In today’s Journal
* Today, I hope
* Unfortunately
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Today I hope to read my novel/novella and recognize what it is. I say “recognize” because this will be a subconscious reading and recognition (or not). Either way, I won’t evoke the conscious mind to “decide” what to do next. Not my job.
If you don’t understand the difference, email me and I’ll try to explain further.
Awhile back I wrote and published (right here in a series of topics first) what I commonly call The Critical Voice Book: Quiet the Critical Voice (and Write Fiction).
This morning, because I’m subscribed to Kris Rush’s Patreon account, I was blessed to read of her own recent struggles with the critical voice. I urge you to subscribe to her Patreon account, and if not, that you subcribe to her regular Business Musings blog on her website, where that same post will appear in a week or so. Oh, and Kris also wrote a Critical Voice book titled The Pursuit of Perfection.
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Unfortunately, today I’m also on death watch for our older lady cat (not my little girl), Hannah, whom my wife rescued from a shelter several years ago. Hannah is only 12, but she’s been going downhill for the past 3 weeks, even refusing to eat much of the time. She isn’t in pain, so we haven’t had to make that particular hard choice, but she’s the priority at the moment.
I’ll go check on her again now, then maybe get some reading done.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “One big change in book publishing…” at https://www.idealog.com/blog/one-big-change-in-book-publishing-is-that-it-does-not-require-you-to-have-much-of-an-organization-to-play-anymore/.
See “Book Recommendation Services” at http://mbyerly.blogspot.com/2017/01/book-recommendation-services.html. Note: I have not vetted the links she lists here. I mention this link only in case it might be useful for you.
For short story writers or poets, see “21 Themed Calls for Submissions” at https://www.authorspublish.com/21-themed-submissions-calls-for-october-2019/.
See “8 Ways to Fool a Cop: WD-40 and Hidey-Holes” at https://www.leelofland.com/8-ways-to-fool-a-cop-wd-40-and-hidey-holes/.
The Numbers
Total fiction words for the month……… 5578
Total fiction words for the year………… 380231
Total nonfiction words for the month… 15980
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 262690
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 642921
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 7
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 2
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 43
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 195
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31