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In today’s Journal * Bestselling Authors Opine on Amazon Kindle Unlimited * Speaking of Vin Zandri and Productivity * A Question of Backup * Of Interest * The Numbers Bestselling Authors Opine on Amazon Kindle Unlimited Bestselling Thriller Author Vincent Zandri— New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and indie publisher Vin Zandri left this comment on the Substack version of yesterday’s post on Kindle Unlimited: “I’ve been doing the pub first in KU for three months just to get on the hot new release and bestseller lists and to take advantage of the free days and the KU … Read more

In today’s Journal * Kindle Unlimited? * Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * Of Interest * The Numbers Kindle Unlimited? Writer George K asked my thoughts about Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s exclusive publishing program. If you enroll a book in KU, it’s can’t be sold anywhere else, including your own website, for a period of 3 months. DW Smith and KK Rusch have always advised against going exclusive, but… even though Dean is always quick to point out that he started from scratch with the advent of the new self-publishing boom, that isn’t exactly the case. Or maybe his idea of “starting … Read more

In today’s Journal * One More Question * Bradbury Challenge Reminder * The Writing * How to Make Writing Hard Work * Of Interest * The Numbers One More Question In a comment on “Organizing Saves Time,” Sebastian asked the purpose of “Title of Book.jpg” in such a huge file size: 6250 x 9375 pixels. He wrote “I assume this is for POD pdf or maybe just an archive?” My response: “Title of Book.jpg” would be a master cover file, saved as a .jpg (photo) file by the program with which I created the cover. I also save the file … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Another Short Story * A Great Question Answered * Dean Wesley Smith * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.” Lauren Bacall “I tend to splurge for convenience. I’ll pay a lot to not waste time.” Tom Anderson Another Short Story “Real Characters” went out to subscribers yesterday. To read it , click https://stanbroughwrites.substack[dot]com/p/real-characters. If you want to subscribe, when you finish the story scroll down and click the button. It’s free. A Great Question When I’m teaching something I’ve been … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Organization Saves Time * Part Two: Post-Publication Organization * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day ” In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.” Hannah Arendt “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” Anne Lamott Both quotations as reported at The Passive Voice “Give the reader no reason to put down your novel.” Kathryn Craft of Writer Unboxed Organization Saves Time Yesterday I posted “Part One: Pre-Publication Organization” of this two-part post. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you … Read more

In today’s Journal * Neobook? * Organizing Saves Time * Pre-Publication Organization * Of Interest * The Numbers Neobook? Anyone out there ever heard of Neobook? Seems to me this might be a viable marketing option for pretty much anyone who has more energy than I do. Something to look into. You can check it out at https://neobook.org/. (I am not affiliated in any way.) I would be wary of that “get feedback” BS though. You don’t need feedback. Anything one reader would recommend another reader would be against. Organizing Saves Time I recently promised a post on organization. I … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * How to Start or Start Again * I Found It! * Bradbury Challenge Information * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This … Read more

In today’s Journal * Monday Was Monday, and a Lesson * Of Interest * The Numbers Monday Was Monday, and a Lesson Well, I finished “Penthouse Bound.” Whatever. I’m not happy with it at all. To be honest, after flying through the opening I struggled with the story, and when I finished it, it felt flat to me. Like I just wanted to get it over with and off my plate. Which is probably true. Okay, so even after 73 novels and all the rest, I’m not immune to the problems I faced and overcame at the very beginning. Probably … Read more

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Back to the Future * Topics for Discussion? * Bradbury Challenge * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Anton Chekhov “A cyberattack on US hospitals and clinics disrupts their computer systems and emergency services, forcing them to use paper records and human intervention.” teaser for an article in Interesting Engineering (see “Of Interest”) “Paper records and human intervention?” Wow. If one … Read more

In today’s Journal * Free Writer Resources * Truly Free Stuff Has No Strings * The Writing * Of Interest * The Numbers Free Writer Resources It’s been quite a while since I mentioned this, so here it is, new for the folks who haven’t been around the Journal very long, and a reminder for everyone else: To explore a ton of free writer resources, visit my author site at HarveyStanbrough.com. I suggest starting at Writer Downloads (https://harveystanbrough.com/downloads/) for some quick PDF freebies. Browse the list and download what you want. You can read it later. It’s all free, most … Read more