Back in January I started a challenge to write an average of 2024 words a day in 2024. On September 1, I was one day behind where I needed to be for the year.

But then I got full-time employment back in academia while still working at the post office. Mondays and Tuesdays were long days with little time to write unless I had down time while at the post office. Some days I did, and some days I didn’t.

I didn’t meet the goal, which would have been 738,760 words by December 31. I ended the year with a total of  678,104 words, which is an avderage of 1853 words per day.

That’s called failing to success. It’s a win. I got a lot more written this year than I ever have or would have if I hadn’t done this challenge.

I haven’t calculated how many stories/novellettes/novellas/novels that is. I’ll do that over the weekend. I have to get my spreadsheets organized. I’ll report here if anyone is interested.

I’m not going to do the 2025 words per day in 2025. I am going to do  a challenge and set some writing goals. But given how the last few months have gone, I need to restore balance to the Force.  Or at least my life.

I’m hoping there will be some times in the coming year when I can ramp up my word count. We’ll see.

I need to submit or publish some of these stories. Some are  under submission. I also would like to be able to read more. I’ve not read much unless it was for a writing workship. And I will be doing more of those.

I will say that I had a great deal of fun. I took some workshops on genres I don’t normally read and haven’t written in.  And that’s the key to getting so many words written.

Have fun.

I intend to continue having fun in the next year.