WORD COUNT: 2,164
TOTAL NANO COUNT THUS FAR: 9,830
PERSON/PLACE/THING I GOT TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY:
Meh. Today sucked. I mean, I wrote some scenes I really liked but my numbers are just pathetic. It doesn’t help that I’ve gotten sick (because of course I have!):
NOVEL X WORD COUNT: 0
VARIOUS & MISC WORD COUNT: 2,202
TOTAL NANO COUNT THUS FAR: 7,666
PERSON/PLACE/THING I GOT TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY:
NOVEL X WORD COUNT: 0
VARIOUS & MISC WORD COUNT: 2,244
TOTAL NANO COUNT THUS FAR: 5,464
PERSON/PLACE/THING I GOT TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY:
Mmm. Another rough day from a standpoint of numbers, but I finished my work that was due Wednesday (today) so by any measure I call that a success! 😉
NOVEL X WORD COUNT: 0
VARIOUS & MISC WORD COUNT: 2,229
TOTAL NANO COUNT THUS FAR: 3,220
PERSON/PLACE/THING I GOT TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY:
As mentioned, not a ton of words today as I was mostly working on an outline/pitch and that’s more about getting down notes, doing research, and finessing things than it is about high word count. Came in just under 1,000.
So not a great day, but this is a tough deadline I’m under. Also I had to take about 6 hours to try to switch over to my new iphone (and it’s still not done!!!! grrrrr. Don’t ask).
NOVEL X WORD COUNT: 0
VARIOUS & MISC WORD COUNT: 991
PERSON/PLACE/THING I GOT TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY:
Dazzler! Hell yeah!
I often take a (totally unofficial) stab at NaNoWriMo. I’ve only successfully managed it one year (the glorious year that was 2011). But that was a crazy success in that I not only DOMINATED my word count (over 75k on that novel) AND that novel became my book STORYKILLER.
So it’s both hard to resist the siren song of that one year’s awesome success and it’s also often something that feels like a too high standard (which I will constantly fail to meet). Anyway, I have A LOT to write right now, including really needing to get a high number of words down on a novel project, so I thought I might just give it a try again this year and might have a better shot of hitting some of these goals if I was forced to document it and be accountable.
So here we are.
Yesterday was a massive failure (long story, don’t ask) but I am determined not to be derailed!
So here’s what I have to accomplish this month writing wise. Going forward I’ll track novel writing count as one number and then I’ll just merge all the others into a second number:
NOVEL X: 50k
I need more than 50k – I’d feel better about 80k, but 50k would be amazing especially considering everything else I’m committed to.
COMIC BOOK SCRIPTS: 6 scripts
I’d actually like to get 7 done, but 6 are necessary
COMIC BOOK REVISIONS: 1 script
I’ll probably have to do more, but for now this is the one on deck
COMIC BOOK SHORT: 1
Short Story for a comic (8 – 10 pages)
COMIC OUTLINES: 1
This is due asap, so it’s first on the list
COMIC SYNOPSIS: 2
Two mini-series synopses due (asap on this one)
COMIC PITCHES: 2
I actually have 3 due, but one can wait until December (I think) so I’m backburnering it
SHORT STORIES: 4 – 6
More accurately I need to finish 3, and do 2 to 3 completely new ones
This looks like A LOT (and Jesus, typing it out it FEELS like a lot) but technically it’s probably around 100k and if I did 75k while working a full time job in 2011 then I don’t see why I can’t do 100k while THIS is my full time job. RIGHT?
Guess we’ll see!
Off to get a reasonable word count down for today. Also I’m cross posting this on my Tumblr, which, I’m sorry to say is where I do most of my “blogging” these days. So you might want to follow me over there if you want to be sure to stay in the loop.
Thanks for reading!
Kelly
Oh, here’s an image for today…cover for A-Force #2, which yes, I AM WRITING with the amazing G. Willow Wilson. WOOOO!
Cover by Jorge Molina.
Been a while since I did these. But I’ll be CRAZY biased next year thanks to my work on IDW’s JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS with Ross Campbell so I figured I should get in a final year. I did a comprehensive “Best of 2014” over on CSBG for this week’s SHE HAS NO HEAD! and this is simply an extension of that piece.
As always, you can see my biases in my choices. Title integration is important to me (which is why I’m only showing cover art with the titles on it), so are interesting compositions and great use of positive/negative space. I also tend to love bold colors (and a lot of white is a personal favorite) as well as simple, graphic, iconic images. Creativity is obviously key, but a lot of what makes a cover work for someone is just gut – how it makes you feel – and that it DOES make you feel. All these covers make me feel to some degree or another. This list is also only single issue comics – usually US since that’s what I have access to (no graphic novels or trade covers were considered for the list). As always I’m never quite sure if I got the order right, but it is what it is!
Here we go, counting down from 52 – one for each week of 2014.
52. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 BY MARCOS MARTIN
51. ALL-NEW ULTIMATES #5 BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
50. ADVENTURE TIME #24 BY MIKE HOLMES
49. LUMBERJANES #8 BY NOELLE STEVENSON
48. UNCANNY X-MEN #17 BY CHRIS BACHALO
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I wrote a new piece over on CSBG about how disturbing I find DC’s (very pretty) Bombshell Variant Covers for the month of June – after only a handful of hours we’re up to over 100 comments because people really have problems when you criticize mainstream superhero work and marketing…even though many agree it’s backwards and ill-thought out regularly.
Anyway, posting here two images to show how well we’re doing already on Derailment Bingo and Sexist Bingo. Enjoy!
And DERAILMENT BINGO TOO!
GOOD TIMES!!!
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Covers of the week for 10/09/13.
Mainstream: I love that this cover feels anything but mainstream. This gorgeous entry for Avengers Arena #20 by Francesco Francavilla is badass in its retro-ness. Honestly, Fracavilla has done some great covers but I think this is my favorite by far. Love it:
Independent: Though I didn’t love the first issue of Coffin Hill, this cover by Dave Johnson is awesome (and the title design most especially – not sure who’s responsible for that?):
Tags: comic covers, comics!, Cover Of The Week
Last week’s cover of the week:
Mainstream: I love this alt cover by Stuart Immonen for All-New X-Men #17. It’s so not a traditional superhero cover and I like that they did their best to let the unconventionally awesome illustration speak for itself in how they approached the titles and even the chapter notation (etc.). I’d still like it better with less words on the cover, but it’s pretty awesome overall:
Independent: Ming Doyle’s gorgeous final cover for Brian Wood (and Ming Doyle’s) Mara mini-series – Mara #6 – gorgeous use of negative space, and limited colors. Love it:
Tags: comic covers, comics!, Cover Of The Week
