Daily Journal

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Another Video, a Little More Advice * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “Surveillance techniques familiar to authoritarian dictatorships have now been repurposed to target American workers.” Wired Magazine Another Video, a Little More Advice I made a spur of the moment video yesterday from my little writing ‘puter. Oops. After the fact I found the sound was out of sync with the video. (If you restart the vid a time or two, the sound syncs.) The vid ran about 12 minutes. You … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Make Finding Your Books Easy for the Reader * About Dean Wesley Smith * Re the Livestreams * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Writing by a deadline can be a really good thing and does wonders because you don’t have time to think. Just relax and follow your characters around and they take care of the rest.” Christopher Ridge, Horror writer “I lost some time once. It’s always in the last place you look for it.” Neil Gaiman Make Finding Your Books Easy for the Reader Yup, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * More Notes on YouTube * Disillusionment * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” Jack Dempsey More Notes on YouTube I came to write this right after I closed my livestream yesterday. I think it ran for about 15 minutes, and I know I rambled a bit. Mea culpa, of course. Who else? Not a big deal. All part of the learning curve. Re the rambling, for my next livestream, I’ll probaby make a few notes so I have … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * My First YouTube Video * More About YouTube * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.” Neil Gaiman “Just write one true sentence.” Ernest Hemingway My First YouTube Video You can see it at https://youtube[dot]com/live/NJj5bpcw4J4. Lasts all of maybe 6 minutes. One thing I learned (on watching the video separately myself later) is not to turn the computer away from me while … Read more

In today’s Journal * To Sell More Books, Stop Selling Books * Guest Posts * Of Interest * The Numbers To Sell More Books, Stop Selling Books guest post by Matt Perryman Matt Perryman graciously offered the following as a guest post a few days before it goes live on his own Substack. Visit Matt’s Meaningful Particulars substack at https://mattpmn.substack.com. I encourage you to visit and consider subscribing. The other day while browsing a reasonably popular writing blog, I read a post about creating an email newsletter. The post was full of horrible advice. The nuts ‘n bolts stuff was … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * First Livestream Delayed * Speaking of Writing Fiction * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “The publishers and the printers are making more money than you are, and you’re the writer. They vacation in the Hamptons while you struggle to pay the rent. Tell me that makes sense.” Vincent Zandri on traditional publishing First Livestream Delayed I was playing around with my internal camera’s video settings and didn’t like what I saw on the screen. Then I realized it was “broadcasting” at only 720p. I’ll never hit studio … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Thanks * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * Writing Crappy First Drafts… * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Well begun is half done.” Aristotle “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” Mark Twain Thanks to everyone who subscribed to my new YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@HarveyStanbrough and-or to the StanbroughWrites substack at https://stanbroughwrites.substack[dot]com/. I appreciate your support and I will do my best not to disappoint you. Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting You can still join in the challenge at any time. There’s no cost … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Re Cormac McCarthy * YouTube * Dean’s Caution About Writing Fiction Sales Copy * Random Thoughts on Stereotypes * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “Government is never populated by saints, angels, or true prophets…. [S]uch people would be suited to run a society from the top down, treating each individual equally and fairly.” The Passive Guy Re Cormac McCarthy From My Friend Gary V.: “Whether you love or hate Cormac McCarthy, Harold Bloom’s critique of Blood Meridian (4 yrs. ago) is the best book critique I’ve read.” … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Dean’s Offer * A New YouTube Channel * Some History * Reading Order * Paperback Book Sale * Thoughts on “Time to Give Back” and Censorship * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “I’m not essential to the process or to the story structure, characters, etc. of my characters’ stories and novels. I’m only a life-support system for my fingertips, the use of which my characters have leased from me by agreement that I get to read their stories first. My job is only to observe and report … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A Special Offer re Marketing * Maybe a New YouTube Channel * Sensitive Writing Guide (Um, No) * Paperback Book Sale * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “They said I was splitting hairs and losing my objectivity. I reminded them that I was a postmodernist who didn’t believe in objectivity.” Rosaria Champagne Butterfield “Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.” Adam Smith, 18th century economist A Special Offer re Marketing One writer reminded me via email yesterday that Dean Wesley … Read more