The Daily Journal, Saturday, July 6

In today’s Journal

* Looking for resources
* Licensing Learn Along
* Daily diary
* Of Interest
* The numbers

As you can tell from today’s edition, “Of Interest” is slim pickings lately. If you know of any interesting or informative blogs or other resources that I don’t list at least occasionally, please share in the comments below.
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For anyone who’s been thinking about jumping into the Licensing Learn Along, Dean’s on the verge of closing it down. If you’re interested (it’s only $200 and includes a separate workshop on copyright that’s a $150 value alone), visit https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/courses/ and scroll down to Licensing Learn Along.
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Rolled out early at 1:30. My kitten got up too. While I was making coffee, she wanted to be picked up. It’s a ritual we share each morning before I go off to the Hovel and she goes back to bed.

This morning, though, she accidentally clawed me in three places, each about 1/4 inch away from the next and all on my right hand. (Not her fault. My skin has lost elasticity.)

I’m right handed, so the ensuing first aid was difficult at best. (grin) As a result, I didn’t get to the Hovel until around 2:15.

As I endeavored to focus on my WIP, the wounds on my hand kept seeping. I guess I couldn’t get the BandAid on there tightly enough by myself. So all around, another non-writing day at least as far as fiction goes.

I’ll post this, then talk with you again tomorrow.

Of Interest

See “The Fun of Fiction” at http://prowriterswriting.com/the-fun-of-fiction/.

See “Writers’ Police Academy to Launch First Anthology” at https://www.leelofland.com/writers-police-academy-to-launch-first-anthology-announces-two-contest-winners/. I added this one because I suspect the anthology will be an excellent source of both entertainment and study for mystery/crime writers.

See “Writing Outdoors” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/07/writing-outdoors.html. Just in case you get something out of it.

Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 310 (Journal)
Total words for the day: 310

Writing of Marco’s Way (novel)

Day 1…… 2159 words. Total words to date…… 2159
Day 2…… 1014 words. Total words to date…… 3173
Day 3…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 3173
Total fiction words for the year………… 354511
Total nonfiction words for the month… 6030
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 190230
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 544741

Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 7
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 1
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 44
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 194
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31