Hey Folks,
What sites about writing do you follow regularly other than mine or the ones I regularly mention in “Of Interest”?
If any of you know of any good websites from other writers who are serious about the craft or from writer-enablers that I don’t mention here at least occasionally, please share those URLs with me.
I went through my list of “followed” sites this morning and found I had to delete roughly half of them.
Most I deleted because the writers who were posting on them previously had faded into the “whatever happened to” domain. They hadn’t posted in so long that nothing showed up in the reader. Likewise, a quick Amazon search showed they hadn’t written or published any new works.
A few I deleted because their posts lent no new knowledge, nothing that I could either glean or pass along on their behalf.
Of the few sites I’m still following, one is a close friend who writes interesting articles, although they aren’t about writing.
The others are writers who either explore their experience with writing or present actual “lessons” on writing or the business of writing.
Input, folks. I need more input! (grin)
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To the Hovel a little early and got 900 words in the first session. Then a very long break as we returned to Sierra Vista.
Finally back to the Hovel at 11. Over the next two hours with one short break, I added another 1600 words.
Gonna call it a day and catch some TV with my bride. It’s Sunday, after all.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “How to Win Friends and Influence Beta Readers” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/11/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-beta-readers.html. To the end of lesson number one I would add “for them.”
See “Amazon Ranking and Bestseller Lists – What’s the Deal?” at http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2018/01/amazon-ranking-and-bestseller-lists.html. An old post I’d missed, but it contains some gems.
Via The Passive Voice, see “The Time Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming Got Together To Talk About Thrillers” at https://crimereads.com/the-time-raymond-chandler-and-ian-fleming-got-together-to-talk-about-thrillers/. Includes 4 audio files of the two talking.
Fiction Words: 2577
Nonfiction Words: 350 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2927
Writing of Consequences (Nick 4)
Day 1…… 3894 words. Total words to date…… 3894
Day 2…… 4701 words. Total words to date…… 8595
Day 3…… 1941 words. Total words to date…… 10536
Day 4…… 2577 words. Total words to date…… 13111
Total fiction words for the month……… 13113
Total fiction words for the year………… 391643
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1940
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 153046
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 544439
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 8
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 34
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31