The Journal, Thursday, October 3

In today’s Journal

* Yesterday
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Yesterday, our lady cat Hannah passed at around 9:30 a.m. Mona was at work. Hannah was her special girl, so I spent the balance of the day washing and putting away things, clearing the house of unnecessary reminders.

Later, when my little girl cat began to roam around the house looking for Hannah, I sat down with her and explained that Hannah wouldn’t be around anymore.

I know, many believe all she heard is “blah, blah, blah.” But I believe she understands every word I say. Thing is, if she did understand me, maybe I helped her feel a little better. If she didn’t understand, well, no harm done. I owe her the attempt.

Today probably will be a non-writing, non-reading day. Mona’s off today, and it’s the first full day Hannah’s not around.

Again this is going out early, mostly to get the “Of Interest” stuff to you.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Business Musings: Critical Voice Again” at https://kriswrites.com/2019/10/02/business-musings-critical-voice-again/.

See “Have I Got a Book for You! Compelling Book Descriptions – Part 1” at https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2019/10/have-i-got-a-book-for-you-compelling-book-descriptions-part-1/.

See “How to Convert Book Readers into Email Subscribers” at https://www.janefriedman.com/convert-readers-to-email-subscribers/.

See “Dolly Parton inks book deal with indie publisher” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/dolly-parton-inks-book-deal-with-indie-publisher/. Note WHY she didn’t go with a major publisher.

See “Really Fun Project” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/really-fun-project/.

The Numbers

Total fiction words for the month……… 1338
Total fiction words for the year………… 381569
Total nonfiction words for the month… 410
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 263100
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 644669

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

4 thoughts on “The Journal, Thursday, October 3”

  1. So sorry to hear about Hannah, Harvey. Our furkids never live long enough and they always take a piece of our heart when they go.

    • Thanks, Maggie. Nope. They should live at least as long as we do. But then the grieving would be left to them, I guess.

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