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The Journal: Setting Goals for 2021

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Topic: Setting Goals for 2021 * The Journey Home: Part 2 is finished * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Aim to write the best that you can every day, and write above that.” Joe Hartlaub “Thinking is the great enemy of perfection.” Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor Topic: Setting Goals for 2021 First (again) to get us all on the same page, there is difference between Goals and Dreams. Both are achievable, but Goals are within your direct control. Dreams are not. In many of the “setting goals” posts I’ve … Read more

The Journal: Coming Soon: The Long-Awaited (Yeah, Right) Goals Post

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Topic: Coming Soon: The Long-Awaited (Yeah, Right) Goals Post * An Open Note to Loyd J. * A Strange Phenomenon * Note to my first readers * The Numbers Quote of the Day “The last nine months have felt like one long never-ending sentence without commas or periods.” Margo T Krasne Topic: Coming Soon: The Long-Awaited (Yeah, Right) Goals Post I’m not pulling any punches here. This time of year, posts on setting goals abound. But when I’ve read some of those recently, I felt as if I was transported back … Read more

The Journal: I Was Astonished: A Little More on Goals

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * I Was Astonished: A Little More on Goals * Another fairly good day * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “What’s the worst thing that could happen if it doesn’t work?” Elaine Viets I Was Astonished: A Little More on Goals As read the other comments on Terry Odell’s post from yesterday, I was astonished. I kind’a felt like I’d been dipped in a tank of piranhas in baloney underwear. Or I’d gone wading in a Louisiana bayou filled to the banks with swamp donkeys. I finally left this comment of … Read more

The Journal: On Goals vs. Dreams, a Preface

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * On Goals vs. Dreams, a Preface * A good-enough day * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “I’ve never quite understood why, when someone doesn’t like you for whatever reason, they don’t just leave you the hell alone.” Wes Crowley, laughing and shaking his head On Goals vs. Dreams, a Preface Soon I’ll be writing a post on setting goals for 2021. I’ll address my own goals and hope the post will help as you set yours. In the meantime, Terry Odell’s post (linked to in todays “Of Interest”) has a … Read more

The Journal: Finding a Writing Guru/Mentor

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A comment I added * An addendum * Not as good a day * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “We create fear or make fear go away depending on what story we tell ourselves…” Roger Martin Here’s a comment I added to Dean Wesley Smith’s post in “Of Interest” today. It just felt like something I should share with you: “At some point, a would-be writer who’s looking to actually learn anything has to stop, consider the experience of the source, and assume the source probably knows what he’s talking … Read more

The Journal: On the Split Infinitive…

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Topic: On the Split Infinitive and Other Inane Rules * I’d spend more time * What It Takes to Have a Really Good Day * Another personal record-setting day * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before–and thus was the Empire forged.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy “When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.” Raymond Chandler “Making … Read more

The Journal: A Really Good Day

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * A really good day yesterday * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another.” Peter De Vries “I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning.” Peter De Vries “We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.” Peter De Vries Oof. December 1 already. I had a really good day yesterday to close out November with over … Read more

The Journal: Critical Mind vs. Creative Mind

In today’s Journal * Nobody noticed * Deposit Photo * Started The Journey Home: Part 2 * Topic: On Specificity and the Critical Mind vs. the Creative Mind * Of Interest * The Numbers I forgot to add the cover for The Ark to yesterday’s post. Oops. On the other hand, apparently nobody noticed so no big deal. Anyway, you can see the cover and read a description at https://stonethreadpublishing.com/the-ark/. I think it’s a great cover, one of my better ones. (Later I’ll be revising the description sales copy, but for now it will do.) Deposit Photo is currently running … Read more

The Journal: Don’t Be Dismayed. Have Fun.

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Topic: Don’t Be Dismayed, Be Determined. And Have Fun. * Yesterday by 9 a.m. * Today * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Every day is another chance to make it happen. That’s why I don’t wait until Monday.” a United Parcel Service (UPS) ad “Execution beats luck.” from the FS.blog newsletter “Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live … Read more

The Journal: Silliness and Dystopia

In today’s Journal * Quote of the Day * Happy Thanksgiving * Ridiculous “Are You Kidding Me?” Joke of the Day * Today will be an abbreviated writing day * Of Interest * The Numbers Quote of the Day “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” Voltaire Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you and yours will enjoy a thoughtful, peaceful Thanksgiving day. Ridiculous “Are You Kidding Me?” Joke of the Day Disclaimer: I’m not offering an opinion here—political, philosophical or otherwise—only food for thought. Today over on TKZ you’ll find “True Crime Thursday – How Not to … Read more