In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* We’re Back
* About the Archives
* Of Interest
Quotes of the Day
“It’s very important in life to know when to shut up.” Alex Trebek
“Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.” Ellen Goodman
We’re Back
As has seemingly become my routine recently, I’m posting this primarily to get the items linked in “Of Interest” out to you. Nothing earth-shaking there, but some good stuff.
I’m also posting this edition to announce that the Journal is back home again. And by the way, my sincere thanks to Bill Sinclair for the informative, entertaining comments he left on my June 15 post here. I didn’t reply at the time (on the post) because the big switchover was imminent.
For the past calendar month while my new web host migrated all of my websites over from the old host, I’ve been posting the Journal to my new site at HarveyStanbroughWrites.com. But all of the sites have been relocated now, so I’ll be posting the Journal to this “old” site again. I like the looks and feel of it, even if that maybe doesn’t make any sense.
Beginning on June 21, I posted 18 editions of the Journal at HarveyStanbroughWrites. I thought about moving all of those over here for the sake of continuity, but I have them all saved in the archives, so there’s really no need.
About the Archives
Any of you can request any part of the archive (or all of it) at any time. It’s free, and you need only email me at harveystanbrough@gmail.com. It’s one more way for me to pay forward what I’ve learned over the years. Frankly, I wish something like this had been available to me when I started writing. The archives are fully searchable PDF files and they comprise a masters class on writing fiction.
Here are some of the better search terms to use with the archives:
- Heinlein’s Rules
- Writing into the Dark
- Creative Subconscious
- Conscious, Critical Mind
- Characters
- Setting
- Scene
- Grounding the Reader
- Five Senses
- Covers
- Publishing
- Self-Publishing
- Agents
- Editors
- Scammers
- Vanity Publishing
I’ve written multiple posts on all of those topics and many others over the years, and they’re all in the archives. Happy browsing.
Talk with you again later.
Of Interest
See “Building a ‘Hollywood’ Film Treatment” at https://killzoneblog.com/2022/07/building-a-hollywood-film-treatment.html.
See “Agenting Changes” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/agenting-changes/.
See “5 Make or Break Success Strategies: How to Market Your Self-Published Book” at https://www.amarketingexpert.com/2022/07/21/5-make-or-break-success-strategies-how-to-market-your-self-published-book/.
See “What a Transition Day” at https://deanwesleysmith.com/what-a-transition-day/.
See “Amazon might own your doctor’s office after latest acquisition” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/amazon-might-own-your-doctors-office-after-latest-acquisition/.
See “YouTube Offers Masters Class In Screenwriting” at https://doddlenews.com/youtube-offers-masters-class-in-screenwriting/. This is an old post, so the offer might or might not still be valid.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 450 words
Writing of Blackwell Ops 8 (tentative title, novel)
Day 19… 2117 words. Total words to date…… 41729
Total fiction words for July……… 0
Total fiction words for the year………… 45405
Total nonfiction words for July… 7800
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 101930
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 147335
Calendar Year 2022 Novels to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2021 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2021 Short Stories to Date… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 66
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: I advocate a technique called Writing Into the Dark. I’ve never said WITD is “the only way” to write, nor will I ever. However, as I am the only writer who advocates WITD both publicly and regularly, I will continue to do so, among other topics.