The Daily Journal, Sunday, March 10

In today’s Journal

▪ Daily diary
▪ Of Interest
▪ The numbers

Back on schedule, at least for now. Rolled out at 2 a.m. after sacking out last night at 6.

But in addition to doing what’s necessary to put out this Journal every day, I also fooled around for awhile and didn’t get to the novel until 4:30.

Frankly, I’m having a little trouble writing this one too. (ATTN: WHINE ALERT!) Between the positive life roll and the Blackwell Ops books being in the back of my mind as I write, it’s slow going. (grin)

I also think my conscious mind is screwing with me a little bit. In the whole first session today, I think I wrote only around 300 words. Silly.

Of course, I’m still writing off into the dark. I just put my fingers on the keyboard and write whatever comes next.

But sometimes that little voice inside (the same one that gives me the next sentence to write) says, “Nah, that ain’t right. Remember the old bum on the corner in the last scene? You were gonna check on him, remember?” or “C’mon, dude, the detective arrived on the scene and let the POV character leave without getting his statement?” Stuff like that. So it’s kind of instant cycling.

Oh well. It’ll be what it’ll be.

Today is the last day my last son is visiting when both I and his mother will be home, so I’m taking off the rest of the day.

Talk with you again tomorrow.

Of Interest

See “One of the Joys of Indie Publishing” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/03/one-of-the-joys-of-indie-publishing.html.

See “If You REALLY Want to Do This…” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/03/if-you-really-want-to-do-this.html.

See “The Cold Case Factory” at https://www.topic.com/the-cold-case-factory. The article is a little long, but stick with it. Incredible.

See “Homemade Bread and Heroin: Search Warrants and Snacks” at https://www.leelofland.com/homemade-bread-and-heroin-search-warrants-and-snacks/.

See “Don Winslow on His New Novel….” at https://www.gq.com/story/don-winslow-the-border-interview. Some bashing of President Trump (of course) but some gems on process.

See “By the Book: Donna Leon” at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/books/review/by-the-book-donna-leon.html.

See “Who Is The Zodiac Killer?” at https://www.suecoletta.com/who-is-the-zodiac/.

Fiction Words: 1373
Nonfiction Words: 350 (Journal)
Total words for the day: 1723

Writing of Stern Talbot, PI: The Case of the Wayward Bullet (novel)

Day 1…… 2412 words. Total words to date…… 2412
Day 2…… 1563 words. Total words to date…… 3975
Day 3…… 1407 words. Total words to date…… 5382
Day 4…… 1373 words. Total words to date…… 6755

Total fiction words for the month……… 21300
Total fiction words for the year………… 180358
Total nonfiction words for the month… 7080
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 58300
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 238658

Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… 4
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 41
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31