In Today’s Journal
* Be Sure to Check This Out
* Smashwords’ “Read an Ebook Week”
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Be Sure to Check This Out
As promised, Dean Wesley Smith is publishing an updated version of Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing.
He posted the Introduction today. This is too big a deal to put in Of Interest. Be sure to check it out.
Smashwords’ “Read an Ebook Week”
As anyone with a D2D account already knows, Smashwords is doing a site-wide promotion with its annual Read an Ebook Week.
This is an advance notice. From March 1 through March 7, 2026, you can get any of my books—fiction or nonfictions—that are listed on Smashwords for 75% off.
I’ll try to remember to mention this again when the sale begins on March 1, but you might want to mark the sale on your calendar.
The link is Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Sale (or copy and paste https://www.smashwords.com/sale).
From Smashwords’ recommended promotional email:
Please feel free to share this promo with your friends and family. Just forward this post to anyone who would love a chance to find their next favorite book and, as the name suggests, read an ebook!
Of Interest
Comedy on the English Language Just for fun.
The Numbers
The Journal………………….. 210
Mentorship Words…………….. 0
Total Nonfiction…………………. 210
Writing of
Day 1…… XXXX words. To date………… XXXXX
Fiction for February………………………. XXXX
Fiction for 2026…………………………… XXXX
Nonfiction for February.…………………. 16810
Nonfiction for 2026………………..……… 36400
2026 consumable words………………… 36400
2026 Novels to Date……………………… 0
2026 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2026 Short Stories to Date……………… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………….. 123
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 10
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……… 310
Short story collections……………………. 29