In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Great Topics Coming
* Another good day
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“If there ain’t a rock in my boots when I pull ’em on in the morning, I know it’s gonna be a good day. ‘Course I make a point of dumping my boots before I pull ’em on.” Wes Crowley”
Great Topics Coming
Again today, I almost didn’t post an entry to the Journal. Today it was for a different reason. I altered my schedule a bit and moved over to the writing computer a little earlier. As a result, I almost forgot to post.
So today’s post isn’t much, but I do have what I hope will be an exciting announcement for some of you. In the next few days, I’ll start a series of topics on Heinlein’s Rules and Writing Into the Dark.
These topics won’t be quite the same thing I’ve posted before. For one thing, they’ll go into a great deal more depth.
I was approached recently by a writer who runs a blog I occasionally feature on here in “Of Interest” (but not today). She proposed I write a guest post on her blog on Heinlein’s Rules.
I assented, but she wasn’t wild about what I sent, so instead she proposed sending me an interview. She would ask questions, and I would answer them.
Again, I assented. But this morning, I received a gracious note from her saying unfortunately the post would run too long, or else she’d have to cut a lot out of it.
So we agreed the post was a no-go. Which is fine. Because many of the questions she asked and comments she made (assumptions, all) are things I typically hear often from around the fiction writing universe, though, I told her I would use her questons and comments, anonymously, to launch a series of topics on the Journal.
So get ready. That’s coming down the pike.
Another good day of fiction writing yesterday. And now I need to get this posted so it will go out in time.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “You Think Dr. Seuss Is Bad?” at https://babylonbee.com/news/we-must-cancel-hundreds-more-childrens-books—-here-are-9-to-start-with. Satire.
See “Making a Movie With Spider-Man” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/03/making-a-movie-with-spider-man.html.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 380 words
Writing of The Journey Home: Part 8 (novel)
Day 1…… 4891 words. Total words to date…… 4891
Day 2…… 4495 words. Total words to date…… 9386
Day 3…… 4515 words. Total words to date…… 13901
Total fiction words for March……… 18128
Total fiction words for the year………… 217136
Total nonfiction words for March… 3700
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 49730
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 266866
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 4
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 58
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: In this blog, I provide advice on writing fiction. I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. To be crystal clear, WITD is not “the only way” to write, nor will I ever say it is. However, as I am the only writer who advocates it both regularly and publicly, I will continue to do so.