Hey Folks,
You’ll notice above it says The Daily Journal. That’s right. I have a new goal. The goal is to make this a truly “daily” journal again. That will ensure I write something every day, even when it’s only this little Journal.
I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you’ll come along for the ride. Or continue the ride. You know, whatever. (grin)
The last time I missed a day was back on October 12, 2018. (Closer than I remembered.) So the plan is not to do that anymore.
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I started the day with a marketing effort. I created a fan of six books covers, basically copied and pasted what I sent you last night, then put the whole thing into a “note” on Facebook. That and Internet stuff took up the first couple of hours of the morning.
Here’s the cover fan, just in case you’d like to see it:
I used the same program to create this cover fan that I used to create each cover: PagePlus X6 from Serif. You can find their exceptional (and very moderately priced) products at https://www.serif.com/en-us/#legacy. They also have a full range of newer “Affinity” products at https://www.serif.com/en-us/.
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I didn’t write a lot again today, but I will. Maybe not in this novel, but I will. (grin)
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “No One Cares” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/no-one-cares/.
Via Linda Maye Adams, see the incredibly informative “Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6rHHnABoT8.
Also see “Astronauts Answer 50 of the Most Googled Space Questions” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikG4vMJG1s. But be ready with your cursor on the pause button.
See “Bookstores and Libraries (Planning for 2019 Part 3)” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/bookstores-and-libraries-planning-for-2019-part-3/. This is a reference to Kris Rusch’s latest Businss Musings post, which I hope you’ve already read. However, PG has a great take on the whole thing.
Fiction Words: 2723
Nonfiction Words: 300 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3023
Writing of The Case of the Mourning Widow (novel)
Day 1…… 2784 words. Total words to date…… 2784
Day 2…… 3250 words. Total words to date…… 6034
Day 3…… 2507 words. Total words to date…… 8521
Day 4…… 1049 words. Total words to date…… 9570
Day 5…… 2459 words. Total words to date…… 12029
Day 6…… 2723 words. Total words to date…… 14752
Total fiction words for the month……… 16400
Total fiction words for the year………… 16400
Total nonfiction words for the month… 10000
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 10000
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 26400
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… X
Calenday Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 37
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31