In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* An Interesting Exchange
* Absurdities Abound
* Of Interest
Quotes of the Day
“He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.” P.G. Wodehouse
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.” P. G. Wodehouse
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.” P.G. Wodehouse
An Interesting Exchange
A gentleman (a lawyer I believe, but I might be mistaken) named Felix Torres and I occasionally enjoy a good exchange of comments on posts on The Passive Voice.
Our most recent had to do with science fiction and science fantasy. To find the comments, visit https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-making-of-the-silent-count-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb/ and scroll down.
Absurdities Abound
I won’t delve into specifics, but so many complete absurdities come down the river every single day that it’s difficult to keep up with them, much less refute them.
For the purpose of this post I define an absurdity as a ridiculous assertion—sometimes one that defies even direct physical evidence to the contrary—that is accepted as true by human beings who are generally sensible, confident, and productive in every other aspect of their lives.
I was going to write a whole long post about that topic, but I changed my mind. Too much griping this early in the day, and frankly, it isn’t worth my time. Nothing will change. Plus I have a story to write. (I get to ride with Wes again today! Yay!)
So I’ll leave you with a question: Are we blessed or cursed to live during a time when, Literally Every Single Day, we may appropriately utter, “Now I’ve heard everything”?
Doesn’t matter to me. Right and wrong is not difficult to discern. I just turn off all the noise and go about my life.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “A Brief History of Mad Magazine” at https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648353/mad-magazine-history.
See “What Is an Acronym?” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/what-is-an-acronym/. Given that the source is Grammarly I have to wonder how much of the OP is accurate.
See “Children’s book created with AI sparks controversy and accusations of plagiarism” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/childrens-book-created-with-ai-sparks-controversy-and-accusations-of-plagiarism/. See PG’s take.
See “Doctors and Lawyers Debate Meaning of Death as Families Challenge Practices” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/doctors-and-lawyers-debate-meaning-of-death-as-families-challenge-practices/. Story ideas.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 410 words
Writing of WCG 7 Santa Fe 2 (novel tentative title)
Day 1…… 2190 words. Total words to date…… 2190
Day 2…… 3049 words. Total words to date…… 5239
Day 3…… 2588 words. Total words to date…… 7827
Day 4…… 3373 words. Total words to date…… 11200
Day 5…… 3317 words. Total words to date…… 14517
Total fiction words for December……… 30931
Total fiction words for the year………… 245905
Total nonfiction words for December… 10990
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 209070
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 454975
Calendar Year 2022 Novels to Date…………………… 4
Calendar Year 2022 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2022 Short Stories to Date… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 70
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: I am a prolific professional fiction writer. Because It Makes Sense, I trust my characters to tell the story that they, not I, are living. This greatly increases my productivity and provides the fastest possible ascension along the learning curve of Craft because I get a great deal more practice at actually writing. It will do the same for you if only you trust it.