Month: July 2026

In Today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * What Can I Tell You? * Of Interest Quote of the Day “Writers who fear failure avoid starting. Writers who fear success avoid finishing.” Jaime Buckley in Writers in the Storm. (See Of Interest) Jaime Buckley is the founder of Life of Fiction on Substack. (If you don’t want to subscribe, click “I’d like a sample first.”) Also, you can learn “how to build a sustainable publishing practice at JaimeBuckley[dot]com and through the online course Substack for Authors.” (If you don’t want to subscribe, click “I’m doing fine, thanks.”) I strongly … Read more

In Today’s Journal * Of Special Interest * Emerging from My Hiatus * Of Interest Of Special Interest Awhile back my friend Gary V referred me to a writer named Paul Bishop. In addition to being a novelist in his own right, Mr. Bishop offers “Incredibly written pieces about Western writers, movies, and publishing then and now. His current post is about Ben Haas and is worth reading.” Gary’s right. It was worth reading, so I thought I’d pass it along. Emerging from My Hiatus Even as I’ve gone about various non-writing tasks and chores over the past six months(!), … Read more