Hey Folks,
Well, another slow start to the day. And chances are I’ll have only a half-day today.
I meant to rise early (2-3) and get straight out to the Hovel and the novel. Uh, but that ain’t what happened.
I decided to skip my waking-up ritual, so as it turned out I just sat and stared at my writing ‘puter for awhile. Didn’t even read over what I’d written yesterday, which is my usually start on the writing day.
So back up to the house for a bit to write this, check things around the web, etc. When I go back to the Hovel, I’ll stop worrying about how much time I might or might not have and begin again.
***
The “Of Interest” section today is all about discoverability, the second most important thing to a writer (after turning out new work). Hint hint: if you aren’t distributing through Draft2Digital yet, this is a great time to start.
***
Finally got back out to the Hovel at around 9 and got a first session done. Then up here for a break, then back to the Hovel.
Well, the day turned out all right. As I write this, I just finished the day’s efforts on the novel. Ended up with three good sessions, about 1000 words each. I’ll take it.
See you tomorrow.
Of Interest
Oh goodness! Draft2Digital is offering major help with discoverability. See “Introducing Author Pages and Book Tabs!” at https://draft2digital.com/blog/. And these are NOT the same old author pages like you get at other places (ahem, Amazon.com).
From Linda Maye Adams, see “Website Updates” at https://lindamayeadams.com/2018/03/15/website-updates/. She offers some good ideas and a couple of links that might be of interest.
And just in case you don’t click through from Linda’s post, see “Want More Readers…? Fix These 5 Website Mistakes” at http://annerallen.com/2018/03/5-website-mistakes/.
Fiction Words: 3140
Nonfiction Words: 320 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3460
Writing of Stern Talbot, PI—The Early Years: The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary
Day 1…… 3207 words. Total words to date…… 3207
Day 2…… 3079 words. Total words to date…… 6286
Day 3…… 3870 words. Total words to date…… 10156
Day 4…… 2481 words. Total words to date…… 12637
Day 5…… 3164 words. Total words to date…… 15801
Day 6…… 3140 words. Total words to date…… 18941
Total fiction words for the month……… 39404
Total fiction words for the year………… 90709
Total nonfiction words for the month… 5520
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 24850
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 123579
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 2
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 29
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182