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The Journal, Tuesday, June 5

Hey Folks, Looking forward to another good day of writing. The novel is running, and it’s weird (for me). It seems to be psychological suspense with a lot of police procedural mixed in. Meaning the final main genre probably will be police procedural. Well, unless it develops into a thriller. I’ll have to see what happens with the scope. I like the effects/ramifications of both of the PS and PP genres. Both require minuscule, exacting and precise detail-detail-detail (but none of it boring, all of it tension-building) at the sub-molecular level. I love that stuff. Both require intensity. Both require … Read more

The Journal, Friday, May 11

Hey Folks, Wow. I woke up jonesing to get back to writing today. The marketing webinar was great yesterday, but I’ll have to go over it again. It was a ton of information, and they probably needed 3 or 4 hours (or longer) for a proper presentation. They flew through it, not even showing all the slides they’d prepared (but those are all included in the actual video). If you missed yesterday’s Journal, the link to that video is https://youtu.be/2XTd9NcgWWc. As an added bonus, you can dowload the slides they used in the video at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GC3CZUCVQqDN0P7iuLJ44qo9xpkXoqAK/view. (When you get there, … Read more

The Journal, Wednesday, May 2

Hey Folks, Hmmm… The May 1 edition of the Journal didn’t go out for some reason. My apologies. I posted it, but apparently MailChimp didn’t disseminate it. Of interest in yesterday’s edition, possibly, I delineated the difference between the Writer and the Author, with a stellar example. You can see the post at http://hestanbrough.com/the-journal-tuesday-may-1/. Anyway, this SNAFU with the Journal prompted me to make two major changes, as follows: Of Interest Section — From now on, for an entry to make it into the “Of Interest” section it will have to pass two tests: 1. I believe it’s valuable information, … Read more

The Journal, Sunday, April 29

Hey Folks, Well, I’m officially under the weather. I thought it was just allergies. By all accounts, the season is worse this year for some reason. But mine’s developed into a full-blown (no pun intended) head cold. I did get more sleep last night than I’ve had in the past few nights combined, but it was still spotty at best. No writing today. I have one major chore that I can’t put off (clearing some drain pipes) but otherwise I plan to rest and read today. Some thoughts on the WIP….. I have two short stories in the novel/collection WIP … Read more