Month: October 2023

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * Quiet the Critical Voice Book Offer * I Love Teaching and I Love Helping * Don’t Buy the Lies * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “You can’t be scared. You have to just do what you think is right.” Vincent Zandri (see Of Interest) Quiet the Critical Voice Book Offer If anyone reading this has not yet read Quiet the Critical Voice (and Write Fiction) it’s still available free of charge directly from me. All you have to do is email me. Let me know … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * Session Three Posted * A New Short Story, Novella, Novel Template * Tumbleweed (Russian Thistle) Flowers * On Being Unstuck in Time in a Novel * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “I became my own shrink and asked myself, ‘What is your ultimate fear in writing?’ Answer is no one will read my work. Well, no one is reading it when it sits unfinished and/or unpublished, so it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Philip “Big Philly” Smith Welcome Welcome to Kimberly S, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * The Fear is Pervasive * From Dr. Mardy Groethe’s Quotes of the Week * Map of the Known Universe * Reminder * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Vince Lombardi The Fear is Pervasive As I shared yesterday’s substack post to my Twitter account, I noticed a post just below. I try not to notice because the fear of getting it “wrong” and the myths of writing are so pervasive. The author wrote, “If your … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * A New Story * Blackwell Ops 13: Jenna Crowley * Writing in the Other Voice * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.” Patti Smith Good news? See today’s topic on Writing in the Other Voice. (grin) A New Story “By His Own Bad Mind” published yesterday on my Stanbrough Writes Substack. If you would like to subscribe, click the … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * No Joy on “The Hell Minder” * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill, they want a quarter-inch hole.” Theodore Levitt Welcome Welcome to Irene M, Bella G, and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it useful. Get the Archives and other free downloads at the Journal website. And I don’t do the ambush thing requiring an email address. Just click the links and a PDF will download in a new … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Welcome * Finished the Novel * In Case You Missed It * A Bit of Self-Promotion * Suspending Guest Posts * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “It’s a rare and wonderful thing to watch a successful writer build something right in front of you. Lean into this opportunity, it’s a good one!” J. Kevin Tumlinson (repeating this to fit with the info below) Welcome Welcome to Alexander N and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it useful. Get the … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * The Streak Continues * Critical Voice vs. Creative Voice: How Can You Tell? * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “It’s a rare and wonderful thing to watch a successful writer build something right in front of you. Lean into this opportunity, it’s a good one!” J. Kevin Tumlinson, on Johnny B. Truant’s post asking whether anyone wants to watch him write a novel “live” on Substack. (I guess Kevin didn’t hear about mine yet [sigh]) And the grin of the day…. “New From PerkyDan Products: A I … Read more

In today’s Journal * Two Glitches * Welcome * A New Epiphany * NaNoWriMo Is Coming! Duck! * Of Interest * The Numbers Two Glitches 1. I learned that at least one subscriber did not recieve Chapters 1 – 10 of Nick Soldata. (it’s titled only Blackwell Ops: 12 Nick Soldata.) If you didn’t receive it, you can view it at https://stanbroughwritinginpublic.substack.com/p/blackwell-ops-12-nick-soldata. If you didn’t received 11 – 20, you can view that at https://stanbroughwritinginpublic.substack.com/p/blackwell-ops-12-chapters-11-through. 2. Also, subscribers will receive 21 – 26 TODAY at around 10 a.m. AZ time, 27 – 30 TODAY around 1 p.m., then whatever I … Read more

In today’s Journal * Welcome * Blackwell Ops 12: Nick Soldata is LIVE! (Me writing in public) * On Commitment * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * Of Interest * The Numbers Welcome Welcome to Sylvia A, Jason C, Bob B, Jennifer Z, Mary F, and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it useful. Be sure to check out the Archives and other free downloads at the Journal website. And I don’t do the ambush thing requiring an email address. Just click the links and a PDF will download in a new page. … Read more

In today’s Journal * Welcome * A New Stanbrough Writing in Public Substack * Reminder * Of Interest * The Numbers Welcome Welcome to Drew E and any other new subscribers or readers of the Journal. I hope you will find it useful. Be sure to check out the Archives and other free downloads at the Journal website. And I don’t do the ambush thing requiring an email address. Just click the links and a PDF will download in a new page. And here’s a video where Vin Zandri and I are chatting about writing and a bunch of other … Read more