The Journal, Sunday, October 7

Hey Folks,

Nothing to report. Absolutely nothing.

The healing continues.

Despite somewhat forced and mostly continual practice, I’m not getting any better at Doing Nothing.

But I guess I’ll keep practicing for awhile yet.

On the up side, my bath robe fits a little better every day. I’m also binge-watching episodes of The Sopranos and getting back in touch with some of my earlier characters.

So sayeth the grouch.

And if this brings a chuckle to your visage, Hey, good f’you.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See James Scott Bell’s “Mastering the Four Modes of Fiction” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/10/mastering-the-four-modes-of-fiction.html. This is supposed to be a first-page critique, but it’s much more. I’ll leave it at that.

See “New Writing Bundle” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/new-writing-bundle/.

Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 130 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 130

Writing of Nick 3 (novel, tentative title)
Brought forward from September………… 21695

Day 10… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 0
Total fiction words for the year………… 336726
Total nonfiction words for the month… 2150
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 135246
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 471722

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 7
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 33
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193

Days of writing fiction every day………………………… 0