The Journal, Thursday, January 10

Hey Folks,

Wow. I rolled out at 3:45 after the first really good night’s sleep I’ve had in a while. Almost 9 hours. (grin)

I breezed through the stuff in the “Of Interest” section (a GREAT section today, by the way), then took a short break, and I’m turning to the novel at 5.

Topic: Some Special Book Deals

I interrupt our regularly scheduled topics to offer you, my readers, a special deal on some brand-new books. (grin)

Yesterday I got everything finalized for Blackwell Ops: Jack Tilden (action-adventure thriller novel) and got it up for pre-publication sale. It’s scheduled for release on March 1. Of course, I’ve already sent it to my donors. You can see the cover and read the description here.

The regular price of Blackwell Ops: Jack Tilden is $5.99, but if you’d like a copy, you can order it directly from me for a limited time for only $2.99 via personal check or PayPal. Just email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com and let me know. Be sure to let me know whether you want it in Kindle, Nook/Apple or PDF. I’ll send it right out.

I’m also offering my previous novel, Situation Solved (police procedural, hard-boiled mystery) for only $2.99. You can see the cover and description for that one here. It’s set to be released on February 15, but you can get it now. Same terms as above.

Finally, I’ll also offer the first four books of the Nick Spalding series (action-adventure romantic-suspense) as a bundle deal for $11.96 ($2.99 each) under the same terms. Or you can opt to purchase any of them for $2.99. All are currently priced at $5.99 and the last one, Consequences, is scheduled for release on January 15. But you can get all four novels now. You can see each cover and read the descriptions by starting here
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We have a necessary trip to Sierra Vista this afternoon, and I have to attend, so limited writing time today.

I caught up on my reverse outline, then started cycling through the manuscript again. It feels like something’s missing.

Found it. The characters kept wanting to hand me a new twist and I wasn’t listening. But I listened during my last cycling session and now the novel’s flying along again. Woohoo!

Unfortunately, it’s on a short day. But I’ll be back bright (well, dark) and early tomorrow morning.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Special Stories” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/special-stories/. This post is so good I’m adding it to my Writers Resources page. Don’t miss it.

See “Listening to Your Characters” at https://phillipmccollum.com/listening-to-your-characters/. What Phillip says is absolutely valid for novels too.

See “Know What You’re Writing” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/know-what-youre-writing.html.

See “Why brands need to make 2019 their most human year ever” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/why-brands-need-to-make-2019-their-most-human-year-ever/. Read TPG’s take. He lists some reference books.

See “Publishers Endanger Free Speech” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/publishers-endanger-free-speech/.

See “Business Musings: Bookstores and Libraries (Planning for 2019 Part 3)” at https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/09/business-musings-bookstores-and-libraries-planning-for-2019-part-3/. I’ve made a LOT of sales through libraries over the past few months.

Fiction Words: 2459
Nonfiction Words: 210 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2669

Writing of The Case of the Mourning Widow (novel)

Day 1…… 2784 words. Total words to date…… 2784
Day 2…… 3250 words. Total words to date…… 6034
Day 3…… 2507 words. Total words to date…… 8521
Day 4…… 1049 words. Total words to date…… 9570
Day 5…… 2459 words. Total words to date…… 12029

Total fiction words for the month……… 13677
Total fiction words for the year………… 13677
Total nonfiction words for the month… 9700
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 9700
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 23377

Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… X
Calenday Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 37
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31

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