Daphne J. Riordan

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2003 Writing Progress

2004 Writing Progress

2003 Goals

  • Attend Donald Maass' Writing the Breakout Novel workshop Mar 22-23 - Done
  • Finish editing and submit Killing Serenity
    Working on second draft
  • Write Legacy of Blood, edit and submit
    Finished approx 16,000 words of rough draft
  • Write 50,000 words of another book during November Nanowrimo (DSS or KS2)
    DSS is requiring a lot of research, and I may or may not be ready to start writing it by November
    Visited Grand Rapids, MI at end of May to see the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit (research)
    Decided to write Ice for Nanowrimo.
  • In order to finish the Marathon 2003, I will probably need to write another book as well, especially since I tend to write short (working on that). So, write another novel (not sure which one yet) - or write enough short stories and poems to make up the difference.

2003 Challenges

  • March Marathon March 1-2, 2003
    Goal: 5000 words
    Final count: 5038
  • March Marathon Take 2 March 15-16, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final count: 5090
  • March Madness March 25-21, 2003
    Goal: 14,000 (Level 2)
    Final: 11,678 (Level 1)
  • April/May Dare:
    • Novel New Material, Master
      Goal: 8 1000+ word chapters of LB
      Final: 8 chapters done on KS
    • Novel Rewrite Material, Apprentice
      Goal: Finish second draft of Killing Serenity
      Final: 7 pages edited, some new sections written, lots of worldbuilding and planning done
    • Poetry, Apprentice
      Goal: 2000 words of any number of poems
      Final: 2007 words, 26 poems
    • Word Count, Apprentice
      Goal: 61,000 words
      Final: 25,952
    • Worldbuilding, Master
      Goal: 8000 words
      Final: 11,028
  • April Marathon April 5-6, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final count: 2009
  • April Marathon Take 2 April 19-20, 2003
    Goal: 5000 or 10,000
    Final count: 5030
  • May Marathon Take 2 May 17-18, 2003
    Goal: 5000 or 10,000
    Final count: 5038
  • May Edits Dare May 2003
    Goal: 5 pages of edits a day, submit by end of month
    Final: 7 pages
  • June Marathon Take 2 June 21-22, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final count: 5026
  • July/August Dare:
    • Novel Rewrite, Apprentice
      Goal: at least 8 1000+ chapters rewritten
      Final: 0
    • Novel New Material, Master
      Goal: 8 1000+ word chapters of KS and/or LB
      Final: None
  • September Edit Marathon Take 1 September 13-14, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final count: 5956
  • October/November Dare:
    • Novel Rewrite, Apprentice
      Goal: at least 8 1000+ chapters rewritten
      Final: 0
    • Novel New Material, Master
      Goal: 8 1000+ word chapters of Ice
      Final: 19 chapters
    • Word Count, Apprentice
      Goal: 61,000 words of Ice and misc
      Final: 61,416
    • Worldbuilding, Master
      Goal: 8000 words of Ice
      Final: 8,716
  • October Marathon Take 2 October 18-19, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final count: 5007
  • November Marathon Take 1 November 1-2, 2003
    Goal: 10,000
    Final count: 10,095
  • NaNo Marathon November 1-2, 2003
    Goal: 10,002
    Final Count: 10,055
  • November Marathon Take 2 November 15-16, 2003
    Goal: 10,000
    Final Count: 9436
  • Slog Through the Middle-A NaNo Marathon November 15-16, 2003
    Goal: 10,002
    Final Count: 8218
  • The Final Push-A NaNo Marathon November 29-30, 2003
    Goal: 3334
    Final Count: 3542
  • NaNoWriMo November 1-30, 2003
    Goal: 50,000
    Final: 50,230
  • December Marathon Take 1 December 6-7, 2003
    Goal: 5,000
    Final count: 885
  • December Edit Marathon Take 1 December 13-14, 2003
    Goal: 5000
    Final: 5410
  • December Marathon Take 2 December 20-21, 2003
    Goal: 10,000
    Final: 5118
  • Loose Ends 2003 Challenge: Goal: (1) Finish article, (2) Submit NaNo chapters for crit Final: Edited NaNo chapters
  • December Challenge: Goal: 7 markets/week (28 total) Final: 12 (enough for lowest pip)
  • Marathon 2003: 250,000 words by December 31
    January/February: 872
    March: 24,042
    April: 17,463
    May: 8489
    June: 5026
    July: 2032
    August: 2032
    September: 230
    October: 9202
    November: 52,214
    December: 7482
    Final Total: 127,428

My Current Books

Killing Serenity

Killing Serenity (KS) is an urban fantasy about a woman who is magically 2000 years old and her battles against the secret society that wants to kill her.

Legacy of Blood

Legacy of Blood (LB) is a horror novel set a hundred years in the future about a band of vampires, their attempts to make a vampire out of the main character, and all of their struggles with a new strain of AIDS which kills human and vampire alike.

Dead Sea Scrolls

Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) is an SF novel set in the near-future about an archaeologist searching for the treasure of the Copper Scroll and the governmental intrigues that surround his search.

The Thriller

Ice

Ice is a fantasy novel about a princess who runs away, her soulmate, and political intrigues involving her brother, the king.

My Pips

2003:
Joined FM end of Feb. 5000 in March, April, May, June and October. 10,000 in November. 5000 in December.
 Edit Marathons started in June. 5000 in September and December.
Triple NaNo Marathon, November 1-2, 2003
Double NaNo Marathon, November 15-16, 2003
Single NaNo Marathon, November 29-30, 2003
50,000 words of Ice, November 2003
December Challege, Dec 2003
Dare 11: April/May 2003
Dare 13: October/November 2003



October 2003:
SCUBA Diving
Greek and Roman Mythology
Cultural World Building, Part 1
Las Vegas: Film vs. Reality

November 2003:
Cultural World Building, Part 2

2002:
50,000 words of Killing Serenity, November 2002

Member of Forward Motion's Orca Team
Speedwriter: regularly write more than 1000 words in an hour

Fiction:

18 short stories
9 novels
74 rejections on short stories and novels

Novels Completed (at least a complete rough draft, but in most cases a final draft and submissions to publishers -
gaps in years are usually where I was working on another novel (or two) that I never finished):

  1. Silence - Y/A Fantasy novel, written 1983-84, about six teens and a nuclear holocaust
  2. Twins of a Different Age - Y/A Fantasy novel, written 1986-87, about twins who were born 700 years apart (magically)
    and find each other through a magic mirror
  3. Angel - Y/A novel, written 1987-88, about a teenager and her struggles
  4. The Light Force - Fantasy novel, written 1988-89, about three adventurers on a quest to save the universe
  5. The Tchakil Queen - Fantasy novel, written 1991-96, about Macrenna, heir to the throne, who runs away because she
    does not want to be Queen, and her struggles against her cousin, who kills her mother and sends the armies after her
  6. Hidden Treasure - Historical Romance novel, written 1994-96, set in the Regency, about Emma and Julian and a vengeful
    man who blames Julian for his brother's death and wants him dead
  7. Wanderer - Paranormal Romance novel, written 1997, about a Crusader whose wife dies, and how he is made immortal
    and searches for her reincarnation for centuries until he finds her, and the wizard who wants to control them both
  8. Pictures - Contemporary Romance novel, written 1998, about a woman who is being stalked and the new man in her life
  9. Killing Serenity - Urban Fantasy novel, written 2002-2003

Poetry:

Over 211 poems written (I stopped counting at 211)
4 poems sold
109 poetry rejections

2004 Writing Progress
Last Updated: October 20, 2006
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