Hey Folks,
I told my wife last night I needed to get back in the office and publish “The Tarp.” I didn’t. So after most of my Internet stuff this morning, I did that.
I’m rusty there too, so it took a little longer than usual. Anyway, I’ll be emailing it to donors shortly.
Actually, I ended up emailing the last three stories to donors. I might have sent the first two before, but I don’t think so.
I sent them “Going Home,” a war story about a sniper who encounters some unusual circumstances; “Pancho and Lefty: An Alternate Ending,” a story based on the popular song by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard but with a more redeeming ending for Lefty; and “The Tarp,” a story about a wise guy with too much on his plate.
Description and psychological suspense play large roles in all of those stories. They were written within a month of each other, yet oddly, they illustrate an improvement in my writing. I think. Then again, what do I know? (grin)
I was going to write a short topic on resetting goals, but I decided to just mention DWS’ post in “Of Interest” today.
The gist is this: There’s a third of the year left. It’s a great time to revisit your goals.
If you’re on track, great. Pat yourself on the back and keep plugging.
If you aren’t, there’s nothing wrong with setting new goals and starting fresh.
Even getting there isn’t as good as striving to get there. (grin)
Today and Writing
Rolled out a little before 3, did the Internet stuff, then realized I forgot to upload my story to D2D, Amazon and BundleRabbit last night. So I did that.
Then back to the Internet for awhile, then here to write this. Now it’s a little after 5.
Out for a walk around 7. Only a couple of miles but a good start to the day.
Well, I had a feeling maybe I should’ve taken a day off walking. But I was thinking just a liesurely 2 miles wouldn’t hurt anything and I’d feel better through the day because of it.
Turns out I should’ve taken a day off walking. (grin) Making the adjustment is difficult for me. Realize, only a year ago I was walking every day, and sometimes up to 12 miles in a day.
But my back didn’t like what I did to it yesterday. It started yelling at me just after the 1 mile mark.
Not sure what else I’ll do today. Some lounging for sure, and I hope some writing but even my desk chair isn’t comfortable right now.
Still, I have a good story waiting for me. I’ll get back to it when I can.
Well, we had a trip to the store and back. Then lunch with part of a ball game.
I read over what I wrote yesterday and added a few hundred words, but nothing big. I won’t count this as a writing day. I’ll include the little bit I did today in tomorrow’s numbers.
See you then.
Of Interest
See Dean’s “Time of Great Forgetting” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/time-of-great-forgetting-2/.
Via Linda Maye Adams on Facebook, see “A Curated List of Creative Writing Competitions, Contests and Awards” at https://www.dystopianstories.com/writing-competitions-contests/.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 550 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 550
Writing of Doctor Ramsey (novel, working title)
Day 1…… 1781 words. Total words to date…… 1781
Day 2…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 8862
Total fiction words for the year………… 388482
Total nonfiction words for the month… 2030
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 138430
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 526912
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 646 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 8 novels or novellas
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 26
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182