In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* Not much
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quotes of the Day
“Pace is the speed at which your narrative unfolds. There is a kind of unspoken (hence undefended and unexamined) belief in publishing circles that the most commercially successful stories and novels are fast-paced. Like so many unexamined beliefs in the publishing business, this idea is largely bullshit. … I believe each story should be allowed to unfold at its own pace, and that pace is not always double time.” Stephen King (and bravo!)
“Life minus x equals death. Solve for x.” Hart Pomerantz
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Alfred Hitchcock
“The more I read about where traditional publishing is going in this new century, the more I wonder why any writer with sense would join traditional publishing.” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
I don’t have much to write about this morning for the Journal. Mostly I just wanted to get the quotes of the day and the “Of Interest” section out to you. Enjoy. I’m diving back into the novel to play.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “2 Days Left of The Last Sale” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/2-days-left-of-the-last-sale/.
See “A Touch of Reality” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/06/a-touch-of-reality.html. “Nothing about writing” but a lot about living, “staging” a house, etc.
See “How Authors Can Leverage Facebook Ads to Sell More Books” at https://www.janefriedman.com/how-authors-can-leverage-facebook-ads-to-sell-more-books/. Thanks to PG for the tip.
See “Gaming the Publishing Industry” at https://mystorydoctor.com/gaming-the-publishing-industry/.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 250 words
Writing of WCGN: Assignment: Brownsville (novel)
Day 10… 3491 words. Total words to date…… 27372
Day 11… 4318 words. Total words to date…… 31690
Total fiction words for June……… 41273
Total fiction words for the year………… 495672
Total nonfiction words for June… 10430
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 116660
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 612422
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 9
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 62
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.