Hey Folks,
Well, here we are back at HEStanbrough.com. Yep, I’ve moved the Journal back over here. Much more on that in the topic below.
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Thirty-three years ago today Mona found out I’m a much better judge of women than she is of men. That’s when we tied the knot, and she hasn’t figured out how to untie it yet. (grin)
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The first gem I took from Dean’s current post (see “Of Interest”) when I started reading was this: “Challenges get me focused for short bursts of time on writing.”
There you go. That’s the reason to establish a challenge. A personal challenge creates focus.
If you have a go at a challenge, at worst you’ll fail to success. Meaning you’ll have more work when the challenge stops than you would have had without it.
And if you succeed outright, you’ll have even more work out there plus the knowledge that you accomplished something you weren’t sure you could do.
Topic: Decluttering and Revamping My Writing Business
The plan for the day is to revise and tweak websites. I’m posting this as a topic in case it gives some of you an idea or two:
StoneThread Publishing — I’m giving up on StoneThread Publishing as a separate entity.
StoneThread was designed to give discounts to booksellers and private readers. Thus far (after almost two years) not one bookseller and few, if any, readers have taken advantage of it.
I’ll retain the name as my publisher, of course, unless I get a really good offer.
HEStanbrough.com — This is the once and future home of The Daily Journal.
I’m sending the Journal back down to the minor leagues beginning today. (grin) Those who are subscribed shouldn’t notice a difference.
I moved the Journal to the main site almost exactly two years ago in hopes of garnering new subscribers. But that hasn’t happened, so away it goes. This move will help declutter the main website. From now on, only the Pro Writers blog posts will appear on the main site.
Also, as more Topics from The Daily Journal become Pro-Writers blog posts, there will be less overlap on the main site.
HarveyStanbrough.com — This is my main website. First, I’m simplifying the menu (I started that yesterday). If you have a moment, take a look and let me know in the comments what you think.
I’m also transfering everything from StoneThread Publishing (individual book pages, etc.) over to this main site. Then I’ll link the StoneThread URL to the main site. I should be finished with this process in a few days.
Now to one more website and the challenge I mentioned above:
HStanbrough.com — This is the new Writing in Public site. This is my modern-day effort to recreate what Harlan Ellison did in that storefront display window several decades ago.
Only those who subscribe to HStanbrough.com will witness my efforts to write short stories (and maybe novellas and novels) “in public,” posted one scene or one chapter at a time.
Everybody who watches NASCAR or Indy car racing watch for one of two reasons: To see whether their favorite driver will prevail or to witness the wrecks first hand.
Wanna see me succeed and watch as I’m building stories? Subscribe. Wanna see me crash and burn? Subscribe. (grin)
Either way, I’ll be glad to have you along.
But don’t dawdle. The new Writing in Public challenge will begin on July 1 at the latest. But knowing me, there’s a good chance it will begin sooner than that.
Today, and Writing
No fiction writing again today, but I made a lot of headway on the websites.
See you tomorrow.
Of Interest
See Dean’s “Another Crazy Challenge For Myself” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/another-crazy-challenge-for-myself/. I haven’t read it yet (as I write this), but I suspect it will jump start me.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 520 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 520
Writing of
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 45050
Total fiction words for the year………… 337957
Total nonfiction words for the month… 13340
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 103320
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 441277
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 575 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 7 novels or novellas
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 25
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 176