The Journal: Licensing Expo Moved to May 2021

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * The Licensing Expo * Yesterday * Today * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. ” Ray Bradbury “It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.” Just a reminder. Vladimir Lenin via The Passive Voice The Licensing Expo was moved again, this time to its original time slot in May of 2021. So Dean Wesley Smith expanded the Licensing Transition class. … Read more

The Journal: On Daily Word-Count Goals

In today’s Journal * Topic: On Daily Word-Count Goals * Today * Of Interest * The Numbers Topic: On Daily Word-Count Goals In case you don’t read the “My Own Getting Ready” in today’s “Of Interest,” I found it very interesting (and pleasantly surprising) that both Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch still use word-count goals. As I learned from Dean back in early 2014, a daily word-count goal is indispensible for several reasons: Whether you fall short or go way over on a particular day, the next morning the goal resets to zero and it’s a new day. … Read more