The Journal, Wednesday, October 2

In today’s Journal

* Two days ago
* Of Interest
* The Numbers

Well, two days ago I got through about half of my novel or novella without recognizing an ending. So yesterday I continued to read off and on as more pressing personal events permitted. I got a little farther. Today will be much the same, still dependent on those more pressing matters.

I’m posting today mostly to get the info in “Of Interest” out to you.

Talk with you again soon.

Of Interest

For something every writer needs to learn, see “Just Bloom” at https://prowriterswriting.com/just-bloom/.

See “Amazon is Shutting Down Kindle Matchbook, Its Print+eBook Bundling Program” at https://the-digital-reader.com/2019/09/30/amazon-is-shutting-down-kindle-matchbook-its-printebook-bundling-program/.

See “Sales Numbers” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/sales-numbers-2/.

See PG’s take on “One big change in book publishing…” (which I passed along yesterday) at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/one-big-change-in-book-publishing-is-that-it-does-not-require-you-to-have-much-of-an-organization-to-play-anymore/.

And re the value of IP, see “Stan Lee’s Daughter Sues to Reclaim His Intellectual Property” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/stan-lees-daughter-sues-to-reclaim-his-intellectual-property/.

See “What influences Book Purchasing Decisions?” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/what-influences-book-purchasing-decisions/. Some interesting stats.

The Numbers

Total fiction words for the month……… 1338
Total fiction words for the year………… 381569
Total nonfiction words for the month… 170
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 262860
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 644429

Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date…………………… 7
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date……………… 1
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date… 2
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 43
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 195
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31