Hey Folks,
Some pretty good stuff in “Of Interest” today.
There won’t be a Journal tomorrow or probably the next day, so I wanted to get this one out.
In my absence, you might check on the websites from which I regularly post “Of Interest” topics:
I typically visit Dean’s site every morning at https://deanwesleysmith.com. I often scroll down also to read the comments.
I usually visit the Kill Zone blog at https://killzoneblog.com as well. Even some of their First Page Critiques are worth reading, but keep your salt shaker handy. (Tequila is optional.)
I also recommend stopping by Kris Rusch’s site at https://kriswrites.com unless you’re subscribed to everything she puts out. She occasionally puts out a blog post that is neither Free Fiction Monday nor Business Musings.
If you haven’t subscribed yet, you might also check Lee Lofland’s blog at https://www.leelofland.com/the-graveyard-shift-blog/. The guy posts every day, and most often it’s a meaty topic you can use in your writing.
And don’t be a genre snob. Even if you don’t write crime fiction, much that is included in crime fiction works in other genres as well.
Heinlein’s Rules aren’t for everybody, but to dismiss them out of hand without even looking at them because you don’t write SF is just silly. (If you haven’t seen them and would like to, click http://harveystanbrough.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Heinleins-Business-Habits-Annotated.pdf. This should open a new window and automatically download a PDF document.)
You might want to check The Passive Voice at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/. Almost always some good stuff there.
Finally, you might stop by my Free Downloads page at http://harveystanbrough.com/downloads/ and see what’s available. Lots of good information there.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “200+ Writing Prompts to Inspire You” at https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/. (If you are required to subscribe but don’t want to, subscribe anyway. Just don’t click the confirmation email they send you.)
See “I Spy with My Little Eye … Every Breathe [sic] You Take, Every Move You Make” at https://www.leelofland.com/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-every-breathe-you-take-every-move-you-make/.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 320 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 320
Writing of Nick 3 (novel, tentative title)
Brought forward from September………… 21695
Day 10… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 0
Total fiction words for the year………… 336726
Total nonfiction words for the month… 1550
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 134646
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 471122
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 7
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 33
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193
Days of writing fiction every day………………………… 0