The Journal: Major Change in the Journal

In today’s Journal

* For those who missed it, all of Dean’s lectures
* Yesterday
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

All of Dean’s lectures, workshops, pop-ups, and even lifetime subscriptions are on sale for 50% off right now. But hurry. The sale ends on Friday (tomorrow) at 5 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time.

Go to https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/, click “See All Courses,” and use the code SpringTraining2020 at checkout. You can buy more than one, but you have to get them one at a time because Teachable has no shopping cart.

Yesterday, I did a lot of non-writing stuff, including moving my new writing computer into the Hovel. But I also wrote just under 3000 words on the novel (see Day 4 below).

Back in the day, I had a dedicated writing computer. It had no games, internet, or any other distractions. When I sat at that computer, my creative subconscious knew it was time to play. It was wonderful. During that time, I often exceeded 100,000 words of fiction per month. I miss that. So now I’ll have a dedicated writing computer again (same old model as my current computer—HP ProBook 6460B—because I like the keyboard).

Writing on the new dedicated writing computer yesterday, without the distractions, the words came more quickly and easily than they have for a long time. I’d forgotten how good that feels.

One result of this change is that I’ll be more involved with my writing and therefore answering emails less often. Nature of the beast. I’m a writer first, a teacher and correspondent second.

I’ll still respond to emails within hours, not days, but I’ll be checking only a few times per day instead of every time a new email notice pops up on my computer. (grin)

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Update—With my wife’s help, I made the necessary changes to the Hovel yesterday after I was through writing. (Thanks, Mona.) So this morning I was able to walk into the new Hovel and go straight to work.

The changes included switching my current writing desk with the slightly taller table on the opposite side of the room. I’ll do business stuff (like the Journal) at the table on this computer, and I’ll write at my writing desk on my new dedicated writing computer.

Today, and probably for the foreseeable future, I’ll be taking care of admin stuff in the early morning (as I have been for awhile). That means answering emails, checking for items for “Of Interest,” and posting the Journal.

In fact, I’ve even set the Journal to be sent out by MailChimp 10 hours earlier, at 7 a.m. instead of 5 p.m. I’ll continue to report nonfiction numbers in real time, and fiction numbers in the following post.

I’ll post this now, then move over to the novel.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Got Some Question On The Half Price Workshop Sale” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/got-some-question-on-the-half-price-workshop-sale/.

See “Support Authors and Indies” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/support-authors-and-indies/.

See “Hypnosis at Home: Learn How To Heal Your Soul” at https://www.suecoletta.com/hypnosis-how-to-heal/.

See “Don’t Poop on Your Own Ghostwriting Parade” at https://prowriterswriting.com/dont-poop-on-your-own-ghostwriting-parade.

See “New Evidence for the Strange Idea that the Universe Is a Hologram” at https://getpocket.com/explore/item/new-evidence-for-the-strange-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-hologram.

See “The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times” at https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-sound-so-loud-that-it-circled-the-earth-four-times.

See “Business Musings: A Crisis Like No Other (A Process Blog)” at https://kriswrites.com/2020/04/08/business-musings-a-crisis-like-no-other-a-process-blog/.

See “How to Make an Awesome Book Trailer (and Why!)” at https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2020/04/how-to-make-an-awesome-book-trailer-and-why/.

The Numbers

Fiction words yesterday…………………… 2958
Nonfiction words today…………… 560 (Journal)

Writing of For the Good of the Galaxy (novel)

Day 1…… 2645 words. Total words to date…… 2645
Day 2…… 2573 words. Total words to date…… 5218
Day 3…… 3604 words. Total words to date…… 8822
Day 4…… 2958 words. Total words to date…… 11780

Total fiction words for the month……… 11780
Total fiction words for the year………… 219762
Total nonfiction words for the month… 8400
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 80550
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 309312

Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 12
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 48
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 208
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31