Comments Requested, and the Novel Wrapped

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In today’s Journal

* Comments Save Lives
* The Novel Wrapped, and Days Off
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Comments Save Lives

Okay, not quite that serious, but almost.

Often, folks email me about something they saw in the Journal. That’s perfectly fine, and I enourage you to email me, especially if there’s something you want to keep confidential.

But occasionally someone emails me with a comment that I wish they’d put the comment box for so other readers could see it.

In those cases, PLEASE leave your comment in the comment section, either by clicking the Leave a Comment button at the bottom of the Substack post or by visiting the Journal. Click on the title of the post you want to comment on, then scroll to the bottom of that post and leave your comment in the comment box.

Either way is fine. Either way gives other readers the oppornity to read your comment and often increase their knowledge. And of course, I reply to all comments.

Additionally, when you leave a comment on either the Journal website or the Substack, it increases the chances of other readers to discover the Journal.

In other words, it increases traffic. In that way, it’s a kind of sharing without pressing the Share button. Which of course I hope you will also do.

Please, share the Journal when you can, and if you have a comment, share your knowledge and thoughts by leaving a comment on either of the two sites

The Novel Wrapped

It’s a short novel, but TJ Blackwell told his own origin story and the origin story of his namesake Blackwell Ops succinctly in a little over 28,000 words.

If you want to know how it all started, this is one you’ll want to read.

From now until the publication date in April, it will be on sale at StoneThread Publishing for only $3.

I should have it listed later today.

Days Off

I’ll be taking a day or two or three off to explore PayHip and, if I decide it’s worthwhile for me, to make the transition.

Of course, I’ll talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

When Your Characters Take Over the Story See what one writer wrote about Writing Better Fiction.

The Numbers

The Journal……………………………… 370

Writing of TJ Blackwell: The Origin Story

Day 1…… 6139 words. To date…… 6139
Day 2…… 1781 words. To date…… 7920
Day 3…… 2692 words. To date…… 10612
Day 4…… 3383 words. To date…… 13995
Day 5…… 2575 words. To date…… 16570
Day 6…… 1563 words. To date…… 18133
Day 7…… 2817 words. To date…… 20950
Day 8…… 4342 words. To date…… 25292
Day 9…… 3142 words. To date…… 28434 (done)

Fiction for March…………………….…. 61200
Fiction for 2024…………………………. 225792
Fiction since October 1………………… 528848
Nonfiction for March…………………… 27640
Nonfiction for 2024……………………… 126830
2024 consumable words……………… 352622

2024 Novels to Date……………………… 5
2024 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2024 Short Stories to Date……………… 1
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………… 87
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 9
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)…… 239
Short story collections………………… 31

Disclaimer: I am a prolific professional fiction writer. On this blog I teach Writing Into the Dark and adherence to Heinlein’s Rules. Unreasoning fear and the myths of writing will slow your progress as a writer or stop you cold. I will never teach the myths on this blog.

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6 thoughts on “Comments Requested, and the Novel Wrapped”

    • Nope, not a big deal at all. It’s the haughty attitude that torques my jaws. She’s slow because she thinks she has to write showly to write quality.

    • Thanks, DW. Things move fast in my world. I’ll start that today. I’m interested in seeing what will happen with a test, probably on two books: one fiction and one nonfiction.

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