I’ve finished brainstorming and roughly outlining “The Lone Blue Strand” steampunk robocop story, and began work on the rough draft. We’re six handwritten pages in, or approximately 1,800 words. As with most of my rough drafts, I’ll likely abandon the writing entirely and focus more on the scenes and imagery I get out of the initial effort.

• Nonfiction: 84
• Planning and outlining: 1,104
• Short Fiction: 1,800
• Novel Fiction: 000
• Salable words: 000

Total Fiction for Month: 28,343

Total Salable for Month: 7,290

Total Fiction for Challenge Year: 78,566

Total Salable for Challenge Year: 18,234