In Today’s Journal
* A New Short Story
* In Other News
* About the TNDJ Challenges
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
A New Short Story
“Exotic” went live yesterday at 10 a.m. on my Stanbrough Writes Substack. Go check it out. It’s free.
I like the story all right, but then it’s one of mine. If you enjoy it too, please click Like. Comments are welcome too. Both help with my Substack algorithms. Then tell Everyone else. Gracias.
In Other News
If you’re following my serialized novel, The Rise of a Warrior, Chapter 6 posted yesterday also. You can find that here.
Or skip back a few chapters and follow the story from the beginning. It’s a good story, the earliest beginning of a 22-volume saga.
If you aren’t following it at all, you’re missing out on a great story.
About the TNDJ Challenges
TNDJ has been blessed with several new subscribers recently, so I thought I’d repeat this from a week or so ago. Hey, the more the merrier.
I’m offering three different challenges now through TNDJ: The long-running Bradbury Challenge plus the Stephen King Challenge and the Run With Harvey Challenge.
Of course, there is no cost and you can jump into any challenge at any time. The only requirement is that you intend to keep going. You can find the “rules,” including prizes, here.
The Bradbury Challenge requires you to write a new short story every week. When the week begins and ends is up to you, but you’ll report to me each week on Sunday (or before TNDJ goes live on Monday morning).
The Stephen King Challenge requires you to maintain an average of at least 1000 words per day as you proceed through writing a novel or novella.
The Run With Harvey Challenge requires you to strive to average at least 1000 words per day. The words can go into any short or long fiction or both.
Having a place to report really does help with your writing.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
Charting Your Course #2: Self-Publishing in 2025 Just a heads-up, there is some horrible advice in this, especially #1.
The Numbers
The Journal………………….. 350
Mentorship Words…………….. 110
Total Nonfiction…………………. 460
Writing of Blackwell Ops 51: Sam Granger | The Road Back
Day 1…… 2807 words. To date………… 2807
Day 2…… 2489 words. To date………… 5296
Day 3…… 3111 words. To date………… 8407
Day 4…… 2430 words. To date………… 10837
Day 5…… 3274 words. To date………… 14111
Day 6…… 4034 words. To date………… 18145
Day 7…… 2686 words. To date………… 20831
Day 8…… 2813 words. To date………… 23644
Day 9…… 3794 words. To date………… 27438
Fiction for November……………………… 44499
Fiction for 2025…………………………… 706540
Nonfiction for November.………………… 13690
Nonfiction for 2025………………..……… 253160
2025 consumable words………………… 952131
2025 Novels to Date…………………….. 17
2025 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2025 Short Stories to Date……………… 36
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………….. 121
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 10
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……… 310
Short story collections……………………. 29