Number of
page views since inception: 10,025
Year by
which The Literary posts are projected to reach three digits: 2013
Average
number of hours per week spent on blog: 6.3
Estimated
average hours lost for writing of fiction: 1404
Number of
short stories unwritten since blog began: 11.7
Number of novels: 1.3
Number of
blog posts written, edited and abandoned before posting: 81
Number of
reams of paper used in writing of blog: 3.28
Number of
times per month that I get a sudden inspiration to write a blog post: 2.7
Percentage of posts that get
written: 35
Slices of
Tartine chocolate tea cake that inspired blog posts: 7
Cups of
coffee consumed during writing of blog: 585
Hours spent
preparing coffee: 48.75
Minutes per
day that I am distracted from paying work by writing blog: 87
Earnings
lost since blog inception: $86,627
Number of
books read: 328
Number of
books reviewed in part or whole: 27
Percentage
of books read that were reviewed: 8
Number of
reviews I’ve written for specific journals that I’ve had to withdraw because
the editor was unresponsive: 2
Number of
writers who were my roommates at Goddard and who have had their novels turned
into an eight times Oscar nominated feature film this year: 1
Degrees of
separation from Kevin Bacon now: 4
Percentage
of The Literary index that actually shares any resemblance to “Harper’s Index”:
.07
Chance that
anyone at Harper’s will ever know or care that I used their trademark feature
in my blog: 1 in 4,239,351
Number of
times per interview that Fresh Air’s
Terry Gross subjects her guest to an annoying
question: 2
