« BFTP: Johnson's Law of Searching | Main | ALA Code of Ethics VIII and conclusion »
Friday
Apr062012

Word count as of April 6, 2012

In the Bangkok airport waiting a couple hours for my loooong flight home. Been up for 23 hours without even a nap, so I hope this makes sense.

In at least draft form, the book is almost done. The publisher wants 100,000 words. Here what my calculations show:

 

Even better, I'm sort of proud of what I've written. For anyone who needs to get a lot of writing done, take my advice and find a warm, quiet, and friendly place to just get away and focus. 

 

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments (2)

You know it's "foreword" and not forward, right? :)

April 7, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJosh

Hi Josh,

No, but hopefully my editor will ;-)

Doug

April 7, 2012 | Registered CommenterDoug Johnson

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>