In Today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Stage 4 Breast Cancer
* The Bradbury Challenge Report
* Of Interest
Quote of the Day
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.” Ernest Hemingway
Since I accidentally omitted the attribution yesterday, I repeated the same Quote of the Day again today. I can’t hear any advice from Hemingway too many times.
Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Sorry, folks, this takes priority today.
My son has a friend who is almost like another son to me. Now his young wife is battling Stage 4 breast cancer. She’s been fighting the good fight since being diagnosed in 2024 with Stage 2.
The cancer was in remission for a time, but the damned nasty thing came raging back.
Both my young friend and his adult daughter are taking a hiatus from their jobs to be with their wife and mom. ANY amount you can give will help cover the mounting costs of treatment, medications, and aftercare.
If you are able to give, please visit this link: Help My Mom… at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-mom-fight-stage-4-breast-cancer-bs4d4.
Note: To add value,
for every dollar you give, I’ll gladly copyedit 100 words of your manuscript. So for example, a $20 donation would get you a 2,000 word copyedit. For a $50 donation, I’ll copy edit up to 5,000 words, and for $100, up to 10,000 words. (So 1 cent per word.)
This applies to any genre, any short or long fiction or creative nonfiction, including works in progress.
I’ll also send you, free, your choice of any of my nonfiction books. Just let me know which one you want.
Just send me a screen shot (or forward the email) of the receipt you receive from GoFundMe, and attach your manuscript in a Word-compatible format (.doc, .docx, .rtf).
If you are unable to give anything financially, please at least consider sharing the link above or share this post.
Thank you.
The Bradbury Challenge Report
Participating in any challenge is a great way to have fun and grow as a writer.
The requirement is to write at least one short story per week, then let me know the title, word count, and genre per the format below. During the past week, the following writers wrote these new stories:
- Vanessa V. Kilmer “School Daze” 3057 Adventure
- Christopher Ridge “A Giant Fish Ate My Friend and Spit Pieces of Him on the Beach” 2235 Absurd
- Dave Taylor “Jessica’s Target” 2,050 Thriller
- Glynn Young “Hospital Visit” 2585 General
- Glynn Young “Phone Calls” 2121 General
Congratulations to all of these writers.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
An Argument in Favor of the Short Novel Plus a list of 20 books you can read in a day.
Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week: Jealousy