Hey Folks,
I think a lot of you didn’t receive the Journal yesterday. My apologies. A glitch in the system. I hope now it’s been corrected.
There’s a topic in yesterday’s post (“Speaking of Challenges and Goals”) as well as some great stuff in “Of Interest.” If you want to see it, please visit https://hestanbrough.com/the-daily-journal-wednesday-january-23/. At least for Phillip McCollum’s post in “Of Interest.”
Since I was involved in cleaning up that mess, I also added a new RSS feed from from Pro Writer Blog to the left sidebar of the Journal. If you aren’t subscribed to Pro Writer Blog you can now see post titles at a glance.
A quick note… When you leave a comment on a blog post, that helps the website gain attention. That’s one reason I almost always comment on any post I read and like.
I certainly appreciate the personal emails, and I’m aware most of you see the entire post in your email account. But if you have a minute and want to comment, please drop by the website and leave a comment there. As I said, every little bit helps, and your comment might also be of value to others reading the Journal.
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I rolled out very early this morning, but with a chapter nicely wrapped up yesterday, the novel is back to dragging. So we’ll see what happens.
If you’re keeping up with the challenge, I currently have 11 days to finish this novel. That feels easy enough, so the first part of today I’m going to catch up on some admin work, then turn to the story later in the day. Maybe. (grin)
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I am shocked. Before 9 a.m., I finished writing the promo doc and creating a cover for the latest Stern Talbot novel (The Mourning Widow), then uploaded it to D2D, Amazon and Smashwords.
I also adjusted a few release dates. With all the novels I’ll turn out with this challenge, I think it would be better to release books every two weeks instead of once a month.
So Situation Solved will now release on Feb 1 (not Feb 15), Blackwell Ops: Jack Tilden will release on on Feb 15 (not Mar 1), and Sern Talbot, PI: The Case of the Mourning Widow will release on Mar 15, not Apr 15.
Whew! Of course, all of that adds impetus to the challenge too, since I still have to write the books I want to release on the 1st and 15th of succeeding months. (grin)
Have I said I love this new world of publishing?
It isn’t in my nature to anticipate crashing and burning, but if I do, it should be one hell of a fireball. (grin)
Anyway, since it’s only a little after 9, I guess I’ll go ahead and start the next chapter of my WIP. It’s slow going at the start, but I have to get through the slow stuff to get to the fast stuff, and I really don’t want to break my streak of writing fiction every day.
Well, I did start the next chapter, but only barely. I think only to keep the fiction-writing streak going. (grin) I wrote just a little over a thousand words on the day.
Talk with you again tomorrow.
Of Interest
See “Some Stuff Happening” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/some-stuff-happening/. Especially see the info re the stretch goal under “Smith’s Stories: Make 100….” Seriously, I have zero idea where this guy finds time to write.
See “Business Musings: Tidbits (Planning for 2019 Part 5)” at https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/23/business-musings-tidbits-planning-for-2019-part-5/.
See “A Tool for Cops: Tiny Pink Gloves” at https://www.leelofland.com/a-tool-for-cops-tiny-pink-gloves/. A tip as well as some GREAT description.
See “Tips for Working in [Microsoft] Word” at https://terryodell.com/tips-for-working-in-word/.
See “The Chaos Character” at http://mbyerly.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-chaos-character.html.
For any SF writers out there, via Linda Maye Adams, see “Can Spaceships Actually Explode Like They Do In Movies?” at https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/can-spaceships-actually-explode-like-they-do-in-movies.html.
Fiction Words: 1252
Nonfiction Words: 640 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1892
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
Total fiction words for the month……… 57764
Total fiction words for the year………… 57764
Total nonfiction words for the month… 20230
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 20230
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 77994
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