In today’s Journal
* Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Today I’m posting this primarily to get the “Of Interest” items out to you. I’m not sure yet what the day will hold.
Some learning, certainly, almost certainly more work on licensing projects and maybe on my shared world bibles. And a couple of new story ideas (and a couple of older ones) have been nagging me over the past few days. Decisions, decisions.
And then there are things I want. Like I want to set or re-set some new goals. I’ve been wanting to start writing at least one short story per week for awhile now. And I want to set a novels-per-year goal. And I’d really like to finish this year with 9 novels instead of 8… if my numbers below are correct. (I think maybe they’re approximations.)
And admin stuff. Like I need to study my “New Fiction” spreadsheet and verify (sigh… once and for all) how many stories and novels I’ve actually written both since I started writing seriously back in 2014 and during this year.
And I want to revise that spreadsheet a bit to more accurately reflect when I finished writing a fiction as opposed to when I published it. Sometimes those events happen in different months. And delete old things and add new things to my white board in the Hovel.
So a lot going on here at Casa Stanbrough, but not really that I can delineate in detailed fashion. I did at least come up with a cover for the new Blackwell Ops novel yesterday.
Overall, I’m not complaining. I’d rather have far too much to do than not enough. It’s a good problem to have. I wish the same for you.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Write To Market” at https://prowriterswriting.com/write-to-market/.
See “21 Themed Calls for Submissions” at https://www.authorspublish.com/21-themed-calls-for-submissions-december-2019/. If you need a catalyst to spur your creative self, perhaps this will provide it.
See “Stop Guessing: Split Test Your Cover…” at https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2019/12/stop-guessing-split-test-your-cover-with-pickfu/. In the article, the author asks “But how do you know if a cover is good or not?” My immediate answer is “Study covers in your genre and put out a good one in the first place.” Still a good post.
See “Commenting on Blogs: The Easy Way for New Writers to Build Platform” at https://annerallen.com/2019/12/commenting-on-blogs-builds-platform/.
See “PURSUE YOUR ART, BEAT RESISTANCE” at https://blackirishbooks.com/jabs. Another learning opportunity, this time from Steven Pressfield.
See “What Is This Historic Mystery Stone?” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/12/what-is-this-historic-mystery-stone.html. A GREAT starter for any number (or length) of stories.
See “I didn’t know…” at https://preview.mailerlite.com/i5z0z2/1301525820887536888/n7z8/ (from The Digital Reader).
See “Why Would American Crows Do THAT?” at https://www.suecoletta.com/why-would-american-crows-do-that/. A fun post, and everything you’d want to know about crows.
The Numbers
Fiction words yesterday…………………… 9
Nonfiction words today…………… 450 (Journal)
Writing of
Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 1852
Total fiction words for the year………… 399417
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1290
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 304550
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 703967
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 8
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 4
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 43
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 197
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31