The Daily Journal, Saturday, January 26

Hey Folks,

I think maybe the water in Vegas is affecting Dean’s brain. For as little as a $20 pledge to his KickStarter, you can now get a credit for a $150 classic workshop as well as two books.

And at least one of those books is chock full of blog entries that can’t help but be informative. Check it out in “Of Interest.” I recommend making a $20 investment in your writing.
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Well, I bought a computer, an HP ProBook 11. It’s basically the same machine as my writing ‘puter but with a tiny, 11.6″ screen that I’ll never use.

When it arrives, I’ll load Microsoft Office only, then bring it to the Hovel and plug my big monitor into it. Voila! New writing ‘puter with no distractions.

And my former writing ‘puter (Hal) will move up to the big house, which he so richly deserves as he approaches his retirement years.

At least that’s the plan at the moment. We’ll see what happens.
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Recently I made both my main websites secure with an SSL certificate. They are now both https://. That’s what led to the initial glitch of the Journal not showing up in your inbox for that one day. (Though nobody seemed to notice, so….)

Now I’m going to make another change, effective tomorrow (he said, just as if everyone who subscribed is actually reading the Journal today). (grin)

Beginning tomorrow, I’m going to display only an excerpt of the Journal in the email edition. Then there will be a link to “Read More” or something like that.

This will serve three immediate purposes:

1. It will help me organize the Journal a little better. (I’ll have to let you know eary what’s in each edition of the Journal.)
2. It will give you the choice of whether or not to read the full post.
3. If something in the post tugs at you, good or bad, it will be more convenient for you to leave a comment.

I’ll try that for awhile and see how it works. I hope you’ll let me know what you think.
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Finally started on the novel at 6. Cycling and only 700 words in the first session. Now up to the house for a brief break and to see what’s planned for today, if anything.

Well, a short day, but I got just under 3,000 words so I’m happy.

Talk with you again tomorrow.

Of Interest

See “Just Over $600 Left…” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/just-over-600-left/.

See “Three Movies…and What We Can Learn from Them” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/three-movies-and-what-we-can-learn-from-them.html.

Via CrimeReads, see “James Lee Burke on Art, Addiction, and Making Movies” at https://crimereads.com/james-lee-burkes-louisiana/.

Fiction Words: 2929
Nonfiction Words: 450 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3379

Writing of Blackwell Ops: Charles Claymore Task (novel)

Day 1…… 2405 words. Total words to date…… 2405
Day 2…… 2695 words. Total words to date…… 5100
Day 3…… 3016 words. Total words to date…… 8116
Day 4…… 3521 words. Total words to date…… 11637
Day 5…… 2478 words. Total words to date…… 14115
Day 6…… 4410 words. Total words to date…… 18525
Day 7…… 1252 words. Total words to date…… 19777
Day 8…… 2551 words. Total words to date…… 22328
Day 9…… 2929 words. Total words to date…… 25257

Total fiction words for the month……… 63244
Total fiction words for the year………… 63244
Total nonfiction words for the month… 20820
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 20820
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 84064

Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… 1
Calenday Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 38
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31