In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Still Here
* A New Story
* The Bradbury Challenge Reminder
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“I don’t spend any time whatsoever thinking about what might have been.” Alex Trebek
Still Here
I’m still here, still putting some things together mentally, emotionally and physically. I hope to be back before too long.
I feel like I’ve been saying that for the past 2 years, and it’s only kicked into high gear over the past three months.
It’ll all work out. In the meantime, I wanted to touch base and pass along the items in “Of interest.” If they weren’t so good, I wouldn’t have published this edition of the Journal, so be sure to take a few minutes to check them out.
A New Story
On Friday, my story “The Passing of Rosario” went live at https://stanbroughwrites.substack[dot]com/p/the-passing-of-rosario. You can subscribe at the end of the story. It’s free.
Several folks have reported enjoying this story. Thank you. It’s one of my personal favorites.
The Bradbury Challenge Reminder
Just a reminder to participants in the ongoing Bradbury Challenge to get your titles, stories, and genres in to me before the Journal goes live on Monday.
And of course, anyone is welcome to jump in. It’s never too late to be ahead of where you would have been if you’d waited until next week. (grin)
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Got a Good Question” at https://deanwesleysmith.com/got-a-good-question/.
See “In The Country” at https://killzoneblog.com/2023/07/in-the-country.html. A good story.
See “The Right Publisher for the Right Book” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-right-publisher-for-the-right-book-2/. See PG’s excellent take.
See “Blogging Ideas For Beginners” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/blogging-ideas-for-beginners/. Ideas.
See “Not Dead Yet” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/not-dead-yet-6/. See the comments, especially from Felix Torres if you’re a Mac user. Might work on Windows too, I don’t know.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 290
Writing of “Untitled Stern Talbot Mystery”
Day 1…… 190 words. Total words to date…… 190
Writing of “Marvin McTavish Decides”
Day 1…… 326 words. Total words to date…… 326
Day 2…… 346 words. Total words to date…… 672
Writing of “A Midnight Sketch”
Day 1…… 1341 words. Total words to date…… 1341
Writing of Rose Padilla (WCG10SF5)
Day 1…… 4283 words. Total words to date…… 4283
Day 2…… 3963 words. Total words to date…… 8246
Day 3…… 1463 words. Total words to date…… 9709
Day 4…… 2445 words. Total words to date……12154
Total fiction words for July……… 2203
Total fiction words for 2023………… 112225
Total nonfiction words for July… 12580
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 144130
Total words for the year (fiction and nonfiction)…… 256355
Calendar Year 2023 Novels to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2023 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2023 Short Stories to Date………… 4
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………… 73
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 9
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 221
Short story collections…………………………………………. 31
Disclaimer: I am a prolific professional fiction writer. On this blog I teach Writing Into the Dark, adherence to Heinlein’s Rules, and that following the myths of fiction writing will slow your progress as a writer or stop you cold. I will never teach the myths on this blog.