Month: January 2023

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * The Secret to Being Prolific, Part 1 * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “‘Can’t’ never did anything.” My stepmom, about 65 years ago when I complained that I couldn’t do something. As usual, she was right. “When I sat down at my writing computer before this, I never saw the words I was typing. I was living in the story, with the characters, enjoying my romp through their world. Just like I was reading a book, that’s how I typed.” Dean Wesley Smith “Content Warning: This article discusses weight loss, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A Quick Exchange * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “It is my conclusion that the human mind and body is essentially a single cell rechargeable battery that is charged from the atmospheric DC voltage and the Earth.” Steven Magee, Health Forensics “The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off—it’s with you all the time.” Alvin Ailey A Quick Exchange Between Pro Writers Yesterday in the Journal I wrote “Or maybe when I access my creative subconscious I’m drawing back a curtain on … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * My Typical Day * Back to the Original Plan * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far [they] can go.” TS Eliot Wow. Maybe my new favorite quote. “Heavy social media use in children aged 12 to 13 associated with increased brain activity in regions controlling reward processing (emphasis added).” Headline under Science & Technology in the 1440 newsletter (SF ideas, anyone?) “Scientists conclude the tail cannot, in fact, wag the dog.” Another head-slapping headline from 1440, this one under … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * 2022 Archive * New Comment Policy * Rationale for Comment Policy * Correction * Like Any Story * Of Interest 2022 Archive The Journal Archive is now available for download free on the Archives page. To download any of the archives or any of the free books listed there, visit https://hestanbrough.com/the-daily-journal-archives/ and click on the archive(s) and or free book(s) of your choice. I almost forgot to post this again today. I don’t know whether this write-first post-later thing is gonna work out. We’ll see. New Comment Policy Until now, I’ve … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Habits * Santa Fe Subseries * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “There are scum and scuts in every folk and nation.” Robert E. Howard in a Conan novel “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Theresa “The future starts today, not tomorrow.”—Pope John Paul II “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.” Ronald Reagan Habits Wow, are some habits difficult to break. This morning I can only write until 11. Yet instead of starting on the … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A New Year, a New Way Forward * Ideas * Football * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “I’m interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them.” Ray Bradbury “Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.” Ray Bradbury “I’ve had a sign over my typewriter for over 25 years now, which reads ‘Don’t think!’ You must never think at the typewriter — you must feel. Your intellect is always buried in that feeling anyway.” Ray Bradbury “Writing is not … Read more