Hey Folks,
Rolled out a little late this morning even though I went to bed on time. Catching up, I guess.
I actually wrote a little on the novel (after breakfast the usual early morning wandering around the Internet), but my wife’s ready to head for SV soon, so it’s a shower and a shave and be back in a bit.
Well, “a bit” turned into about five hours. Then Internet to square away a botched order, etc. Finally back to the novel at 1:40.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
I recommend reading the comments on “Beta Readers” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/killing-the-sacred-cows-of-publishing-beta-readers-help-you/#comments/.
And do see “Well, That Was Fun” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/well-that-was-fun/. It’s a very short continuation of yesterday’s post.
For any SF writers out or would-be moon colonists out there, see “What is Space 4.0?” at http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Ministerial_Council_2016/What_is_space_4.0. Tons of interesting links there too.
And via The Passive Voice, see “Starting Your Day on the Internet Is Damaging Your Brain” (grin) at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/09/starting-your-day-on-the-internet-is-damaging-your-brain/. You can click through but The Passive Guy’s take on the article is excellent. NOTE: I DID find this interesting enough to consider altering my early morning ritual. If you read it, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Also via TPV, see “Danielle Steel’s Desk Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen” at https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/danielle-steels-desk-is-unlike-anything-youve-ever-seen.
Fiction Words: 1102
Nonfiction Words: 220 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1322
Writing of Loose Ends (novel, working title)
Day 1 – 15……………………… Total words to date…… 34735
Day 16… 1146 words. Total words to date…… 35881
Day 17… 1102 words. Total words to date…… 36983
Total fiction words for the month……… 44064
Total fiction words for the year………… 423684
Total nonfiction words for the month… 13513
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 149913
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 573597
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 664 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novels to Date………………………… 8
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 26
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182