Something for (Almost) Everyone

In today’s Journal

* Quotes of the Day
* Something for (Almost) Everyone
* Oops, Sorry
* A Pueblo Verse
* Of Interest

Quotes of the Day

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” Mae Jemison

“Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don’t disappoint yourself.” Colin Powell

Something for (Almost) Everyone

I suspect “Of Interest” today holds something of interest for almost everyone.

Oops, Sorry

Um, the ghost is posting again. (Thanks to KC for the email.)

I have MailerLite set to send the Journal every day, but I also checked a box so it would send only when there was new content.

Today I went in and looked again, and the box was not checked. So I checked it (again), then restarted the campaign. So from now on, or until the ghost chooses to uncheck the box again, you should receive only new, previously unpublished editions of the Journal.

You know, fingers crossed. If this doesn’t work, I’ll take more drastic action. And unless I have something pressing to post tomorrow, I probably won’t post as a test.

A Pueblo Verse

Hold on to what is good
even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe
even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do
even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life
even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand
even when I have gone away from you.

(Thanks to Sam T. for the pueblo verse.)

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Groundbreaking Motionless Wind Turbine” at https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/groundbreaking-motionless-wind-turbine. The future, today.

See “Most Powerful Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst” at https://interestingengineering.com/science/nasa-detects-the-most-powerful-cosmic-gamma-ray-burst-ever-discovered. SF ideas? Mutations? Dystopia? New super beings?

See “GIFTS…. We Got Gifts” at https://deanwesleysmith.com/gifts-we-got-gifts/.

See “I grieve and dare not show…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/i-grieve-and-dare-not-show-my-discontent/.

See “Why Art Was Such a Powerful Tool…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/why-art-was-such-a-powerful-tool-for-englands-tudor-monarchs/. Mostly for PG’s note about the Met.

See “Pronunciation Guides” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/auto-draft-3/. See PG’s comment too.

See “Writers, be wary…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/writers-be-wary-of-throat-clearers-and-wan-intensifiers-very-very-wary/.

See “Why Don’t Americans and Brits Have the Same Accents?” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/why-dont-americans-and-brits-have-the-same-accents/.

The Numbers

The Journal…………………………………… 350 words

Writing of The Stirchians (novel, tentative title)

Day 1…… 4106 words. Total words to date…… 4106
Day 2…… 3505 words. Total words to date…… 7611
Day 3…… 2392 words. Total words to date…… 10366
Day 4…… 3336 words. Total words to date…… 13339
Day 5…… 3227 words. Total words to date…… 16566
Day 6…… 2821 words. Total words to date…… 19387
Day 7…… 2900 words. Total words to date…… 22287

Total fiction words for October……… 30489
Total fiction words for the year………… 150871
Total nonfiction words for October… 12630
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 165850
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 316721

Calendar Year 2022 Novels to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2022 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2022 Short Stories to Date… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 68
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31

Disclaimer: In this Journal, among many other things, I illustrate a Zen-like non-process called Writing Into the Dark and what is possible when you trust the characters to tell the story that they, not you, are living. WITD also leads to greatly increase productivity and a rapid ascension along the learning curve because you get a great deal more Practice. This is not opinion. It is all numbers and facts.