Hey Folks,
Happy St. Valentine’s Day!
Well, I’m learning a lot about writing thrillers from reading Jack Higgins and Lee Child. But I’m all about cutting learning curves (mine and other’s) so this morning I also signed up for Dean’s “Writing Thrillers” online workshop.
It’s a classic workshop, meaning no homework, but it’s also half-price at only $150. Six weeks of instruction, and I’ll get through it in a week or so. Probably I’ll work on that whenever I need a break from prepping my latest novel for publication or working on the StoneThread Publishing website.
Another good thing about Dean’s having moved his workshops to Teachable.com is that once you buy one, you can revisit it whenever you like and as many times as you like. Great value.
I don’t mean for this to sound like an advertisement. It’s just that if you want to invest in your writing, his workshops are a great way to go.
To the degree that I’m able, I’ll review the workshop for you re its value once I’m finished with it.
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I worked on my previous novel (reading over it) until around 1 p.m., then decided to listen to the first week of videos in the Thriller workshop.
That took only about a half-hour, so I listened to the second week too. Already well worth the money.
Then back to the reading of the novel. Very cool. I even came up with a couple of ideas for sequels. (grin)
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If I may ask a favor, if you enjoy this Journal and/or my Pro Writers blog over on the big site, would you spread the word to your writer friends? Maybe even mention it in a meeting if you’re in one of those groups? Much appreciated.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
OMG. See “Hollow Point Bullets & Other Stuff” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/02/hollow-point-bullets-other-stuff.html. And thanks to John Gilstrap for this excellent article.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 320 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 320
Writing of The Age Exchange (novel, working title)
Brought forward…… 6985
Day 1…… 1285 words. Total words to date…… 8270
Day 2…… 1120 words. Total words to date…… 9390
Day 3…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 2405
Total fiction words for the year………… 40561
Total nonfiction words for the month… 4040
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 12060
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 52621
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 1
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 28
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182