Welcome to the Heibel Media Newsletter 
December 2014   


What an incredible month November was!  I set personal writing records; I published my first full length novel; I won the NaNoWriMo challenge and I started my 4th full length novel.

With one month left in the 500,000 word challenge for 2014 will I make it?

December also means Christmas and gift-giving and need I say some of my favorite gifts over the years have been books?  Consider my books when you need a stocking stuffer.

And to all of you reading this, thank you for your support.  I truly means a lot to me!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



Edition 17
In this issue
REUNION now available
NaNoWriMo Wrap Up
Write 365 Initiative Progress Report
Writing 500k Words Update
As I Write Blog Update
What's Ahead!
Print Collection
Digital Collection
Links to All Heibel Media Sites
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REUNION is Available NOW!

Thank you to all who came out to the book release and signing and bought a copy of the new book!  Already getting positive feedback.

Front Cover of Reunion
Reunion is available as an E-book, and in soft and hard cover print editions.  Don't miss this suspense thriller about a family terrorized at an idyllic Lake Michigan forest campground by a murderous soul that has returned to the world of the living with the help of a remorseful medium.



 
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November was
NaNoWriMo 
National Novel Writing Month

Last year I started Metal Harvest, Book One of a fantasy trilogy.  This year I started book two with the title : Soul Bearer Harvest.

The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write the first 50,000 words of a new novel during the month of November.  Last years goal was exceed by over 10,000 words.  The goal this year was to hit 68,000 words to catch up and hit the goal of 500,000 words in 2014.  

I won the 50,000 word challenge on Thanksgiving Day and finished the month with 55,610 words.  I was a bit short of the 68K goal, but I'm still very happy with the work I was able to do.

 Check out my daily record at:

 write365

 Write 365 Initiative  2014-15 Progress Update!

 
The Write 365 Initiative is a year-long project of mine to write at least 1 new page of fiction every single day for a year.  I keep a chart that is updated weekly on the website of my progress.  Follow this link to see the chart and read about the progress of all my stories:  http://heibelmedia.com/asiwrite365.html

Here is an up to date (as of 11/30/14) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2014:
Met Goal Initiative 100%:  234 Days Completed Successfully of 234 Days!


 

1,347 New Pages Written Total!


 

Novels: 1,224 new pages total 
  • When Love Breaks Down:  723 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
  • Metal Harvest: 231 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
  • Soul Bearer Harvest: 270 new 1st draft pages written


Short Stories: 123 new pages total  

 

  • Spilled Cereal                              6 pgs.  Awaiting Final Edit
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited      11 pgs.  Finished
  • When Monsters Die Revisited    8 pgs.  Finished
  • Alone at Last                              4 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • A Night Without Television        11 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • Small Talk                                 22 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • I Want to Die                            10 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • When He's Away                        7 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • Gaps                                          7 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • A Lonely Man                             2 pgs.   1st Draft Started
  • Song Bird                                 12 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • Slipping                                      9 pgs.   1st Draft Completed 
  • Momma's Boy                           11 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • If You Knew What I Knew           3 pgs.   1st Draft Completed 

 

 

 


     

 

 

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 Writing 500,000 Words in 2014 as of November 30


 

 Total Words to Date: 419,671     

Words Left to Write 80,329

 Short of Goal by 38,666 words    

   

Novels: 373,859 new words written total 
  • When Love Breaks Down: 196,115 Words 1st Draft Finished
  • Metal Harvest: 122,134 Words   1st Draft Finished
  • Soul Bearer Harvest 55,610 Words 1st Draft

Short Stories: 45,812 new words written total 
  • Letting Go:  4,365 Words 
  • Bed Wetting:  1,440 Words
  • The Happiness Bug:  4.124 Words
  • At the Intersection: 1,926 Words  
  • The Glass Man:  1,575 Words
  • Spilled Cereal: 1,438 Words
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited:  2,851 Words
  • When Monsters Die Revisited:  2,040 Words
  • Alone at Last: 1,050 Words
  • A Night Without Television: 2,917 Words
  • Small Talk: 6,351 Words
  • I Want to Die: 3,010 Words  
  • If You Knew What I Knew:  825 Words
  • Song Bird: 2,674 Words
  • Momma's Boy:  2,781 Words
  • Slipping:  2,256 Words
  • A Lonely Man: 258 Words
  • Gaps: 1,883 Words
  • When He's Gone: 2,048 Words
     

See the Month to Month Summary of the 500K goal.  Follow this link to  www.heibelmedia.com
 blog

 As I Write:  My Blog  

 

Every Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. I post an article about writing.  It may be what I'm working on or something about stories and writing in general.  It's a fun and interesting look at how a writer looks at things.  I'm looking for people to read the blog, comment on the articles and follow my blog.

Here are the topics from November:

Click on a topic to go there.

  

You can get to the blog via the Heibel Media website or easier yet this link:   heibelmedia.blogspot.com 

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 What's On Tap for December?

   


Short Stories:
  • 14 stories need revision
  • Potentially write two new stories
Novels:
  • Continue working on Soul Bearer Harvest
Write 365 Goal / 500,000 Word in 2014 Goal:   
  • Write at least one page a day
  • Write as many words as possible and not be discouraging by not meeting the 500K goal! 
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