In Today’s Journal
* A New Short Story
* TNDJ Contests Reminder
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
A New Short Story
“Instant Replay” went live yesterday at 10 a.m. on my Stanbrough Writes Substack. Go check it out. It’s free.
The story is in the Blackwell Ops world, but it’s pure romance. In fact, I’m not sure whether this one is also part of a novel.
If you enjoy the story, please click Like. Comments are welcome too. Both help with my Substack algorithms. Then tell Everyone else. Gracias.
TNDJ Contests Reminder
Today is Saturday. Just a reminder to get info about your various TNDJ Challenges in to me before the Journal goes live on Monday.
I’ll report the week’s results from the Bradbury Challenge first, then the Stephen King Challenge, then the Run With Harvey Challenge.
To my surprise, all three challenges are on-going. Feel free to jump into any of them, or into Bradbury and either of the others.
Having a place to report really does help with your writing.
Remember, if you finish a story earlier in the week, you can send the info to me early too. It never hurts to avoid pushing the deadline.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………… 210
Writing of Blackwell Ops 48: Razor Sharpe
Day 1…… 2213 words. To date…… 2213
Day 2…… 1210 words. To date…… 3423
Day 3…… 1318 words. To date…… 4741
Day 4…… 2481 words. To date…… 7222
Day 5…… 1588 words. To date…… 8810
Day 6…… 2215 words. To date…… 11025
Day 7…… 4168 words. To date…… 15193
Day 8…… 2645 words. To date…… 17838
Day 9…… 1682 words. To date…… 19520
Day 10…. 3234 words. To date…… 22754
Fiction for October………………… 7561
Fiction for 2025…………………… 586099
Nonfiction for October.…………… 1870
Nonfiction for 2025……………….. 211980
2025 consumable words………… 790510
2025 Novels to Date…………………….. 14
2025 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2025 Short Stories to Date……………… 32
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………….. 118
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 10
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……… 302
Short story collections……………………. 29