In today’s Journal
* Nada
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Wow, really nothing to talk about today.
I mentioned yesterday that I believe the novel is nearing completion, though the end is not yet in sight. That might also be wishful thinking. Not that I’m tired of it at all, but my creative subconscious has become accustomed to novels wrapping in about two weeks, so….
And sometimes, when a novel’s running but getting close to the end, the other stuff in the Journal seems to dwindle.
Anyway, I posted today mostly to get the “Of Interest” items below out to you. So here they are.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Building Your Mailing List” at https://mystorydoctor.com/david-farlands-writing-tips-building-your-mailing-list/.
See “On Editing Your Novel ” at https://mystorydoctor.com/on-editing-your-novel/.
See “How to Make Aliens and Robots Fight Better” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/how-to-make-aliens-and-robots-fight-better/.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 140 words
Writing of Rider Jones (novel)
the novella brought forward………… 17309 words
Day 7…… 3288 words. Total words to date…… 20597
Day 8…… 5145 words. Total words to date…… 25742
Day 9…… 2732 words. Total words to date…… 28474
Day 10… 4092 words. Total words to date…… 32566
Day 11… 2537 words. Total words to date…… 35103
Day 12… 2813 words. Total words to date…… 37916
Day 13… 3925 words. Total words to date…… 41841
Day 14… 4212 words. Total words to date…… 46053
Total fiction words for May……… 17579
Total fiction words for the year………… 388858
Total nonfiction words for May… 3600
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 88460
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 477318
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 7
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 60
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 9
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.