How many words did you write today?

We used to have trick or treating only on St. Nicholas Day in my region, while other regions had other days. Martinsmas (November 11) is the traditional trick or treating day in some parts of Germany. In other regions it's Epiphany Day (January 6), where the kids dress up as the Three Wise Men, bless homes and collect money for charity as well as candy for themselves.

Halloween only came in approx. 10 years ago, brought in by folks who'd been to the US as well as via movies and TV shows. At first, it hit college campuses where there were Halloween parties at least as far back as the 1990s. Then the costume, decoration and candy industries caught on and started offering the respective products. And then kids started to go trick or treating on Halloween as well, though there still are many older folks who don't like it and complain about this newfangled American holiday (which is actually Irish). The Lutheran church also dislikes Halloween, because for Lutherans October 31 is Reformation Day, disregarding that Halloween is a lot older than Reformation Day.

I get kids at my door on both Halloween and St. Nicholas Day, though there are more kids on St. Nicholas Day.

Back to writing, I wrote 1172 new words today and sent the Hallowind Cove Christmas story on its way into the world.

Yesterday was busy with publishing stuff (I'm wide, so I have more places to upload to) and all sorts of other crap, but I still managed to write 1018 words.

Today I wrote 1329 words, most of them for a guest post I have to hand in on Friday.

You’re doing great, K'Sennia Visitor! And Cora is as reliable as ever! I’ve made a new goal for myself: I have to write every day, even if it’s a small amount.

I wrote 2,128 words today. I wanted to do 4k but dictation shenanigans put a damper in that plan.

Getting back to writing actually felt nice. I did try that 4thewords website everyone on Facebook seems to be raving about, but I only managed to write 90 words using it. Their interface is absolutely awful. I much prefer writing in my iAWriter app.

Good work, prolificwriter and K'Sennia Visitor

As for the guest posts, I don't write to market, so I have to find the readers that will enjoy what I write. I figure guest posts help to introduce people to my writing and maybe get them to check out my books. And I've certainly heard from people who said they read my blog or followed me on Twitter or read a guest post or comment somewhere and decided to check out my books.

Talking of which, I wrote 1647 words today and finished my latest guest post. I also sold a poem to a magazine.

I wrote 2,245 words today!


That sounds like something I need in my life right about now.

I published two books today! The nonfiction one I talk about in the post above and a short black comedy Christmas story. So that feels pretty good.

Congrats on publishing two books, K'Sennia Visitor And besides, the time right now is perfect for Christmas stories.

I was at the Christmas market with some translator colleagues today and didn't write as much as I'd hoped, because the mulled wine really packs a punch. But I managed 1105 words.

Yes, when I published The Bakery on Gloomland Street, B&N, Scribd, Playster, Tolino and even Apple were quick to get it up. Only 24 symbols is dragging its feet, as usual. There actually was at least one funeral on Christmas Eve that I remember BTW. It was an elderly neighbour of my parents. I found the timing of the funeral really awful, because most people really have better things to do on Christmas Eve of all days than attend a funeral. My parents actually attended, but I didn't.

Turns out that the guest post I wrote got me an interview on a podcast.

I also wrote 1621 words and did the edits on the next Hallowind Cove story, which has been lying around finished but unpublished for a couple of months now. I hope to get this one out before the holidays as well.

Congrats corabuhlert on the podcast interview and all the action taking. Yeah, I can't imagine most people want to attend a funeral at this time of the year, or any time, really. But because stupid society forces everyone to celebrate this time of year, I can see it bumming a lot of people out. I am a rebel though, so I refuse to celebrate.

Good job on the new words prolificwriter!

I didn't accomplish anything yesterday. I'll try again today.

Congrats on the word, prolificwriter

Regarding the funeral, I feel they could just have rescheduled it for after the holidays, because having it on Christmas Eve, which is the main event in Germany, is just rude IMO. But apparently, leaving a corpse above ground over the Christmas holidays is inconceivable, because... - Well, I don't know. It's a corpse and we have refrigerated morgues, so I don't see why it won't keep until after the holidays. I also didn't like the deceased either and was actually scared of him as a kid, so I didn't feel at all guilty for not attending.

I forgot to post yesterday, but I wrote 1030 words. Today, I wrote 1088 words. Plus, I published two more Hallowind Cove stories, one yesterday and one today.

Reading is always good, K'Sennia Visitor, because we sometimes have to take a look at what others are doing.

No rapid burial requirements, these folks are/were Lutheran Protestants. Though there are local superstitions that it's bad to leave a corpse above ground over a holiday period or the weekend, probably dating from a time before refrigeration, when corpses started to smell.

I wrote 1896 words today and also did a lot of administrative stuff like updating links, scheduling posts for the Speculative Fiction Showcase and the Indie Crime Scene, etc...

I thankfully manage to resist the temptation to delete everything, because you often wind up deleting things you want to keep.

I also went holiday food shopping today - the sort of things which will keep, so I don't have to bother with them closer to the holidays - and wrote 1301 words, mostly on a review of an Andre Norton book that I have to hand in after the holidays.

1352 words today.

You forgot us? *lip wibbles*

JK. Great job on the words. Attend any more parties?

I've been on a rollercoaster of changing intentions, and my only words have been on Facebook. I did start something yesterday, I think. I wrote like 500 words or something.