Hey Folks,
Slowly working my way back to getting out to the Hovel for at least one session before my wife leaves for work. So we’ll see how that goes.
The Hovel is like the house, with adobe walls three feet thick. In the wintertime it’s perfect, because the adobe walls retain the heat from the day before pretty much all night.
And I have a portable swamp cooler out there for these hot afternoons in the summer. But seriously, the Hovel makes me look forward to the winter.
When I was younger, I was a pure desert rat. Back then I would much rather be hot than cold. Nowadays, not so much.
I also hope to be back soon with some good topics for you.
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Okay, I’ve decided to start posting my numbers at the end of the Journal entry again. And frankly, it’s for a selfish reason. I’m keeping up with them anyway, and it’s less work to post them here every day than it is to skip that and keep up with them separately.
Of course, they’ll still be way down at the bottom, so if they don’t interest you, bail out when you encounter my little adios note. (grin)
If they DO interest you, by all means read along. But please don’t let them negatively influence your own writing. Of course, if they motivate you to write more, that’s a Good Thing.
Of Interest
Two entries today from The Passive Guy, neither of which is directly about writing, but both of which contain great imagery. That alone can help your writing.
See “Early Morning Venice” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/early-morning-venice/. The few comments are worthwhile too.
Then (via TPV) see “Look up from your screen” at https://aeon.co/essays/children-learn-best-when-engaged-in-the-living-world-not-on-screens. Especially the second paragraph.
Talk with you again soon.
The Writing
Fiction Words: 3859
Nonfiction Words: 290 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4149
Writing of Nick Spalding 3 (novel, tentative title)
Day 1…… 2000 words. Total words to date…… 2000
Day 2…… 1000 words. Total words to date…… 1000
Day 3…… 3597 words. Total words to date…… 6597
Day 4…… 4538 words. Total words to date…… 11135
Day 5…… 3016 words. Total words to date…… 14151
Day 6…… 2534 words. Total words to date…… 16685
Day 7…… 3859 words. Total words to date…… 20544
Total fiction words for the month……… 9409
Total fiction words for the year………… 257706
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1060
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 99346
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 356802
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 5
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 31
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193