Hey Folks,
Well, I basically took a day off yesterday. There really was nothing to report, and not even anything to shove into the “Of Interest” section.
Today’s a little different, but only a little, at least thus far. Good stuff in “Of Interest.”
I’m a little mired, but in a kind of good way. I have at least two fresh novels I could be writing — one SF and one probably Mystery — but a new genre in which I want to write keeps sticking in my mind.
Only thing is, I’m not quite ready yet to write in that genre, and I won’t be ready until I’ve read a bit more by masters in the field. So I’ve been reading a lot.
I know, in theory, I should be able to write in one genre while reading in another, say a few hours per day doing each.
But I guess I’m not wired that way. When I get hold of something I’m like that dog with a bone. I just wanna keep gnawing at it until I’m finished, then move on to whatever else. So I might actually be at the beginning of another hiatus.
I don’t really think so, though. Tossed into the same broiling pot is the notion that I like to finish what I start. Also, both the novels I mentioned above have been tugging on me lately, one a little more strongly than the other.
So more than likely I’ll go back to work soon on one of those. Knowing me, I’ll go head-down-butt-in-the-air until I’m finished with it.
Who knows? Not me. We’ll see what happens.
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Okay, as the day “ended” at around 4:30 I realized I’d just finished reading the 8th thriller novel in about two weeks.
With an expansive Lee Child collection making its way to me from Texas, apparently via one-legged burro, it will be awhile before I can read anymore, so I hope to get back to writing tomorrow.
See you then.
Of Interest
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See “Get Some Blood Pumping in Your Prose” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/02/get-some-blood-pumping-in-your-prose.html. (This is a first-page critique, but a worthwhile one in my view.)
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 450
So total words for the day: 450
Writing of
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 8193
Total fiction words for the year………… 46349
Total nonfiction words for the month… 9960
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 17980
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 64329
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 1
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 28
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182