How Many Novels Have You Written?

[maddythemad]

Just curious if we'll all be about the same, or if it'll be really spread out.

Oh, and I just figured out how to make a poll so I had to do one. ;)

[giftedrhonda]

I've written 2, and I'm on #3 right now.

[PeeDee]

Four. And I only like one of 'em.

[maddythemad]

Four. And I only like one of 'em.

Well if it's your most recent one, that's good. :) You're clearly just getting better.

[maddythemad]

I've written 2, and I'm on #3 right now.

Me too. :D

[Siddow]

I put Four, although two of them were shortish MG novels that I do not ever intend to publish.

So now I'm working on #5, or #3 if we're talking about hope-to-publish full-length novels for adults.

[Pamster]

I've written five, with one more that wasn't finished but still has a significant amount of text already begun, and then there is my memoir book which would make it six that I have. Now if I can just find an agent to help me sell it all! :D

[davids]

How many written-or how many published? The poll might even be interesting if it was stated how many published-pod-vanity-traditional-if that is one was interested in how many pubbed as opposed to written!

[maddythemad]

Er... it was just "how many written." But you can open up your own thread for how many published/self published! That would be interesting.

[Pamster]

Yes it would be interesting. I would have to choose zero though since my books haven't been marketed yet, I only just started getting over my anxiety enough that I could even begin to query and seek out help from an agent. :)

[maddythemad]

Oh and duh-- I just realized I should have put my name down for "3." I finished my third novel several weeks ago!

*Clonks self on head*

[MidnightMuse]

Written: 9

Working on: #10

Published: Zippo (but then again, I only just started trying in '06)

[PattiTheWicked]

I've completed three. I'm working on about four different WIPs right now, though, so the number could change at any time.

[Gabriel]

The first one really really really sucked. The second one was a struggle to finish and yet enjoyable. It should be quite a good read, I'll really know when I edit it. The third I just finished. Need to let it simmer for awhile.

[Gravity]

Five. Three commercially published, and a PA book I've since gotten back and rewritten. That one is being shopped by my agent (he's had requests from eight houses for partials for that one, along with a request from another house for my fifth). I'm presently writing my sixth.

[moth]

I've finished 113 novels since 1999! :D

......Okay, 56.

......Okay, 4.

The fourth I'm polishing up to start querying agents. The first three...:roll:

[IrishScribbler]

Working on my very first novel! Wahoo!

Up to now my portfolio has been short fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism. And I started a screenplay what feels like a lifetime ago.

[CaroGirl]

I've written two, and I started my third today! My first is a trunk novel, my second is in edit/rewrite stage.

[kristie911]

I've finished 3. One I've shopped around a little. The second was a stand alone but went along with the first. I haven't edited it yet. And the third needs another round of editing before I start shopping it...it's completely separate from the first two.

And I've got 2 more started.

[finch]

One down, working on the next while the correspondence flits about.

[Thomma Lyn]

Novel #1: trunk novel, aka training novel, aka hulking literary monstrosity which would make an excellent doorstop

Novel #2: gonna revise the heck out of it because I think it has promise -- now, I see how to make it much better

Novel(la) #3: e-published

Novel #4: In querying stage (gonna pitch it to reputable agents and hope one of 'em will catch it)

And I'm working on the first draft of what will become, with luck and persistence, Novel #5.

[Shadow_Ferret]

By written, do you mean published? Or by written, do you mean completely utterly finished where it's submission ready? Or do you mean written as in first draft finished, but it still needs some work before I submit it? Or do you mean written as in its in some sort of flux state whereby parts of it are written, the initial idea is laid out, but it isn't anywhere near finished?

[glutton]

Written: 9
Submission Ready: 2
Published: 0

Started trying (cluelessly) to get published: November 2005

[KimJo]

I took it to mean a novel that's written from start to finish, even if it's a rough draft. In which case, since I was 12, my total is 47. Of which 10 are submission/publication ready.

