In today’s Journal
* All About Items of Interest
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Today’s Journal is all about items I thought you might find of interest. As a result, a bit ironically, there’s nothing in the actual “Of Interest” section again today.
Anyway, I hope you find one or more of these items useful.
From Jane Friedman’s weekly blog digest, I culled “NFTs: What Are They and How Much Should Writers and Publishers Care?” just in case any of you are interested. You can find the full article at https://www.janefriedman.com/nfts-what-are-they-and-how-much-should-writers-and-publishers-care/.
In the interest of full disclosure, I personally neither understand nor care enough to want to invest the time to understand NFTs, blockchain, crypto-currency, etc. Nothing about any of that interests me in the slightest, so please don’t write me about it. But if you’re a young person, this might well be part of your future and something you should begin to grasp at least lightly.
From the same blog digest, I also gleaned Penny Sansevieri’s “How to Secure Early Endorsements (Blurbs) for Your Book.” Again, something I’m not personally interested in, but something that might interest some of you. You can find that article at https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-secure-early-endorsements-blurbs-for-your-book/.
You might also want to take a look at Garry Rodgers’ “The Six Ghosts Of Fear” at http://dyingwords.net/the-six-ghosts-of-fear/. I admit I only scanned the article, but based on the first couple of comments it might help some of you.
And finally, as much as I’ve enjoyed writing stories about Wes Crowley and the Texas Rangers, of course that’s all fiction. If you’d like to read a bit about the real Texas Rangers, I recommend https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/campfire-stories/texas-ranger.
Near the end of that article, there’s even an animated timeline that begins with “Tejas” in 1821 and runs through the present day. Again, something that might interest some of you.
Talk with you again later.
Of Interest
Nada.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 310 words
Writing of WCGN 5: Tentative Title (novel)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for November……… XXXX
Total fiction words for the year………… 623282
Total nonfiction words for November… 2360
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 180850
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 804132
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.