In today’s Journal
* Again, I just HAD to
* Quote of the Day
* For anyone out there
* Yesterday
* The numbers
Again, I just HAD to write a Journal entry. You’ll see why.
Quote of the Day
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” May Sarton in The Journal of a Solitude (Thanks, Sam T!)
Not really about writing, but when I read it my thoughts went immediately to a character who might have that philosophy. Might even make a great intro to a story.
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For anyone out there still looking to major traditional publishers for your salvation, check The Passive Guy’s “Why Angry Librarians Are Going to War With Publishers Over E-Books” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/why-angry-librarians-are-going-to-war-with-publishers-over-e-books/. My first thought? What the hell is WRONG with these (publishing) people?
If you love Hemingway, or if you want to learn more about writing, I encourage you to read “Last Words: Those Hemingway wrote, and those he didn’t” at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/11/09/last-words-6. (Thanks, Gary V!)
If the page suddenly morphs into a strong-arm subscription portal (as it did for me), close it and click the link again. Then quickly Select All (Ctrl+A), Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste into a Word or other document (Ctrl+V). Then you can read it at your leisure.
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Yesterday, with Mona and with my son and grandson here, we turned to fence repair and yard work. I put in (for me) a full day’s physical labor, wielding in turn a shovel, a machete, post-hole diggers, etc. for about 5 hours. It was both more than enough and wonderful. I haven’t been able to do that sort of thing for the past two years or so.
As a bonus, I wasn’t nearly as sore this morning as I thought I’d be. Spiritually, it was an uplifting experience.
This morning we’ll build a gate and hang it.
Talk with you again soon.
The Numbers
Fiction words today…………………… 0
Nonfiction words today…………… 320
Total fiction words for the month……… 0
Total fiction words for the year………… 374653
Total nonfiction words for the month… 7880
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 254590
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 629243
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 7
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 2
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 43
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 195
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31