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In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * A Fun Diversion * Of Interest Quote of the Day “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford By Way of Example, A Fun Diversion I just did some math. In 2021 I was on pace to surpass 1,000,000 words of fiction in a year for the first time. So we’re all on the same page, let me ‘splain what I mean by “on pace”: In the first 7 months of 2021 (through August 2) I wrote … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Went Out and Played * SNAFU 1—Rose’s Story * SNAFU 2 (No, I am not kidding)—Blackwell Ops 8 * Comments Matter * Of Interest Quote of the Day “Just because electronic copying is very simple to do and happens trillions of times per day on computers around the world doesn’t mean that making an electronic copy of a bunch of organized electrons that are protected by copyright law is not a violation of copyright law.” The Passive Guy Went Out and Played Day before yesterday, the well that provides our water … Read more

In today’s Journal * A New Story Posted to Stanbrough Writes * Of Interest A New Story Posted to Stanbrough Writes I just remembered this morning it’s been a week or so since I posted a story over there, so I posted one. To see it, click the Story of the Week tab over at https://harveystanbroughwrites.com/. The title of the current story is “Going Back.” There are several other stories below that in different genres. This one has a butt-ugly cover but it’s a pretty good story. I’ve often thought of expanding it into a novel. No fiction writing yesterday. … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * “Um, You Weren’t There” * A Fun Diversion * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud, either.” Leo Burnett “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.” Ayn Rand “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” Soren Kierkegaard “Um, You Weren’t There” I learned a … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * The Secret to Being Prolific, Part 2 * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “‘Can’t’ never did anything.” My stepmom, about 65 years ago when I complained that I couldn’t do something. As usual, she was right. “Can’t died in the house of trying.” Yvonne C. (via Bob B.) “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainty.” Erich Fromm “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Kurt Vonnegut “I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * The Secret to Being Prolific, Part 1 * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “‘Can’t’ never did anything.” My stepmom, about 65 years ago when I complained that I couldn’t do something. As usual, she was right. “When I sat down at my writing computer before this, I never saw the words I was typing. I was living in the story, with the characters, enjoying my romp through their world. Just like I was reading a book, that’s how I typed.” Dean Wesley Smith “Content Warning: This article discusses weight loss, … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A Quick Exchange * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “It is my conclusion that the human mind and body is essentially a single cell rechargeable battery that is charged from the atmospheric DC voltage and the Earth.” Steven Magee, Health Forensics “The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off—it’s with you all the time.” Alvin Ailey A Quick Exchange Between Pro Writers Yesterday in the Journal I wrote “Or maybe when I access my creative subconscious I’m drawing back a curtain on … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * My Typical Day * Back to the Original Plan * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far [they] can go.” TS Eliot Wow. Maybe my new favorite quote. “Heavy social media use in children aged 12 to 13 associated with increased brain activity in regions controlling reward processing (emphasis added).” Headline under Science & Technology in the 1440 newsletter (SF ideas, anyone?) “Scientists conclude the tail cannot, in fact, wag the dog.” Another head-slapping headline from 1440, this one under … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * 2022 Archive * New Comment Policy * Rationale for Comment Policy * Correction * Like Any Story * Of Interest 2022 Archive The Journal Archive is now available for download free on the Archives page. To download any of the archives or any of the free books listed there, visit https://hestanbrough.com/the-daily-journal-archives/ and click on the archive(s) and or free book(s) of your choice. I almost forgot to post this again today. I don’t know whether this write-first post-later thing is gonna work out. We’ll see. New Comment Policy Until now, I’ve … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Habits * Santa Fe Subseries * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “There are scum and scuts in every folk and nation.” Robert E. Howard in a Conan novel “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Theresa “The future starts today, not tomorrow.”—Pope John Paul II “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.” Ronald Reagan Habits Wow, are some habits difficult to break. This morning I can only write until 11. Yet instead of starting on the … Read more