The Journal, Saturday, 6/24

Hey Folks,

Not a lot to report today. It’s Saturday and I’m still clearing decks to prep for the upcoming challenge.

This morning so far I made more tweaks on the main website. Then I moved over and made a few tweaks on the Writing in Public website.

After that, I worked on this website, The Daily Journal, to include creating a new header. I also narrowed it a bit and revised some of the colors. Finally I made some major revisions on the MailChimp side of things.

Now I’ve been to the store (with Mona) and am about to go back over to mess with the Writing in Public website again.

Speaking of Writing in Public, Linda Maye Adams is about to embark on a similar challenge at her website. Check out her site at http://lindamayeadams.com/.

Hey, thanks to Alison for mentioning that moving the tag cloud on the main site wouldn’t be a bad idea. And to Gary for mentioning that when he swipes stuff off a blog post, he’d prefer it would have a white background rather than yellow. (grin)

Keep ’em coming. If any of you have any recommendations regarding any of the three main websites (HarveyStanbrough.com, HEStanbrough.com or HStanbrough.com) please let me know.

Today, and Writing

Yeah, no writing today. Still doing prep work with regard to the sites. And with regard to my subconscious, I think.

A few days ago, I had a story idea. The next day, three or four occurred to me. Yesterday and today they’ve been almost nonstop.

It’s a little like being nagged by a two year old, but I’ll take it. (grin)

See you tomorrow.

Of Interest

Mark Coker of Smashwords says in this year’s survey he found a lot of gold. See the survey at http://blog.smashwords.com/2017/06/smashwords-survey-2017.html/. Note: This is a slideshow. The actual survey begins on page 25 of 111. The summary of key takeaways begins on page 101.

Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 330 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 330

Writing of

Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 45050
Total fiction words for the year………… 337957
Total nonfiction words for the month… 13670
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 103650
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 441607

The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 576 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 7 novels or novellas
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 25
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 176