The Journal: Very short post today

In today’s Journal

* Quote of the Day
* Very short post today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Quote of the Day

“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.” PG Wodehouse

Very short post today. I was going to publish this Journal entry yesterday, but we had a wide power outage in southeast Arizona and the power came back on a little too late to file this.

As it turns out, I didn’t have a lot to say anyway at the moment. As previously reported, I’m studying Affinity Publisher (there are TONS of good vids on YouTube, especially those by Rachel Harrison-Sund. I recommend them.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

See “Should a Fiction Writer Use a Thesaurus?” at https://killzoneblog.com/2020/10/should-a-fiction-writer-use-a-thesaurus.html. Stupid topic, really. If you need it, use it, but don’t rely on it blindly. Remember that words have connotations as well as denotations.

See “Norway’s authors fight…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/norways-authors-fight-to-be-on-more-unlimited-subscription-platforms/. Especially see PG’s take after the original post. I recommend you read the comments too. You earn a 70% royalty from Amazon on any ebook priced from $2.99 to $9.99 even if you are not in KDP Select.

See “We Now Return You to ‘The End'” at https://fourknightspress.com/f/we-now-return-you-to-the-end.

See “Poetic Pain” at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-colorful-pain-index-of-the-stinging-ants-bees-and-wasps-around-the-world. (Hint: Not about poetry.)

The Numbers

The Journal…………………………………… 230 words

Writing of “Turnaround” (short story, probably)

Day 1…… 1092 words. Total words to date…… 1092
Day 2…… 1287 words. Total words to date…… 2379
Day 3…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 1287
Total fiction words for the year………… 336481
Total nonfiction words for the month… 4640
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 155030
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 491511

Calendar Year 2020 Novels to Date…………………… 5
Calendar Year 2020 Novellas to Date……………… X
Calendar Year 2020 Short Stories to Date… 12
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 50
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 213
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31