In today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* Welcome and Today
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Quote of the Day
“If you get discouraged, think of Emily Dickinson, her life, and her words. There is no frigate like a book. You can build it at and on a desk and it can take you and your audience to places that they never would have imagined but for you.” (emphasis added) Joe Hartlaub
Welcome to new subscriber Nancy. I hope you get something out of these posts.
Thanks to Bob B for stopping by and leaving his own favorite first lines at Kill Zone blog yesterday. I recommended it because you can get great story ideas from some of those lines.
I hope everyone else here will stop by and list their own favorite lines. I’ve linked to it again in today’s “Of Interest” section. Or if you want, leave a comment on the Journal website (https://hestanbrough.com) listing your favorite first line that you’ve written. I’d love to see them.
Today will be a mishmash for me. I’m going to send this out (mostly to get “Of Interest” out there), then write for awhile. I’ll show my word count tomorrow. Much of today will be absorbed with a trip to Sierra Vista (about an hour away).
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “My Talk At 20To50 Conference” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/my-talk-at-20to50-conference/.
Some great comments on “First Lines” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/11/reader-friday-first-lines.html#comments. Reading some of them might get the creative juices flowing. Still time to chime in with yours.
See “There is no frigate like a book…” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/11/there-is-no-frigate-like-a-book.html.
See “How to Format a Book (the Free and Easy Way)” at https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-format-a-book/.
See “The USPTO wants to know…” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/the-uspto-wants-to-know-if-artificial-intelligence-can-own-the-content-it-creates/.
See “A Tense Situation” at https://prowriterswriting.com/a-tense-situation. (grin)
The Numbers
Fiction words today…………………… 0
Nonfiction words today…………… 280 (Journal)
Total fiction words for the month……… 6481
Total fiction words for the year………… 391574
Total nonfiction words for the month… 10480
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 291560
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 683134
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 7
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