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In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Welcome * Leave the Character in the Shower * Story Ideas from Pictures * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Stephen King writes to feel ‘the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind’.” from his newsletter announcing a new short story collection, You Like It Darker, coming May 21, 2024 You can order this in ebook, hardcover, unabridged CD or unabridged audio download at Simon & Schuster. Welcome Welcome to Jim M and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Welcome * On Personal Writing Challenges * When You Study Fiction, and on Critics * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou My corollary — Keep learning. Your best today must be better than your best yesterday. “The [Bradbury] challenge is the best practice for WITD for me. I can really give up attachment and let the characters and story go.” KC Riggs Welcome Welcome to Ann G. and … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Welcome * Happy Diwali * (Morbid?) Research * By Popular Request * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.” Kurt Vonnegut “Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.” Dave Barry “The recast of an idea is how I do things when a manuscript isn’t working. I also switch from prose to screenplay and visa versa on ideas that don’t seem to work in one format and much of the time that helps a lot.” Matthew … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * A New Story * I Also Released * Of Interest? * Vin Zandri and I * More Thoughts on Scrapping a Manuscript * A Writing Frenzy * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis Happy (Thoughtful) Veterans Day — or as Marines used to refer to it, Marine Corps Ball Recovery Day. A New Story “A Matter of Survival” published yesterday on my Stanbrough Writes substack. If you would like to subscribe, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * Great Start on the New Novel * A Great Question * A Recommendation for a WordPress Theme * The Numbers Quote of the Day “Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” Don Marquis Welcome Welcome to William P3 (grin) and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it useful. Get the Archives and other free downloads at the Journal website. And I don’t do the ambush thing requiring an … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Giant Panda Story * A New Novel * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” Harvey Mackay Giant Panda Story “The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, bid farewell yesterday to three giant pandas, who left on a 19-hour plane … Read more

In today’s Journal * Revamping a Series Brand * Is Rebranding Worth It? * Size and Placement of Author Name * The Numbers Revamping a Series Brand Since I’m in actual “work” mode right now — and having compared the covers of the last two books in the Blackwell Ops series with the first eleven — yesterday I decided to spend at least the day revamping the series brand. Basically, I created new covers for the first eleven novels. I changed a few of the less-intriguing cover photos for new ones. I also updated the color and placement of the … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Publishing in the Time of AI * How One Writer Defined Publishing a Novel * The Numbers Quote of the Day “Your life is made of two dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash.” from a phote in Sam Turner’s Maytag Moments publication Publishing in the Time of AI It’s been awhile since I uploaded anything to either Draft2Digital or Amazon. Both platforms have changed their interface so they differ in some ways from the last time I published work to them, maybe a month or so ago. … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Welcome * I Believe in You * It’s Never Too Early * It’s Never Too Late * When I Was a Child * Bradbury Challenge * The Novel Wrapped * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.” John C. Maxwell “In the end it is important to remember you cannot become what you need to be by remaining what you are.” Max De Pree, as reported by David Taylor, Ed.D. Welcome Welcome to Zacha … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Welcome * The Writing * One Major Glitch * Writing in Public * Reminder * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Sometimes old times are the best times because the edges have worn off the memories.” Tiffanie Gray “Usually now a title comes to me on Monday morning (sometimes earlier). Only after I start writing do I find out what the story is about. This week I didn’t know how the title was related to the story until the last couple hundred words. Cool.” KC Riggs Very cool. (grin) “You know … Read more