The Journal: Special Limited Time Discount

In today’s Journal

* Quote of the Day
* Special Limited Time Discount
* In the spirit
* Writing with Depth and Advanced Depth
* Yesterday and Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Quote of the Day

“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.” Jane Yolen (via The Passive Voice)

Special Limited Time Discount

In the spirit of helping readers pass the time and helping writers learn something new, I’ve just discounted all of my titles—nonfiction books, novels, novellas, short stories, and short story collections—by 50% at Smashwords. This sale ends on March 31, 2020.

To take advantage of this deal, go to https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/HEStanbrough and make your selections. At checkout, use the coupon code TK47M. Your entire purchase price will be discounted by 50%.

Note: This discount is currently available only at Smashwords, but you can download any eformat there.

Writing with Depth and Advanced Depth

A few years ago (June 2016) I took Dean’s Writing with Depth workshop. I’m not exaggerating when I say my writing took a massive leap forward as a result. It was a real eye-opener re writing openings and immediately pulling the reader into the story.

But it was so amazing that afterward I wondered how much more I could learn—how much more I could improve my work—by taking the Advanced Depth workshop.

Yesterday, prodded by his 50% off sale, I made the leap and signed up for Advanced Depth. Honestly, I expected to find that I already knew most of what he would teach in the workshop.

Without going into any proprietary detail, let me just say this: I was wrong.

The Advanced Depth workshop is by far the best, most in-depth workshop I’ve ever taken from Dean. It is nothing short of incredible.

As he often does, Dean drops dozens of gems along the way, and that’s only in the first two weeks worth of videos. (I was so excited about it, I actually set my novel to the side and watched the first three weeks’ videos, which caught me up with the rest of the class.)

I can’t recommend this workshop strongly enough.

Of course, Writing with Depth is a prerequisite for this one. In fact, if you read and enjoy my stories or novels and feel you’re pulled into the story, that’s a direct result of my having taken Writing with Depth.

So if you have the funds available (or can make them available), and if you want your writing to take a HUGE leap forward, at present you can sign up for both workshops for a total of $300 (meaning both for half price, meaning you’re basically getting one workshop free).

And again, I can’t recommend it strongly enough. And no, I don’t get any kind of affiliate fee or kickback.

It’s up to you, of course, and I’ll say no more about it. But trust me, folks, if becoming a professional fiction writer is important to you, this is a truly safe bet.

Yesterday I listened to the first three weeks of the workshop and got myself caught up. Then I wrote, but only a little. A late winter storm moved in and brought strong, distracting winds and nasty, cold, wet weather. After a while, I decided to call it a day early. So no words to report from yesterday.

This morning I wrote the short story that’s due this Saturday. Taking a break. I expect to write more on the novel later today.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “March Sadness Special Last Day!” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/march-sadness-special-last-day/. Which is why I’m posting this early again today. (grin)

See “Business Musings: The Waiting Game (A Process Blog)” at https://kriswrites.com/2020/03/18/business-musings-the-worry-game-a-process-blog/.

See “Duty To Publish – Someday Maybe” at https://prowriterswriting.com/duty-to-publish-someday-maybe/.

See “How to Write Perfect Twist Endings…” at https://crimereads.com/how-to-write-perfect-twist-endings/.

See “3 Unique Research Methods for Identifying Small Publishers” at https://www.janefriedman.com/3-unique-research-methods-for-identifying-small-publishers/.

See “The Importance of Trope Awareness” at https://www.authorspublish.com/the-importance-of-trope-awareness/.

See “Temporarily Disabling Shipment Creation” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/temporarily-disabling-shipment-creation/.

See “A Writer’s Guide to Surviving Social Distancing & Quarantine” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/03/a-writers-guide-to-surviving-social-distancing-quarantine.html. FWIW.

The Numbers

Fiction words today…………………… 3420
Nonfiction words today…………… 660 (Journal)

Writing of “This One Thing” (short story)

Day 1…… 3420 words. Total words to date…… 3420 (done)

Writing of The Othgygnrkthers (tentative title, novel)

Day 1…… 3863 words. Total words to date…… 3863
Day 2…… 2408 words. Total words to date…… 6261
Day 3…… 3116 words. Total words to date…… 9377
Day 4…… 3051 words. Total words to date…… 12428
Day 5…… 3285 words. Total words to date…… 15713
Day 6…… 2486 words. Total words to date…… 18199
Day 7…… 2365 words. Total words to date…… 20564
Day 8…… 3053 words. Total words to date…… 23617
Day 9…… 2889 words. Total words to date…… 26506
Day 10… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 38827
Total fiction words for the year………… 175532
Total nonfiction words for the month… 16590
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 71070
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 246592

Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 6
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 48
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 202
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31