Hey Folks,
Welcome to a new subcriber from Germany. I hope you’ll find something of value here.
My characters will definitely wrap up the story in my 35th novel today. Somehow, 35 seems like a milestone to me. I’m not sure why. My new short-term goal now is to write at least 50 novels. We’ll see.
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I mentioned this a long while back, but if you haven’t subscribed to the newsletter from CrimeReads.com, you’re missing a bet.
The focus at CrimeReads is recommending books on crime (duh), but they regularly interview writers about their process, about various genre touchstones, and about what makes a “good” book. I strongly recommend it.
There are three entries in “Of Interest” today from CrimeReads. I tried to note (below) why I listed them there.
All I can say beyond that is please don’t be a genre snob. Even if you don’t write crime or mystery or horror (or whatever) genres, you can still learn a great deal about writing from writers of those genres.
Also in “Of Interest” today, a couple of young writers (Linda Maye Adams and Tony deCastro) make some interesting points in their own blogs. The former reports on a conference and the latter explains why he “went wide” when publishing his first novel.
And of course, there’s more in “Of Interest” as well.
I wrote a response to Dean’s “A Question I Got.” Of course, I urge you to read that as well. (grin)
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To the Hovel at 3:45. I sipped coffee, looked around the Internet and wrote the stuff above. (Somehow, since I plugged in the larger monitor, I get the Internet at the Hovel now. So yes, I use it on my writing ‘puter, but only for writing-related things. No Facebook etc.)
To the house at 6 to visit with my wife and the kitten for awhile, and back to the Hovel at 6:30. I wrote about 800 words in the first session, then headed back to the house.
Another 900 words from 9 to 10, then back to the house.
Back to the Hovel and I pushed through until the story was finished. I’m going to take a day or two now to decide which idea to write next. (grin)
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “A Question I Got” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/a-question-i-got/.
See Linda Maye Adams’ “BookBaby Marketing Conference (Part I)” at https://lindamayeadams.com/2018/11/13/bookbaby-marketing-conference-part-i/.
See “Liane Moriarty: ‘Secrets Always Drive Any Story'” at https://crimereads.com/liane-moriarty-secrets-always-drive-any-story/. A few gems for writers.
See “Why I went ‘Wide'” at https://tonydwritespulp.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/why-i-went-wide/. I can’t agree strongly enough.
See “Do Horror and Crime Go Together?” at https://crimereads.com/do-horror-and-crime-go-together/. Again, some good gems, and it isn’t all about horror.
See “What We Owe to Wilkie Collins’ The Woman In White” at https://crimereads.com/what-we-owe-to-wilkie-collins-the-woman-in-white/.
See “Heading to the Laboratory: Toxicology, DUID, and Kay Scarpetta” at https://www.leelofland.com/heading-to-the-laboratory-toxicology-duid-and-kay-scarpetta/.
See “How to Write a Book in 6 Steps” at https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-write-a-book-in-6-steps/. This is ostensibly for a nonfiction book. Please take specific points with a large grain of salt, especially in Steps 5 and 6.
Finally, see “The More The Merrier: J.T. Ellison on Publishing Anthologies” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/11/the-more-the-merrier-j-t-ellison-on-publishing-anthologies.html. The idea she lays out in discussing A Thousand Doors intrigued me. Hmmm. An anthology that’s actually a novel written by several authors? What a concept! Stay tuned.
Fiction Words: 3082
Nonfiction Words: 550 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3632
Writing of Consequences (Nick 4)
Brought forward………………………………………… 36193
Day 11… 1253 words. Total words to date…… 37446
Day 12… 3595 words. Total words to date…… 41041
Day 13… 2493 words. Total words to date…… 43534
Day 14… 3082 words. Total words to date…… 46616 (done)
Total fiction words for the month……… 46616
Total fiction words for the year………… 425146
Total nonfiction words for the month… 8070
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 159176
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 584072
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 9
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 3
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 35
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31