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In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * A New Short Story and Novel * Bradbury Challenge Reminder * Yesterday, and My First Reader * Yesterday the Novel Wrapped Again * A Note on First Readers * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “It makes increasingly less sense even to talk about a publishing industry, because the core problem publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem.” Clay Shirky A New Short Story and Novel “Title Goes Here” went live yesterday on … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * The Novel Wrapped * Going to the Welles (guest post) * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.” Stephen King The Novel Wrapped The novel wrapped yesterday with a final on the first anniversary of ‘Bit’s departure. That was appropriate, because she even enabled my writing. One more gift she gave me. In almost every (and maybe every) novel I’ve written, I paid a minor … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * In Memory of Lorena * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “It does not get easier with time, does it? Everyone tells us that nonsense, but every joyful memory is shadowed with raw mourning.” Robyn Conley, a long-time friend In Memory of Lorena (“Little Bit”) I wasn’t sure whether I would share this. It is intensely personal, but I can’t apologize for that. I suppose, or maybe hope, it’s an inherent part of human nature to give what we have to give. Knowing that we can learn from … Read more

In today’s Journal * A Slightly Deeper Dive on Cycling * A Little More on Facebook * Of Interest * The Numbers A Slightly Deeper Dive on Cycling I got two great questions from a writer: Can you cycle over one section too many times? How do you know when you’ve cycled enough? The short answer to the first question is a resounding No. But be sure you aren’t editing. Cycling is the process during which you rest your fingers on the keyboard and Just Read for Pleasure something you’ve already written. Usually it’s the chapter or section you’ve just … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * A Little Whining Is Healthy * A Little More on KDP Notifications of Preorders * Twitter and Facebook * Another Comment * For Any Quilters Out There * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “I threw my manuscript into the Cloud [self-published] in disdain and began plotting my second book, Don’t Come Looking. By the end of the year, I had completed a very rough draft.” AJ Campbell Began plotting? Completed “a very rough draft” in a year? I would much rather roll a sheet of paper into … Read more

In today’s Journal * The Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * If You Use Dropbox * A Major Change (Read This) * Of Interest * The Numbers The Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting To take part, write at least one short story per week (or add to your novel), then submit the story title, word count, and genre to me each week for publication in the Journal on Monday. The whole point is to have fun and grow as a writer. You can join or rejoin the challenge at any time. There’s no cost. You can even do it on your own, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * My Daily (Writing) Routine * Great Questions * A New Video * Of Interest * The Numbers See StoneThreadPublishing.com for all your fiction and nonfiction needs. Buy Direct! Quote of the Day “The time to prepare for your next expedition is when you have just returned from a successful trip.” Robert Peary My Daily (Writing) Routine And an Accidental Deep Dive on Cycling I get emails sometimes either asking outright about my daily writing routine or hinting at it. So I thought it might be of interest to some of you. … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * A New Short Story * Bradbury Challenge Reminder * A Personal Challenge for You * The Writing * Of Interest * The Numbers See StoneThreadPublishing.com for all your fiction and nonfiction needs. Buy Direct! Quote of the Day “If you’re not publishing as often as possible, you’re missing out.” Vin Zandri A New Short Story “The Bad Man and the Boxer” went live yesterday on my Stanbrough Writes Substack. Go! Read! It’s free! If you enjoy it, tell Everyone. If you don’t, shhh! (grin) Bradbury Challenge Reminder Today is Saturday. You … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Subscription Drive * YouTube Semi-Swan Song * Of Interest * The Numbers See StoneThreadPublishing.com for all your fiction and nonfiction needs. Buy Direct! Quote of the Day “Page 98 will never be as “good” as page 1 because it has a ton of context supporting it. Page 1 stands alone.” Harvey Stanbrough (see Of Interest) Subscription Drive I was going to run this yesterday, but I had a tussle with Stripe. They didn’t “recognize” the physical address I’ve lived in for the past 15 years. But it’s all ironed-out now, so … Read more

In today’s Journal * An Excellent Question * I Was Going to Finish-Up on Payhip * Of Interest * The Numbers An Excellent Question I received an excellent question about Payhip yesterday in a comment, and it’s about something I haven’t discussed here yet: websites. The writer mention she doesn’t have a website yet, and wondered whether she should set that up before going to Payhip. Payhip stresses that if you have a website, you can imbed Payhip on your site, or you can link items on your site to Payhip (that’s what I did). But here’s the thing: If … Read more