In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* StoryBundle
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“If you are constantly fighting and saying ‘I really want to be a writer,’ but you don’t ever sit down and write, maybe you don’t want it, because writers are people who write.” Dean Wesley Smith
StoryBundle is offering four different bundles at the moment: African Spec Fic, Write Stuff 2020, Latinx Dark Fiction, and Young Adult Megabundle.
I’ve recently purchased the first two on the list. I bought African Spec Fic because I’m getting more interested in speculative fiction and want to see more variety.
But I bought the Write Stuff 2020 bundle primarily to support the authors involved and because it’s a great value. I encourage you to visit https://storybundle.com/writing. There’s even a lecture on Writer’s Block and Procrastination ($50 value) that contains SO much more than just that topic. Plus a ton of books on writing. All for $15.
Especially if you’re interested in the freedom of writing into the dark but you’re having trouble with it, get the bundle so you can watch the lecture on Writer’s Block.
For that matter, if you haven’t bought it and watched it yet, get the lecture on Heinlein’s Rules too. That one lecture alone turned my writing world upside down. (Best $75 you’ll ever spend.) And of course, there are craft books by Dean and Kris and other pro writers.
For a lot more details, see the first item in “Of Interest.”
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “A Deal on Writing Ebooks!” at https://kriswrites.com/2020/05/26/a-deal-on-writing-ebooks/. (As of this posting, the server was down. I hope it’s up by the time you try it.)
See “Do you hear the sounds of words?” at https://prowriterswriting.com/do-you-hear-the-sounds-of-words.
See “Shopping and Other Fun” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/shopping-and-other-fun/.
The Numbers
Fiction words yesterday…………………… XXXX
Nonfiction words today…………… 300 (Journal)
Writing of (novel)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 30061
Total fiction words for the year………… 309655
Total nonfiction words for the month… 12460
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 115570
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 425225
Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 5
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 12
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 50
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 208
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31