Month: August 2023

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Organization Saves Time * Part Two: Post-Publication Organization * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day ” In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.” Hannah Arendt “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” Anne Lamott Both quotations as reported at The Passive Voice “Give the reader no reason to put down your novel.” Kathryn Craft of Writer Unboxed Organization Saves Time Yesterday I posted “Part One: Pre-Publication Organization” of this two-part post. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you … Read more

In today’s Journal * Neobook? * Organizing Saves Time * Pre-Publication Organization * Of Interest * The Numbers Neobook? Anyone out there ever heard of Neobook? Seems to me this might be a viable marketing option for pretty much anyone who has more energy than I do. Something to look into. You can check it out at https://neobook.org/. (I am not affiliated in any way.) I would be wary of that “get feedback” BS though. You don’t need feedback. Anything one reader would recommend another reader would be against. Organizing Saves Time I recently promised a post on organization. I … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * How to Start or Start Again * I Found It! * Bradbury Challenge Information * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This … Read more

In today’s Journal * Monday Was Monday, and a Lesson * Of Interest * The Numbers Monday Was Monday, and a Lesson Well, I finished “Penthouse Bound.” Whatever. I’m not happy with it at all. To be honest, after flying through the opening I struggled with the story, and when I finished it, it felt flat to me. Like I just wanted to get it over with and off my plate. Which is probably true. Okay, so even after 73 novels and all the rest, I’m not immune to the problems I faced and overcame at the very beginning. Probably … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Back to the Future * Topics for Discussion? * Bradbury Challenge * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Anton Chekhov “A cyberattack on US hospitals and clinics disrupts their computer systems and emergency services, forcing them to use paper records and human intervention.” teaser for an article in Interesting Engineering (see “Of Interest”) “Paper records and human intervention?” Wow. If one … Read more

In today’s Journal * Free Writer Resources * Truly Free Stuff Has No Strings * The Writing * Of Interest * The Numbers Free Writer Resources It’s been quite a while since I mentioned this, so here it is, new for the folks who haven’t been around the Journal very long, and a reminder for everyone else: To explore a ton of free writer resources, visit my author site at HarveyStanbrough.com. I suggest starting at Writer Downloads (https://harveystanbrough.com/downloads/) for some quick PDF freebies. Browse the list and download what you want. You can read it later. It’s all free, most … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Grand Opening Sale * Yesterday * Today * Reminder * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.” Kurt Vonnegut “[O]nly when we slow down, relax, and distract the busy chatter of the conscious ego—grounded in the left hemisphere—we experience the silence and space necessary for the right hemisphere to make itself known.” Matt Perryman “[Rapid release of fiction … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Day Two * If You Enjoy WMG Workshops * Day Three * Publishing Stuff * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.” Tony Bennet “I know writers who write with fear and thus write dull and writers who have managed to get past the fear and write amazing stuff.” Dean Wesley Smith Day Two Well, yesterday was such a mess right from the beginning that I finally gave up and marked it off as a loss. … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Day Zero * Day One * Not a Daily Report * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” Amelia Earhart Thanks to Sam T for the quote of the day. Day Zero On July 31, after morning chores and breakfast, I got out to the Hovel before 7:30. That boded well for my practice day. I wasn’t rushed at all. I didn’t do any writing, but I read over the current novel to find where … Read more