In today’s Journal
* As some of you look to me
* Daily diary
* Of Interest
* The numbers
As some of you look to me for writing advice, I owe you an explanation regarding my recent lack of focus on fiction writing.
I’m going through an unusual life roll at the moment. Or you could look at it as a series of small, overlapping life rolls.
This one is unusual because it consists of various events, some good and some less-than-good, that are converging at the moment.
Two are medical. Neither is life-threatening like the one last year was, but both will enhance what the doctors call “quality of life” and will take up some time for the next few weeks.
Another is my commitment to learning the business side of writing. That will take up the next 11 months or so, although thankfully, it’s beginning to calm itself into routine.
And then as part of that business thing, of course, we’re getting our StoneThread Publishing inventory under control, investigating additional aggregators and uploading to the ones we choose, etc. That will continue and has almost calmed itself into routine.
And the final one (I think) is that I’m buying a new (to me) vehicle from my deceased uncle’s estate. That should resolve itself over the next couple of weeks.
So if you begin to question why you’re listening to writing advice from a guy who isn’t currently writing fiction, all I can say is check my numbers (below).
I’m not one to rest on my laurels, but every now and then, maybe, you have to. (grin)
Rolled out at 3:15. Came to the Hovel, followed my usual routine, then moved over to the novel at 5.
I’ll be out much of the day today to tend (partially) to two of the life-roll bits I mentioned above.
Turns out I shouldn’t have left quite so early yesterday. As it turned out, I started a new Blackwell Ops novel. This will be Blackwell Ops 7: Glen Marco.
So Day 1 below is from yesterday. Day 2 is what I was able to get done in the wee hours this morning before I had to depart for Sierra Vista.
I can’t tell you how good it feels to be writing again. But then, I probably don’t have to.
Talk with you again tomorrow.
Of Interest
See “Trademark for Fiction Writers…” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/trademark-for-fiction-writers/.
Then see “Trademark for Fiction Writers… Chapter One” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/trademark-for-fiction-writers-chapter-one/.
See “Nine Newly Discovered Proust Stories to Be Published” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/nine-newly-discovered-proust-stories-to-be-published/.
See “Business Musings: Licensing Everywhere…” at https://kriswrites.com/2019/08/07/business-musings-licensing-everywhere-rethinking-the-writing-business-part-seven/.
See “The Myth of Author Multitasking” at https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2019/08/the-myth-of-author-multitasking/.
See “The Nose Knows” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/08/the-nose-knows.html. To see why I added this one, see my comment on the post.
See “Fat Chance” at http://prowriterswriting.com/fat-chance.
Fiction Words: 1170
Nonfiction Words: 470 (Journal)
Total words for the day: 1640
Writing of Blackwell Ops 7: Glen Marco (novel)
Day 1…… 3222 words. Total words to date…… 3222
Day 2…… 1170 words. Total words to date…… 4392
Total fiction words for the month……… 4392
Total fiction words for the year………… 363129
Total nonfiction words for the month… 8930
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 227000
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 590129
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)…………………………………… 43
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 194
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31