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Writing Careeer Progress Pips

The older icon-style progress pips are still available here


Stories and Books Written, Sold, and Published
  • COMPLETED: Count up the number of works of each length (fiction or non-fiction, including completed poetry) that you've finished.
  • SOLD: Count the number that you've sold to an editor. Selling for copies counts, self-publishing does not. (An editor or publisher must accept your work for it to count toward a sales pip. Indie Publishing items have their own pips)
  • INDIE PUBLISHED: Count the number that you've published as an Indie Publisher.
  • Choose the appropriate banner for story length
  • Choose the number finished or completed and add to the end of the banner
  • NOTE: Choose the pip of lower number that is closest to the number for each count. If you've sold twenty-four books, for example, you get the fifteen-book pip.
  • NOTE: These aren't Roman numerals -- you don't add pips to give an exact count. Nor do you add them up to reach a count or round up. Always round down.
Poetry Completed Banner Poetry Sold Banner Poetry Indie Published Banner
Short Stories Completed Banner (up to 17,500 words) Short Stories Sold Banner (up to 17,500 words) Short Stories Indie Published Banner (up to 17,500 words)
Novellas Completed Banner (17,500-40,000 words) Novellas Sold Banner (17,500-40,000 words) Novellas Indie Published Banner (17,500-40,000 words)
Novels Completed Banner (40,000+) Novels Sold Banner (40,000+) Novels Indie Published Banner (40,000+)
Choose Quantity:
Example Banner: Example Banner:
Rejections Earned Banner
  • Count the number of rejection slips you've received for all works combined.
  • NOTE: Choose the pip of lower number that is closest to the number for each count. If you've received twenty-four rejections, for example, you get the fifteen-rejection pip.
  • NOTE: These aren't Roman numerals -- you don't add pips to give an exact count. Nor do you add them up to reach a count or round up. Always round down.
Rejection Banner: Example Banner:
Choose Quantity:


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