[uina]

Working on my First! oh yeah.

[Carlene]

Written six, published five - still poor!

Carlene

[jodiodi]

I have 5 completed, 3 WIPs, and countless little mini-tales that may blossom into full-grown novels.

I started seriously writing in 2005 though I've written most of my life. Writing them's not the problem; it's making them look decent and writing them well that I have a problem with. The polishing part stumps me.

[benbradley]

I'm writing my first, and I'm about 0.2 percent through with it.

[Provrb1810meggy]

I've written three novels. Two are fairly polished. One is an utter mess of a first draft. I'm working on my fourth, but I'm not that far.

[Jaycinth]

Written 5.
Subbed two...one a lot..the other a bit, then withdrawn for re-write.
three (Shivas Dance) and four I'm kinda working on simultaneously because they share characters and timelines.
Five is actually number one. I wrote the middle it is about 55K words. I have not written the beginning or the end. It has been mostly sitting in a drawer since 1983.

A buncha short stories. 1 published, one contracted but not actually 'out' yet.

I have a yellow pen on my desk.

[virtue_summer]

I've written three. I queried two, received some interest in one but no takers for agents so I put them all away as learning experiences. I'm not sure they even reflect me that well anymore since they were all written five or more years ago (before I got too focused on college.) Now I'm working on a fourth novel which I think is a much better expression of my current self (and my current writing ability.)

[JMJCarla]

On paper - 0 In my head - a hundred. Hahahaha
Seriously on my first novel and glad I found this site!

[andracill]

Written: 9

Working on: #10

Published: Zippo (but then again, I only just started trying in '06)

Yep, this is me too -- I've also started two others that lost steam part way through...actually, I started sending to editors right away (in fall, '05); started the agent hunt a year ago right now -- have amassed a lovely number of rejections ;)

[triceretops]

Gak! I have to list them to count em.

The Teons
Sisters of Santora
Journey to Serpents Rest
Tommy John
Galapogos Man
The Manphibians
Cave Island (repped--never sold)
Dinothon (repped--never sold)
Word Wars (non-agent--sold)
Once Upon a Goddess (non-agent--sold)
The Omega Wars
Planet Janitor (currently repped)

I guess that makes 12

[Dave.C.Robinson]

I have one completed and submitted. A second with the first draft complete and slogging through the rewrite.

Haven't started the third, have worked on shorts. Still not sure what novel to write next.

[Tienci]

Two for me- finished both last year. The first one I'm beginning to think is a trunk novel after all and nothing I do can save it. The second is loads better and I intend to send it out this year but I have the same problem as this person:

...I started seriously writing in 2005 though I've written most of my life. Writing them's not the problem; it's making them look decent and writing them well that I have a problem with. The polishing part stumps me.

[JMJCarla]

Try teaching English to seven homeschooled kids. LOL
But then again I was a professional before I quit everything to homeschool.
I polish as a I write. My biggest problem - long-winded, like Michener, but perhaps without the talent.

[Ms.Write]

Wrote 3 novels. Am now working on my 4th.

[Beyondian]

Written two and two halves. Which isn't quite the same as three, because the two halves are of different books.

JMJCarla: Seven? Cool. I was one of four (small by Homeschooling standards, I know) Three of us write. Probably four, just my youngest brother is very self-critical and always destroys his work.

[JMJCarla]

What a coincidence. Looks like at least four of my eight, (My oldest wasn't homeschooled) have a knack for writing. The eight year may too! She's already typed her first book, "The Statue that Came to Life." Cute huh?
The English professors are asking if there are any more at home like my first two. lol
I think homeschoolers have an edge in that dept. The literary standards are high for most accredited homeschool courses as compared to the standards of public schools. (At least here in NY)

[Beyondian]

(off topic, and I apologise profusely)
Eight? Even better! Of course homeschoolers have an edge. But then, I think homeschooling is the best thing since slushy maragritas. (I'm biased - :D)
Do homeschoolers get credit at uni for their education at home in NY? We don't in Kiwi-land. It's a pain.

