In today’s Journal
* Welcome
* It Worked!
* Of Interest
Welcome
Welcome to Chynna P, Russ J, gldlubala (GD, I think), Frank T, and any others who have subscribed recently. Glad to have you aboard. If you’re interested in a particular aspect of the writing craft, enter a search term in the Search box in the left sidebar at the Journal website.
As an alternative or in addition, you may also download the free, fully searchable PDF archives. And of course, you may always email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com. I’d be happy to help in any way with your writing craft.
(By the way, gldlubala, I was able to add you to the list at MailerLite, so you shouldn’t have to subscribe again.)
It Worked!
Although I scheduled the MailerLite post to send at 11 a.m. yesterday, at first I thought it hadn’t gone out at all. So I set about trying to figure out what I’d done wrong.
Then at around 11:40 the email finally hit my inbox. Woohoo! So I went back in and re-set the delivery time to 9 a.m. That will force me to get the Journal out earlier and get to my writing sooner.
I also created a subscription form and added it to the left sidebar on the site. It’s just below the Search bar. So overall, the transition from MailChimp to MailerLite went relatively smoothly. To tie a bow on it, I deleted the 10 year old MailChimp account.
Now I can get back to my own writing, and to sharing posts with you on the various aspects of the craft of writing. If there’s anything in particular you’re wondering about or having trouble with, leave a comment on the site or email me.
Also, if you’re interested in a mentorship, I still have one or two spots left. For details, see https://hestanbrough.com/new-mentorships/.
Talk with you later.
Of Interest
See “How to follow Artemis 1 after launch…” at https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-mission-tracking-website.
See “Investigative Genealogy Solves Cold Cases” at https://killzoneblog.com/2022/08/true-crime-thursday-investigative-genealogy-solves-cold-cases.html.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 320 words
Writing of (novel, tentative title)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for August……… 13935
Total fiction words for the year………… 66431
Total nonfiction words for August… 17080
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 123320
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 189751
Calendar Year 2022 Novels to Date…………………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 67
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: Along with discussing various aspects of the writing craft, I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. WITD is “the only way” to write, but it is by far the easiest, most liberating, and most fun.