Hey Folks,
I learned from Linda Maye Adams’ newsletter that the 2019 Superstars Seminar will run from February 7-9 this year. So I looked it up. (grin)
The seminar focuses on the business side of writing, but according to the website they’ll also have a separate writing craft day on February 6. You can attend that as well, or separately.
According to Christine Mandeville, the conference co-director, some sessions are full but there are a lot of extras. I recommend it.
To see the lineup of instructors. the curriculum and the schedule, click http://superstarswriting.com/. To see the fees, visit http://superstarswriting.com/fees/. Ms. Mandeville also said anyone who has never been to Superstars can get a $100 discount as “New Member” or “Student/Military” with code CMANDEVILLE. And she said their definition of “student” and “military” are very flexible.
Linda May Adams says if you’re interested in attending, you can also use “the referral code LADAMS.”
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Rolled out early this morning at 2. For the first hour, as I planned yesterday, I found a few items for “Of Interest.”
A little after 3, I started cycling back through the last few chapters I wrote (around 4600 words) and updated my reverse outline to get my head back into the story. While cycling, I added only about a hundred words, which tells me the story’s pretty tight so far. (grin)
I picked up where I left off in the novel at about 4:20. It should be a good writing day.
I’ve taken a few breaks off and on. Now, at 6:30 with about 1600 words (it was a slow two hours), I’ll take an extended break for breakfast, then get back at it.
At 8:45, back to the novel, and at 10:30, off for lunch.
Some back and forth with the Superstars stuff, then back to the novel at a little after 11.
Still haven’t quite got the knack of leaving everything else alone so I can just write in the morning. I was distracted a few times, but not as bad as yesterday. Still, today was a pretty good day. I’ll work on it again tomorrow.
Talk with you again then.
Of Interest
See “First Page Critique – The Halcyon Vengeance” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/first-page-critique-the-halcyon-vengeance.html. Some great tips in here for writing openings and setting.
Just in case you missed it a few months ago, see “An Evening with Ray Bradbury” at https://www.uctv.tv/shows/An-Evening-with-Ray-Bradbury-2001-5533.
To watch and listen to an excellent 20-minute interview with Lee Child, see https://library.okstate.edu/friends/. Thanks to my friend, Robert Sadler for sharing this.
See “Two New Pop-Up Workshops” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/two-new-pop-up-workshops/.
Fiction Words: 4460
Nonfiction Words: 410 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4870
Writing of The Case of the Mourning Widow (novel)
Day 1…… 2784 words. Total words to date…… 2784
Day 2…… 3250 words. Total words to date…… 6034
Day 3…… 2507 words. Total words to date…… 8521
Day 4…… 1049 words. Total words to date…… 9570
Day 5…… 2459 words. Total words to date…… 12029
Day 6…… 2723 words. Total words to date…… 14752
Day 7…… 1355 words. Total words to date…… 16107
Day 8…… 3151 words. Total words to date…… 19258
Day 9…… 2803 words. Total words to date…… 22061
Day 10… 3070 words. Total words to date…… 25131
Day 11… 4460 words. Total words to date…… 29591
Total fiction words for the month……… 31339
Total fiction words for the year………… 31339
Total nonfiction words for the month… 14000
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 14000
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 45239
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… X
Calenday Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 37
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31