In today’s Journal
* A Few Brief Notes
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
A Few Brief Notes
Pearl Harbor Day—For those of you who are interested, may you experience a thoughtful and reflective Pearl Harbor Day. To commemorate one of the worst days in this nation’s collective memory, I recommend this article: “Rare photos capture the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective, 75 years ago” at https://mashable.com/feature/attacking-pearl-harbor#JMtgRVkmfkqZ.
On Challenges—I also recommend reading the comments on Dean’s post from yesterday. You can find those at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/more-on-challenges-for-2022/#comments.
Then see “Getting Ready for a New Year Or Challenge: Tracking Time” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/getting-ready-for-a-new-year-or-challenge/. If you find you don’t have enough time to do something, I strongly recommend tracking your time in 15-minute segments for a few days. I suggest at least Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday.
Scam Publishers—Finally, see “A Complete Expert Guide to the Amazon Self-Publishing Costs for New Publishers” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/a-complete-expert-guide-to-the-amazon-self-publishing-costs-for-new-publishers-2/, mostly for PG’s take.
If absoultely ANY publisher asks you for up-front fees to publish your book, it’s a scam. Stay away. Email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com and I’ll offer you several viable alternatives, none of which will cost you a dime.
Talk with you again later.
Of Interest
See “80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/12/80th-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor.html. Much more than only Pearl Harbor.
See “A Pay to Play Bookstore Scheme: The Reading Glass Books” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/a-pay-to-play-bookstore-scheme-the-reading-glass-books/.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 230 words
Writing of WCGN 5: (tentative title, novel)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for December……… 4338
Total fiction words for the year………… 629419
Total nonfiction words for December… 4370
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 23510
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 826002
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 13
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 66
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: In this blog, I provide advice on writing fiction. I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. To be crystal clear, WITD is not “the only way” to write, nor will I ever say it is. However, as I am the only writer who advocates WITD both publicly and regularly, I will continue to do so, among myriad other topics.