September Wrap Up

September 2020 has come and gone. The official wrapup video just dropped over on the YouTube channel. Letโ€™s dive into some behind-the-scenes information, shall we?

FUN FACTS

  • We filmed this one on 9/26. Since then I HAVE finished The Dark Restarter (as promised).ย 
  • Did you notice the lack of doggie nails clicking on the floor? Thatโ€™s because the temperature outside was below 90 degrees so he was hanging out in the backyard. Fall is here!ย 
  • I mentioned I made the calendar for videos for the rest of the year โ€ฆ but itโ€™s a loose calendar! So if you want to see something or tag me in a tag video, YOU STILL CAN! I promise ๐Ÿ˜‰ย 

ACTUAL NUMBERS

25104 words written so far (I have today and tomorrow still)

  • Highest writing days were the 1st and the 8th when I wrote 2309 words (yes, each day).
  • Overall, 8 days were above 1500 words and an additional 5 days were above 1000. Which, honestly, isnโ€™t the best. But Iโ€™ll take it.ย 
  • I averaged an acceptable 800 words per day in September. Again, so far. If I have monster writing days today and tomorrow โ€ฆ nevermind, itโ€™ll probably stay right where it is.ย 

STATISTICS

Because I cannot resist analyzing this stuff. 

Genre Count

This makes sense because the fall season approaching always puts me in the mood for Science Fiction or Horror. Of course, of these 9 books I finished only 2 were mood reads. The rest were shield challenges, review requests, or ARCs. But I make that review and ARC schedule too, so I sort of had this worked out this way. Just for fun, the mood reads were the NonFiction and one of the Horror books. 


Star Ratings

Amazing, right? I think I mentioned on the video that I just enjoyed these books and it felt like a good reading month. This is why! No 1 or 2 star books. Nothing problematic. Everything was Good-GREAT! So awesome.


44% of what I read this month was independently published. Thatโ€™s a pretty good percentage. You know me, I like to keep up the percentage of what I read that independently published. Months like this, when what I read was all pretty good, itโ€™s even better when itโ€™s almost half indie! 


TO SUM IT UP

  • I may have only read 9 books, but I was already at my goal for the year so Iโ€™ll TAKE IT!
  • The Ghostly YA is coming along and helping me add words to my total for the year.ย 
  • My goals are looking GOOD!
  • Iโ€™m calling September a WIN.ย 

THE VIDEO

Check out the rest of the 2020 goals and how Iโ€™m looking overall.ย 

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