The Journal, Sunday, December 30

Hey Folks,

If any of you would like to serve as the first reader for my current novel, please email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com.

This is an origin novel that I expect will introduce a series. It isn’t so much a mystery novel (though there is some mystery and many twists and turns) as a crime novel. It’s an accounting of one operative’s life as he makes his way through various assignments for a secretive organization called Blackwell Ops.

I probably won’t write any fiction tomorrow, but I’ll do a wrap-up on the Journal with some year-end numbers and some goals for 2019. And of course, whatever I can find for “Of Interest.”

I hope you’ll continue to follow along.
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There’s an exciting young writer out there who accomplishes things and shares. His books have really good covers, and he created those himself too. In fact, I wrote him to ask where he gets his cover art. (grin)

I think this is going to be a writer to follow for his short stories, his forthcoming novels, and the knowledge he shares. See Phillip McCollum’s site at https://phillipmccollum.com/.
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I guess I’m going to stretch this month to the last day. For all practical purposes, I finished the novel this morning. I’ll still want to glance over the last bit later today or tomorrow and touch it a little, but it’s finished.

I’ll spend the balance of today and tomorrow making the corrections my first reader recommended on my previous novel, then create a cover and get it uploaded for pre-release. It will go live on February 15.

I’ll plan to launch this one on March 1 or 15th.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Sixth Pop-Up Launching” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/sixth-pop-up-launching/.

For fun, see “allynh” comment at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/looking-at-gaining-energy/#comment-193397. Miss the point much? (grin)

Fiction Words: 2151
Nonfiction Words: 310 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2461

Writing of Blackwell Ops (novel)

Day 10… 2629 words. Total words to date…… 36453
Day 11… 1322 words. Total words to date…… 37775
Day 12… 2013 words. Total words to date…… 39788
Day 13… 4626 words. Total words to date…… 44414
Day 14… 2101 words. Total words to date…… 46515
Day 15… 5803 words. Total words to date…… 52418
Day 16… 2151 words. Total words to date…… 54569 (done)

Total fiction words for the month……… 79079
Total fiction words for the year………… 537762
Total nonfiction words for the month… 19200
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 190886
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 728398

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 11
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 37
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31