In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Free lecture on inspiration
* My son and his beautiful girl Cathy
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“[T]he next time a traditionally-published author or agent talks about Amazon ruining the book business, some might be tempted to say that the New York book business deserves to be ruined.” The Passive Guy
From AuthorsPublish.com, “You are invited to attend a free lecture and Q&A session with New York Times Bestselling Author Emily Colin. She’ll be giving a talk on “Taming the Wild Beast: Making Inspiration Work for You.
“The lecture is completely free. There will be an audience Q&A session at the end. Register to Attend the Free Lecture at https://www.authorspublish.com/free-author-lecture-making-inspiration-work-for-you/.”
Adapted from Peter de Vries, the following is in the signature of every email I send out: “I only write when I’m inspired. So I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at 3 a.m.”
My son and his beautiful girl Cathy were visiting this weekend, so on Saturday (Day 1) I wrote only a little over 1500 words on the novel, but it’s a start. (grin) And per usual, the story is running. I love this series.
Today, back to the novel.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “On Using Humor in Fiction” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/12/on-using-humor-in-fiction.html.
See “The Unbuilt Suburb” at https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/california-city-unbuilt-suburb. Seems like an apt setting for a series of ghost stories set in a particular ghost town.
See “OPEN LETTER: Revocation – How authors and performers…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/open-letter-revocation-how-authors-and-performers-can-reclaim-their-copyrights/.
See “Reversion Rights Resource Page” at https://www.create.ac.uk/reversion-rights-resource-page/.
See “What Really Became of Captain Kidd’s Buried Treasure?” at http://dyingwords.net/what-really-became-of-captain-kidds-buried-treasure/.
See “I Survived An Encounter With…” at https://leelofland.com/i-survived-an-encounter-with-the-briley-brothers-2/.
See “Holiday Gifts: Crime Writer Research Books, and More” at https://leelofland.com/holiday-gifts-crime-writer-research-books-and-more/. For a crime writer, maybe a good investment. Certainly less expensive than a workshop or conference covering the same topic.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 300 words
Writing of The Journey Home: Part 3 (novel)
Day 1…… 1568 words. Total words to date…… 1568
Total fiction words for December……… 50991
Total fiction words for the year………… 503522
Total nonfiction words for December… 9480
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 194690
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 698212
Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 8
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 13
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 53
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 214
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31