The Journal: Got my new pickup

In today’s Journal

* Quote of the Day
* My New Pickup
* Labor Day Weekend
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Quote of the Day

“[T]hink like a publisher. I want to wholesale the books to someone like Little Passports because they [not I] work to acquire the end customer….” Darcy Pattison

My bride was kind enough to take a couple of quick snapshots of my new pickup.

Well, it’s new to me, and exactly what I wanted. Please pay no attention to the short, fat, slouchy, probably balding vagrant who wandered in to photo-bomb the second picture. (Like Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, I was down at the creek, walking on water.)

Anyway, this is a 1994 Ford F150 five-speed four-wheel drive romper with a standard cab and a short wide bed. I am in Hebben. Its name is Charley Vuelo. Those of you who have read the Wes Crowley series will understand. (grin)

This whole long Labor Day weekend, The Passive Guy is posting articles and videos about workers who perform manual labor and the labor movement as it occurred/is occurring in the States. If you’re interested, drop by http://www.thepassivevoice.com/.

Your opinion may vary, and that’s fine, but I’m not a fan. No matter which “ism” is attached to it, I don’t care for mob rule, bullying or coercion.

Talk with you again later.

Of Interest

See “Substack and the Return (?) of Serialized Fiction” at https://countercraft.substack.com/p/substack-and-the-return-of-serialized.

See “I Like Substack. But the PR Is Getting Ridiculous.” at https://www.janefriedman.com/i-like-substack-but-the-pr-is-getting-ridiculous/.

See “How to Make Six Figures Self-Publishing….” at https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-make-six-figures-self-publishing-childrens-books/. This advice is about self-publishing period, not just children’s books.

See “Update on My 70 in 70 Challenge” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/update-on-my-70-in-70-challenge/.

See “The Rhythm of Writing” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/09/the-rhythm-of-writing.html.

The Numbers

The Journal…………………………………… 280 words

Writing of WCGN 5: Tentative Title (novel)

Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for August……… XXXX
Total fiction words for the year………… 623282
Total nonfiction words for August… 2040
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 157260
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 780542

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.

3 thoughts on “The Journal: Got my new pickup”

    • Thanks. Yep. Only 2 owners, and a complete CarFax report. I’ll restore it mechanically to new, then sit back and enjoy it.

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