The Journal: No

In today’s Journal

* No Topic
* No Blog
* Welcome
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

No Topic

Browsed the internet this morning for items of interest. I added those links to my Journal notepad document, then scrolled up to see what I’d written for a topic. I’ve written so many topics lately, I just assumed I’d written one for today and had it ready to go.

I didn’t. So no topic for today. I usually write those the day before, then add the “Of Interest” items and “go to press.”

No Blog

I haven’t solved the problem of the blog over on my author site and why its lost the connection with MailChimp, but at this point it really doesn’t matter to my current promotion.

By the time I could get a new “campaign” set up with Mail Chimp’s new strange, jump-through-hoops interface, or by the time I could make the switch to a new provider, the promo would be over. So I’ve decided simply to not worry about it for now.

And that’s too bad, because I was really hoping that giving away the first novel while writing the 12th and final novel in the series would give the series itself a really big boost. Oh well.

Welcome

By the way, welcome to new subscribers. The past few days have some really good topics. And if you ever think of a topic on writing or publishing you’d like me to address, feel free to email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com.

Otherwise I usually just wait until I hear some other writer pass along really stupid, myth-laden information, gird my loins, and do a little battle. It usually does no good, but it’s there for those who want it.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Free Lecture: How to Write a Book That Will Keep Readers Up All Night” at https://authorspublish.com/free-author-lecture-plot-character-story/. I’m not endorsing this. Just passing it along.

See “Elvis Presley – What Really Killed the King of Rock ‘n Roll?” at http://dyingwords.net/elvis-presley-what-really-killed-the-king-of-rock-n-roll/.

See “The End of Editing” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-end-of-editing/.

See “CHOICES” at https://www.etymologynerd.com/blog/choices.

See “Using Your Own Dreams in Fiction” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/05/using-your-own-dreams-in-fiction.html. I feel a little like I’m dreaming right now.

The Numbers

The Journal…………………………………… 360 words

Writing of Wes Crowley (novel, tentative title)

Day 1…… 3089 words. Total words to date…… 3089
Day 2…… 3871 words. Total words to date…… 6960
Day 3…… 5202 words. Total words to date…… 12162
Day 4…… 2900 words. Total words to date…… 15062
Day 5…… 2530 words. Total words to date…… 17592
Day 6…… 3543 words. Total words to date…… 21135
Day 7…… 3563 words. Total words to date…… 24698

Total fiction words for May……… 46360
Total fiction words for the year………… 417639
Total nonfiction words for May… 12090
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 96950
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 514589

Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 8
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 61
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
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.