The Journal: A Very Short Post Today

In today’s Journal

* Quotes of the Day
* A Question answered re FWIW
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

I received a question via email. What do I mean or what am I implying when I add FWIW (for what it’s worth) to the end of a link in “Of Interest”?

First, I’m implying nothing. If I don’t think a link might be valuable to any of my subscribers, I simply don’t include it in “Of Interest” in the first place.

I use FWIW when I don’t actually read the whole post before I add it to “Of Interest.” In other words, when a post seems like it might be valuable and when the author has a proven track record of posting valuable information, I add a link just in case you might find the post worth your time.

If I DO read a post and find it worthwhile to share but also find some of the advice offered a bit dicey (in my opinion), I might add “Grain of salt” to the end of that one.

So I hope that clarifies it.

Today was a slow day for various reasons. I didn’t get nearly as much done as I’d hoped.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “What Is Writing In Public?” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/what-is-writing-in-public/.

See “First Page Critique: Lost At Sea” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/03/first-page-critique-lost-at-sea.html. FWIW.

See “On Writing and Goal Setting” at https://prowriterswriting.com/on-writing-and-goal-setting/.

The Numbers

Fiction words today…………………… 2486
Nonfiction words today…………… 240 (Journal)

Writing of The Othgygnrkthers (tentative title, novel)

Day 1…… 3863 words. Total words to date…… 3863
Day 2…… 2408 words. Total words to date…… 6261
Day 3…… 3116 words. Total words to date…… 9377
Day 4…… 3051 words. Total words to date…… 12428
Day 5…… 3285 words. Total words to date…… 15713
Day 6…… 2486 words. Total words to date…… 18199

Total fiction words for the month……… 24139
Total fiction words for the year………… 160834
Total nonfiction words for the month… 11330
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 65810
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 226644

Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 6
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 48
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 202
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31