In today’s Journal
* Special Edition
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Special Edition
This will be short. I’m publishing the Journal today only to urge you to read “Come Looking For Anger,” Dean Wesley Smith’s post from yesterday. Yesterday is the first time I remember being at my computer and not reading his post on the day it was published. Go figure.
Anyway, it and the comments are must-read. And spread the word to your writing groups and writer friends. Then duck.
You can find the post at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/come-looking-for-anger/.
And if you want to see the post that caused all the disruption (and the comments) see “Career You Learned No Longer Exists” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/career-you-learned-no-longer-exists/.
Enjoy. Then go write.
There’s some good CW music over at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/.
Talk with you again later.
Of Interest
See “44 Themed Calls for Submissions” at https://authorspublish.com/44-themed-calls-for-submissions-for-september-2021/.
See “What Do Apes, Humans, and Koalas Have in Common?” at https://killzoneblog.com/2021/09/what-do-apes-humans-and-koalas-have-in-common.html.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 150 words
Writing of WCGN 5: Tentative Title (novel)
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for August……… XXXX
Total fiction words for the year………… 623282
Total nonfiction words for August… 2190
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 157410
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 780692
Calendar Year 2021 Novels to Date…………………… 13
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 3
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 66
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.
Thanks for the tip Harvey. I don’t regularly check Dean’s blog any more. His interests and mine have diverged. But I have learned much from him and enjoy his takes on many thing, including writer attitudes and traditional publishing. This post was entertaining and encouraging.
Take care of yourself. Keep sharing. I’ll be keeping an eye on your blog.
Thanks, Loyd. I learned so much so quickly from Dean years ago that I finally started checking his blog pretty much every day, afraid I’d miss something. I’m still in the habit. Unfortunately, he’s doing a lot more self-promotion etc. now than instruction (in his blog) so most days I just glance at it and skip it.