That's another Blogging A to Z for April for the history books. It was nice to get back into this really. I enjoy the challenge of not just blogging every day (I kinda do that now anyway) but having a prompt for the blogging.
Let's See how I did.
According to my stats my visits were up 20% over other months, except for October (which are usually up 50% to 75%). I gained followers across social media, with the most coming from Twitter.
That's all well and good really, but for me one of the important things was I found several new blogs to follow from here on out and many more I'll visit on the Blogging A to Z Road Trip.
My goal was to get some monsters done. I published 26 days with 24 complete monsters, 3 variations, and 1 subtype. I also 2 categories of monsters, Qliphoth with 10 monsters and Vampires with 44 types.
For the visual types, here is a Pinterest board with links to each one.
Follow Timothy's board "April 2021 A to Z of Monsters" on Pinterest.
I started the challenge with over 330 monsters in my projects folder with 156 of those 100% complete. I started with two ideas for monster books; one for normal monsters and another for demons and devils (and more).
Today I have split this all off into three books (maybe four) of normal monsters, undead, and fiends. The fourth book is so early I am hesitant to even announce it.
I also have new cover art for all my books, even the proposed fourth book.
By the numbers, Basic Bestiary I has (so far) 240 monsters with 220 at complete status. Basic Bestiary II: The Undead has 178 monsters with 80 complete. Basic Bestiary III: The Fiends has 87 entries, with 19 complete and an additional 616 proper names of demons, devils and other fiends that I need to sort through. Basic Bestiary IV currently has a working list of 100 monsters, none are complete.
So roughly 320 100% complete monsters, more than doubling my pre-April count of 156.
That was my true goal here. I did not think I would walk out of this with a complete book in hand. There is still a lot of editing to do and my target per book is still 300+ monsters. The demons and devils book will be more; I might snarkily have 666 monsters. So far I am within reach of that.
Will I do this next year? At first, I was thinking no, but in truth, I did forget how much fun it was to visit all sorts of blogs outside my normal reading. Plus in terms of my goals, this was a success. Maybe I'll do this for my Book IV.
Right now I have a lot of monsters to clean up and get ready for BBI.
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Congratulations on fulfilling the A to Z! It's getting harder and harder with each year passing, right?
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome project! I can't wait to see the collections.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun theme! I like how you talk about "normal" monsters ;) Well done on the challenge!
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