The Journal, Friday, November 9

Hey Folks,

Tomorrow, November 10, will mark the 243rd anniversary of the dubious beginnings of the United States Marine Corps in a bar (Tun Tavern) in Philadelphia.

I will pass it, as I always do, with a piece of birthday cake that I will share in the collective consciousness of Marines past and present. Then I’ll do some writing.

Later in the day, I’ll enjoy a healthy shot of Who Hit John in a toast to my brothers and sisters in the Corps, and by extension to my other brothers and sisters-in-arms in all branches of the military.

I hope it will be a good day for you as well. Semper fi.
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Friday. Sometimes I get lost in a week. I don’t realize what day it is. Every day is a potential writing day for me, so the calendar really holds no particular distinction.

Other than specific dates on which I have doctor appointments or when I know one of my sons will be visiting. Things like that.

But in my “normal” life, I have three days per week when the day isn’t my own. There’s Thursday, when my “lone” day ends at 1 p.m. That’s my half-day. It really has no bearing on my productivity, or not much, since my writing is usually wrapped up around that time anyway. Like yesterday.

Then there are Saturday and Sunday. I know when those occur mostly because Thursday warns me Saturday is coming, and the next day is Sunday.

So on those days in particular, I try to get up early and get as much writing done as I can before the day begins.

And that’s pretty much the whole of my schedule. Do you have a particular schedule you stick to or that you try to stick to?
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I found a cool setting on my big monitor. I can set a “night light” that has a huge range of “heat” settings. I find I can use it to filter out a lot of the blue-light radiation from the screen. That enables me to look at the screen longer without my eyes getting fuzzy.

In the first session this morning I updated the reverse outline and cycled through what I wrote yesterday. Between that and the second session, I wrote around 1200 new words.

Back and forth a few times, Hovel to house, and by 10:30 I had over 3000 words on the day. It looks to be a very good day.

Well, not quite as good a day as I’d hoped. I hit a snag, but cleared it after some cycling.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “So You Think You Know Everything About Cops: A Quiz” at https://www.leelofland.com/so-you-think-you-know-everything-about-cops-a-quiz/. Very good, and it has a few other links.

Just in case you’re interested, see “Miami Book Fair” at https://www.miamibookfair.com/. I wish I could go. (grin)

Anthony DeCastro posted the first chapter of his novel North Country Girl on his website at https://tonydwritespulp.wordpress.com/. It was well worth the read, and it enticed me to buy his first novel, Everything Is Broken, which is available at Amazon and other booksellers.

Fiction Words: 3831
Nonfiction Words: 530 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4361

Writing of Consequences (Nick 4)

Day 1…… 3894 words. Total words to date…… 3894
Day 2…… 4701 words. Total words to date…… 8595
Day 3…… 1941 words. Total words to date…… 10536
Day 4…… 2577 words. Total words to date…… 13113
Day 5…… 4870 words. Total words to date…… 17983
Day 6…… 3286 words. Total words to date…… 21269
Day 7…… 3570 words. Total words to date…… 24839
Day 8…… 3428 words. Total words to date…… 28267
Day 9…… 3831 words. Total words to date…… 32098

Total fiction words for the month……… 32098
Total fiction words for the year………… 410628
Total nonfiction words for the month… 5700
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 156806
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 567184

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 8
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 34
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31