In today’s Journal
* Russell Blake
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Russell Blake is an international bestselling novelist. He is also an American ex-pat, living in Mexico. There, he is not subject to the current or forthcoming “mandates” of the US federal government.
If you’re young enough to entertain the thoughts, and if you’ve ever wondered what it would cost to live in Mexico, the prevalence of drug cartels, etc., I suggest you take a look at “Cheap and Easy” at https://russellblake.com/cheap-and-easy/. Also, of course, the post is full of story ideas.
Now, rather than entering into the “if I could do things over” doldrums, I’ll move along.
“Of Interest” is a smorgasborg today. Enjoy.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Dolly Parton to publish her first novel in 2022” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/dolly-parton-to-publish-her-first-novel-in-2022/. Sounds like PG has much the same opinion of James Patterson as I do.
See “Banned Hashtags You Should Avoid In 2021” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/banned-hashtags-you-should-avoid-in-2021/. For fun.
See “Will a Traditional Publisher Republish My Self-Published Book?” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/will-a-traditional-publisher-republish-my-self-published-book/.
See “Fluttering” at https://mystorydoctor.com/fluttering/.
See “YouTube Censors Sen. Rand Paul for Speaking Against Mandates” at https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/11/youtube-censors-sen-rand-paul-for-speaking-against-mandates/. It isn’t just Twitter and Facebook. Censorship is coming quickly to a venue near you.
See “The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did” at https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/. Very interesting.
See “Unusual Governments to Take Inspiration From” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/unusual-governments-to-take-inspiration-from/.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 220 words
Writing of WCGN 5: Tentative Title (novel)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for August……… 6933
Total fiction words for the year………… 623282
Total nonfiction words for August… 4360
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 150790
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 774072
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.