2011 assessment

As usual at this time of year, I doubt my productivity, so I do an assessment of my writing.


I have, of course, proofread and edited approximately 2000 papers during the year, although that doesn’t count as writing, but it is part of how I earn most of my money. If I multiplied that times the 45 years I have taught, it comes to more than 100,000 papers over a lifetime.

Having become more organized, I can give an accurate accounting of my writing for 2011:

1. Poems:

    A. Written—52

        a. Free verse—20

        b. Rhymed verse—4

        c. Prose poem—6

        d. Haiku—4
 
        e. Tanka—19

        f. Shaped poem—1

        g. Acrostic—2

        h. Translated from French—0

        i. Translated from Spanish—1

    B. Submitted for publication—10 (current and archived)

    C. Published—2 (AAR “Dawn’s Early Light” and “A Position in a Place.”)(archived, current); 41 tanka in Tanka Time, an illustrated book of poetry.

    D. Published in blog Writing Rite—90 (from previously published collections Son(love)nets, 1975;     Memento, 1976; and Two Wholes Make It Total, 1978; Cadet Rousseau, 1988; City Magic, 1987,Monsters in a Half-way House, 1981, Tanka Time [unpublished] or brand new).

2. Articles or essays

    A. Started—14

        a. Completed—10

        b. Submitted for publication— 2

        c. Published—2

        d. Published in blog Writing Rite—9 (from archives or written in the blog)

3. Short stories

    A. Started—12

    B. Completed—6

    C. Entered in contests—2

        a. “The Bridge” and “Fort Sumter”—Glimmer Train

        b. “Fort Sumter” and “’Trash Bag’ and ‘Sweat Hog’”—Bridport

    D. Published—0

    E. Published in blog Writing Rite—5(from previously published collections Touch Me and A Collection of Nickel-Plated Angels)

4. Novels

    A. Worked on—4

        a. Science fiction—2

        b. Mystery—1

        c. Historical Western—1

    B. Completed—2

    C. Published—2 (Windfall and Long Shot)

    D. Published as eBook—7: Books Four through Ten of the Buck Jaspers Mystery series.

        a. A Meeting of Minds

        b. Severance

        c. Possession

        d. Raiders

        e. Deletion

        f. Silent Partner

        g. Windfall

    E. Chapters published in blog Writing Rite—19 (revised from Interplanetary Secret Agent: Book One: Putkwyz)

5. Anthologies

    A. First Writing Rite, an anthology of my first year’s blog.

        a. Worked on

        b. Published (Create Space) May 2011

        c. Entered in contest sponsored by Pinnacle Books.

        d. Published as eBook (Bookbaby).

    B. Second Writing Rite

        a. Worked on

6. Plays

    A. Screenplay

        a. Long Shot

            i. Worked on (Act One completed)

    B. Play (one act)

        a. Wild, Expensive Oats

            i. Completed

            ii. Published in blog

            iii. Entered in contest (SFWA)