In today’s Journal
* Topic: Free Stuff
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Topic: Free Stuff
Because I expect my production to really soar this year, from time to time I’ll be giving away a free novel or novella. I know not everyone reads this drivel every day, so I’ll try to remember to keep the giveaway in place for a week.
When I give away anything, I’ll also try to remember to offer an advance glimpse at it with a description so you can gauge your interest.
You can still get my latest, The Cazadores Lounge and Lonely Place, for the next four or five days. You can read the description at https://stonethreadpublishing.com/cazadores/.
All you’ll need to do to claim a novel is email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com and let me know which eformat you would like: Kindle (.mobi), Nook/Apple (.epub) or PDF (computer and some devices).
Reviews are never required, but are welcomed and appreciated. Please leave those at whatever venue you usually use to buy ebooks.
Of course, if you enjoy my work, the easiest and best way to be sure you’ll get every novel as it’s finished is to sign up as a patron. To see the various levels, visit https://harveystanbrough.com/be-a-patron/.
You can also apply to be a first reader. Again, with my production soaring, I’ll be needing more first readers so I can lighten the load a bit on my current first readers. (grin)
My first readers always get credit in novels in which they particpate. And they all receive the latest release even if they didn’t particpate in that particular novel.
In case you’re wondering, all I ask of my first readers is that they
1. read for pleasure (not critically),
2. point out any places in the manuscript where wrong words, typos or inconsistencies pop out at them as they read,
3. point out any places where they are jerked out of the story by any of the above or for any other reason, and
4. whether they enjoyed the story overall.
If you’d rather buy my work outright (bless you), I suggest you peruse StoneThread Publishing. If you order any of my work through there, you can see larger covers, read full descriptions and get a discount. There’s even a larger discount for gift orders. We offer the discounts because they save our readers money and we get a larger slice of the royalty pie. A win-win. (grin)
Today I’m feeling a little under the weather, so I’m going to go ahead and post this early. I gave the novel some time, but didn’t write enough to talk about. I might do a little more later today, and I might take off most of tomorrow too. We’ll see.
Write when you can, folks. You never know when the day will come that you can’t for one reason or another.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Writing Multiple Viewpoints” at https://mystorydoctor.com/writing-multiple-viewpoints/.
See “Fun New Kickstarter!” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/fun-new-kickstarter/.
See “Over the River …” at https://www.leelofland.com/the-base-over-the-river-and-through-the-woods-to-a-terrorists-house-we-go/. Possible story ideas.
See “The Myth of the Lonely Writer” at https://prowriterswriting.com/the-myth-of-the-lonely-writer.
See “2020 Publishing Vision Forward” at https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2020/01/2020-publishing-vision-forward/. Read this with a HUGE grain of salt. Put a little effort into it and publishing will cost only your time, very little money.
See “Business Musings: Nobody Cares” at https://kriswrites.com/2020/01/29/business-musings-nobody-cares/.
The Numbers
Fiction words today…………………… XXXX
Nonfiction words today…………… 550 (Journal)
Writing of Algae Prime (SF novel?)
Day 1…… 2421 words. Total words to date…… 2421
Day 2…… 3312 words. Total words to date…… 5733
Day 3…… 2205 words. Total words to date…… 7938
Day 4…… 0578 words. Total words to date…… 8508
Day 5…… 1440 words. Total words to date…… 9948
Day 6…… 2243 words. Total words to date…… 12191
Total fiction words for the month……… 63712
Total fiction words for the year………… 63712
Total nonfiction words for the month… 29910
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 29910
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 93622
Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 2
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 47
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 199
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31