In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Um, yeah.
* In today’s “Of Interest”
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“In Deep POV, you’re writing AS the [POV] character instead of about them. The reader experiences the story as the character experiences the story to create an immersive effect. The reader can only know what the point of view character knows, sees, hears, intuits, learns, etc. Every word written comes from the POV character’s perspective.” Lisa Hall-Wilson
Um, yeah. As I wrote in the Journal yesterday, “Deep POV” is just a new name for understanding the craft of good storytelling.
And from what I could find on Amazon and her website, Ms. Hall-Wilson has written one novel. Otherwise she writes “how to write fiction” books. So take that for what it’s worth.
So although she got some of the information in her blog post (see yesterday’s “Of Interest”) right, I don’t really recommend Lisa Hall-Wilson as a source of valid writing instruction. I suggest you stick with the Dave Farlands and Kristine Kathryn Ruschs and Dean Wesley Smiths of the world.
In the first item in today’s “Of Interest” I’ve listed probably the most important link I’ve ever listed with regard to marketing as an indie publisher. Please, please do yourself a massive favor and click through on that link.
Garry Rodgers, a retired RCMP detective and coroner and forensic examiner, wrote the article and included several more links to help you learn about marketing on Amazon, the gorilla of indie publishing.
I also recommend subscribing to Garry’s Dying Words blog at http://dyingwords.net/.
Talk with you again when I can.
Of Interest
See “Top Ten Tips for Amazon eBook Publishing Success” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/09/top-ten-tips-for-amazon-ebook-publishing-success.html.
See “Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the White Box That Fell From the Sky” at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/white-box-mystery-solved-canada-cia-camera-balloon.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 300 words
Writing of Blackwell Ops 8 (novel)
Day 1…… 1653 words. Total words to date…… 1653
Day 2…… 1043 words. Total words to date…… 2696
Day 3…… 1711 words. Total words to date…… 4407
Day 4…… 1221 words. Total words to date…… 5628
Total fiction words for the month……… 0
Total fiction words for the year………… 315283
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1520
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 139090
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 454373
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