Hey Folks,
Wow. I stayed up to watch about 3/4 of the football game last night. It was difficult to watch the Saints pitted against both the Panthers and the referees (grin), so I finally gave up.
But by then it was late. I couldn’t sleep, so I stayed up even later and didn’t roll out this morning until almost 5. Ugh. So a late start to the day.
No Internet in the Hovel this morning, so I did the preliminary “Of Interest” stuff and this bit of the Journal up at the house with my first cup of coffee.
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Excerpted from Linda Maye Adams’ newsletter:
“For years, I wondered exactly how you could be on a panel at a con. … I didn’t know you could ask, and when I did, I appeared at Chessiecon. … [F]ind the con you want … and submit 3-4 workshop topics, including one that hits your research specialties, [one that addresses the topic of the con, for example] science fiction, and [one that addresses] writing.”
Good advice. You can find Linda’s blog and sign up for her newsletter at https://lindamayeadams.com/.
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For what it’s worth, the Kill Zone blog is on a two-week hiatus, to return on January 1. Ironically, the farewell advice was to “keep writing.” (grin)
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Finally to the Hovel at 9, where I initially continued my morning prep. Another late start to the day.
I thought it might be interesting to see how it all turned out, but in the end it wasn’t interesting at all. Today was a no-starter. No fiction writing at all. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen to me very often. But hey, it happens, and if I’m gonna share, I want to share warts and all.
The story itself is fine, sitting there waiting for me to go at it again. No issues there. I’m not “stuck” or anything like that. I’ve had a couple of rough days on matters not related to writing. I think I just need to regroup.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “A Post Very Much Worth Reading” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/a-post-very-much-worth-reading/. Follow the link in Dean’s post, then scroll down to “The Hero’s Dead-End Journey.” Worth the effort.
See “Relax, It’s Just a Story” at https://fromearthtothestars.com/2018/12/18/relax-its-just-a-story/. Basically, he makes Bradbury’s poing that an SF story is not about the science or the tragedy or the Utopia but how the characters REACT to those things.
See “Children in Need of Services … and Love” at https://www.leelofland.com/children-in-need-of-services-and-love/.
As reported by Kevin Tumlinson, to get some FREE 5-star rated thriller novels from now through Dec 30, click https://philwbooks.com/five-star-thrillers/.
Reedsy has developed a new pen-name generator. You can see it at https://blog.reedsy.com/pen-name-generator/.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 420 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 420
Writing of “Cazadores” (novel, tentative title)
Day 1…… 4917 words. Total words to date…… 4917
Day 2…… 1873 words. Total words to date…… 6790
Day 3…… 3453 words. Total words to date…… 10243
Day 4…… 4191 words. Total words to date…… 14434
Day 5…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 38944
Total fiction words for the year………… 497627
Total nonfiction words for the month… 10600
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 182286
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 679663
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 10
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 36
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31