| Book | Words |
| Moon Song (final draft) | 67.2k words revised |
So far, I have finalized over 67 thousand words on the final draft of Moon Song in January. Considering my holiday travel lasted into January, and then I got sick, I’m pretty happy with that. Still, I have so much more I want to accomplish before publication day.
I did not do a good job keeping track of how many thousands are simply proofed, reorganized, rewritten, or completely new. If you’re interested in that breakdown, let me know! If so, I’ll try to include details like that next time.
My typical writing process involves countless drafts and 3 rounds of professional editing. For context, these are my average production rates (measured in words per hour):
| First Draft | Dictation | Rewriting | Applying Edits | Proofing |
| 1k wph | 2.5-3k wph | 0.5k wph | 3k wph | 5k wph |