The Journal, Saturday, October 27

Hey Folks,

Wow. Who knew last night’s ball game would become the longest game in the history of post-season baseball? It finally ended (for me) around 12:30 a.m. my time. (groan) I gave up and went to bed halfway through the 18th inning. And the Dodgers won it moments later, 3-2. It was Boston’s first road-trip loss in this post season.

And I actually saw Mary Hart (of TV entertainment show fame) making fun of and trying to distract a Boston pitcher who has a unique “look-in” to his catcher. Sigh. Some peope are surprisingly crass.
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A minor publishing-process update. You’ll remember I was sure I had 20 stories to fill two 10-story collections.

Turns out I had 22. So I put 11 stories in Mobster Tales 2. (grin) And if all of them fit, I’ll put 11 in Mobster Tales 3 as well. I haven’t compiled that one yet, but the docs are waiting and most of the hard work is done.

I also finally got caught up with sending books to donors. I sent out the first two Nick novels and the collection.

Anyway, in case any of you are interested, Nightfall (Nick 1) is available at https://www.books2read.com/u/mleoqY.

Transitions (Nick 2) is available for preorder at https://www.books2read.com/u/38r5WO.

Coincidence (Nick 3) is available for preorder at https://www.books2read.com/u/mBPN5p.

And Mobster Tales 2 is available at https://www.books2read.com/u/4NGnpJ.

All four titles are also available at Amazon. Just key in my name and the title, and it should pop up for you.

There, I think that covers all of it for now. (grin)
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Still managed to roll out at 3:30. Should be an interesting day. Ah well, I can sleep when the Series is over. (grin)

To the Hovel at the first hint of dawn, around 6. Knocked out around 2180 words on a new Stern Talbot (detective/mystery) story in two sessions with only a short break, then up to the house to see what’s up for the day.

Spent some time with my wife, went to the store, then back to the Hovel at 1 p.m. to write a little more. All in all, a good day on a new novel.

By the way, anyone out there enjoy detective/mystery/crime novels with a noir flavor? If you would like to be a first reader for this one, email me.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Fiction and Politics” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/10/fiction-and-politics.html.

See “Imprint consolidation at big houses is a sign of changed times” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/imprint-consolidation-at-big-houses-is-a-sign-of-changed-times/.

Fiction Words: 3703
Nonfiction Words: 380 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4083

Writing of Stern Talbot 9 (novel, tentative title)

Day 1…… 3703 words. Total words to date…… 3703

Total fiction words for the month……… 25827
Total fiction words for the year………… 362533
Total nonfiction words for the month… 16090
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 149186
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 511489

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 8
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 34
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31