A million words.
Looking over what I’ve written since graduating, I think I’m approaching a million words of fiction. It helps when I write every day. This was just a thought, so here’s the tally to see if I was right.
- The Ring of Dain Thar Duin ⸻ 210,000 words (that a long epic fantasy epic poem)
- The Quintilogy ⸻ 150,000 words (space cowboy available on Kindle)
- Howl ⸻ 121,000 words (The first novel I wrote. I’ve been posting it only to try to get a following, but haven’t had much traction other than people spamming me for art commissions.)
- The Rider ⸻ 220,000 words (This is a black powder fantasy that has a lot of problems)
- The Worth of a Stone ⸻ 134,000 words (a fantasy that I am trying to find an agent for)
- The Peacock ⸻ 53,000 words (a historical fiction based on the East India Company’s conquest of India)
- Firella ⸻ 50,000 words (a historical fiction based on calcio storico)
- Short Stories ~ 60,000 words (this is a guess but I have quite a few of these)
- Current projects ~ 80,000 words (I’m jumping between things based on what I feel like writing that day.)
I’ve probably missed a couple of things, but this count comes out to 1,078,000 words. This does not include my professional ghost writing. I think at this point that I can say I’m not an apprentice writer anymore. I am a journeyman. I am confident in the quality of my work. Now I just need to convince the world.
Thanks for reading,
Michael
Michael Frutig 