Hey Folks,
In today’s Journal
▪ Dean’s Kickstarter funded
▪ One more note on first readers
▪ The daily diary
▪ Of Interest
▪ The numbers
Wow. Dean’s Kickstarter funded (for about an hour before one guy pulled out). But he’s honoring both stretch goals anyway. That’s the kind of guy he is.
So everyone who pledged at any amount gets all the rewards he offered in the Kickstarter stretch goals. Very cool. This is just one more reason I try to support him in his endeavors.
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One commenter on yesterday’s post mentioned that some folks (especially readers of the Journal) might shy away from offering to first-read for me because of my output.
If that’s true, it’s completely understandable. And I hadn’t thought to address this concern before, but it’s a non-issue.
I don’t just force-feed one person a new novel every couple of weeks. (grin) Or anytime for that matter. If you volunteer as a first reader, you read only what you want to read and/or have time to read. And I’m pretty lax on the time issue.
Here’s what happens:
When I get close to finishing a novel, I email the various folks on my first-reader list, tell them the genre, whether it contains a lot of violence, etc. and ask whether they would like to read it.
If they say yes, I email it to them. In fact, I ended up not having to resort to reading Blackwell Ops 2 aloud. Two first readers volunteered for that one. One of them already got results back to me, and the other is reading it.
So it’s all good. If you would like to be added to my first reader list, just email me privately. And if not, that’s fine too.
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Rolled out shortly after 2 this morning after a fairly rough night. I made burritos for supper last night with a new made-up recipe and an ingredient I shouldn’t have added. So totally my fault. It’s called “justice.” (grin)
Anyway, mine kept me awake and eventually led me to sleep sitting up.
I also have a doc appointment this morning at 9 (unrelated) so a glitch in the middle of the writing day. But it will be what it will be.
To the novel off an on starting at 4:20. With 2000 words on the day, I’m off to my appointment at 8:30.
10 a.m. turns out today was a dry run. The guy I was supposed to see didn’t make it out from Tucson. So we’ll do it all again next Tuesday.
Cutting the day a little short today. I have to replace an upright on one side of a gate.
Talk with you again tomorrow.
Of Interest
See “True Confession Time” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/true-confession-time/. All I can say is Hear hear!
See “Business Musings: Shifting Attitudes (Planning For 2019 Part 7)” at https://kriswrites.com/2019/02/06/business-musings-shifting-attitudes-planning-for-2019-part-7/.
See “Day Three: Meet Your 2019 MurderCon Instructors!” at https://www.leelofland.com/day-three-meet-your-2019-murdercon-instructors/.
Fiction Words: 3535
Nonfiction Words: 500 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4035
Writing of Blackwell Ops 3: Marie Arceneaux (novel)
Day 1…… 1699 words. Total words to date…… 1699
Day 2…… 3766 words. Total words to date…… 5465
Day 3…… 4601 words. Total words to date…… 10066
Day 4…… 3535 words. Total words to date…… 13601
Total fiction words for the month……… 16723
Total fiction words for the year………… 100126
Total nonfiction words for the month… 6780
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 32190
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 132316
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… 2
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 39
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31