The Journal, Monday, April 16

Hey Folks,

Well, I don’t have a lot to report today, but a really good “Of Interest” section.

I was determined today to have less than 25% of the edit left to finish tomorrow. With that in mind, I leaned into it from around 4 a.m. until I stopped at around 3 p.m. So a good 11-hour day, with a few breaks here and there.

As I write this I have 15% of the edit left to do, so I should finish it tomorrow. Then, unless the gods frown on me. I should be able to return to my WIP. Woohoo!

I’m not listing Dean Wesley Smmith’s website very often while he’s in the midst of his challenge and moving. But I do recommend you drop in now and then to glance over his posts. That’s at http://deanwesleysmith.com.

Back soon.

Of Interest

See Sue Coletta’s “How To (Legally) Get Away With Murder” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/04/how-to-legally-get-away-with-murder.html. This one probably will end up on my Writers Resources page.

Via The Digital Reader, see “The perfect crimes: why thrillers are leaving other books for dead ” at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/14/perfect-crime-fiction-bestsellers-whodunnits-thrillers-leave-rivals-for-dead.

Via The Passive Voice, see “Kindle Previewer: New and (really!) Improved” at https://jwmanus.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/kindle-previewer-new-and-really-improved/.

Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 210 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 210

Writing of Versailles (novel, tentative title)

Day 1…… 3081 words. Total words to date…… 3081
Day 2…… 2217 words. Total words to date…… 5298
Day 3…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 19254
Total fiction words for the year………… 132795
Total nonfiction words for the month… 6640
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 40400
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 214975

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 3
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 1
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 30
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 5
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182