[Serenity]

I said two, 'cause technically, I have, but they were co-written.

[ChaosTitan]

Co-written still counts. ;) That's why I voted six. Two co-written, four written on my own. I'm working on #7 right now.

Well, not *right* now, because I'm browsing the forums, but...heck, you know what I mean.

[Moon Daughter]

I haven't completed any novels yet. Though I have three in progress right now, and I am also brainstorming for two new ones. I think I have ADHD when it comes to writing. I can't just sit still and write only one. I can't tell if that's a good or a bad thing.

[maddythemad]

Yah, I'm homeschooled. It gives me the time to write cause my parents don't actually make me do that much work. I went to middle school, and was like, "No way am I going through another four years of this," so I dropped out.

Even though I never do any work, I always pass the regents so I figure I'm OK.

~ Maddythelazy

[Willowmound]

Five. From age 14 to age 20. Then no writing at all for seven years. So number six -- in progress -- feels very much like it's my first.

[johnzakour]

Written Seven, Six of them either published or will be published in 2007 / 2008. Writing three more that will appear in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Not sure if the unpublished one will ever get published. Might turn it into a comic....

[williemeikle]

9 written, working on #10.

5 published, 3 more sold and coming in 2007/8, still looking for a home for #9, but I've only been querying agents for a month so far so its early days....

[Imelda]

2, half of another one, and a third of another. :D Not too bad for 2.5 years of writing, I think. :) It makes me happy, anyway ...

[HorrorWriter]

I have completed 2 novels. The first one needs desperately to be revised, and the second has been revised, revamped, and polished for my future agent. I have also written and polished a screenplay, a children's short story, and several poems. About to write the first draft of my 3rd novel.

[Gonzo]

I've written 2, one rather bad attempt at a futuristic novel that descended into a poor and unfathomable story - the kind where the author shouts at any reader who doesn't understand it: "Where? What do you not understand?", "Well that part that starts on page 1...and ends roughly around the final page"....nevermind. And a second novel, we won't go there.

[Gillhoughly]

Huh. I'd lost count.

23.

Sold them all to print houses.

Sold at least as many short stories.

Edited several collections.

So why don't I have more money? It's not like I get out much....

[seun]

Six for me although I'm rewriting the sixth now. The first was terrible, second an improvement, and third was a huge jump in quality.

[Dawn R]

I'm working on number six. The first three were submitted and rejected. Number four is to be published by HarperCollins NZ in September. Number five did not please me and I have put it in a box and may pull it to bits one day. (I probably can't do that because I have already cannibalised it for a good character who is perfect in current story!) Very excited about number six.

[DragonHeart]

I'm working on my first. I've had five or six started but my storylines either couldn't carry a full novel or just weren't developed enough to make any sort of reasonable sense. Hopefully this one won't follow that tradition.

~DragonHeart~

[SpookyWriter]

I've written two and working on #3 soon. I have the next five or so all ready to go when I have time to write them. I also wrote a dozen or so short stories, poems, a few essays and the like. I'm slow and hope to have twenty novels written before I die. But I don't publish...

[David McAfee]

I've written one, and I am working on 3 more.

[SpookyWriter]

Huh. I'd lost count.

23.

Sold them all to print houses.

Sold at least as many short stories.

Edited several collections.

So why don't I have more money? It's not like I get out much....OMG! You just explained why writing novels and shorts isn't so glamorous for me. I can make more money as a database programmer in a month than most (if not over 80%) of novelist will ever make from their works.

:rant:

[Dave.C.Robinson]

Maybe it's blowing my own horn, but I just realized something. Even though I've only written two novels (not many by most standards), I've also only started two novels. I carried both through to the end.

I'm working on the revisions of the second, but it's written by Gum!

Gives me hope when I start the third.