In today’s Journal
* Quotes of the Day
* The Novel
* Of Interest
Quotes of the Day
“Maybe I am wrong, but I tend to the think of the back of book blurb as an advertisement. The only one we will get free forever!” Dan LaBash
“She is so odd a blend of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth.” Alexander Woollcott, of Dorothy Parker
“The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.” Alexander Woollcott
“The scenery in the play was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it.” Alexander Woollcott
The Novel
The novel is rolling right along. In fact, I don’t know when I’ll post anything substantive again. If you’d like me to opine on one bit of the writing craft or another, I suggest you mention it in the comments or email me.
I’m posting this edition only for “Of Interest,” especially Dean Wesley Smith’s time-sensitive post.
Remember, please, that you can do any of the challenges, create the collections, etc. on your own.
Really, you only need a place to report, someone to whom you can report your progress to hold your feet to the fire, but surely you can find that without spending a ton of money. You can even use me for that if you want. I can be a cheerleader without being paid.
Then again, if you have the money to spend and nothing more significant to spend it on, well, that’s why I posted a link to the latest sale.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Blurb Matters: A Quiet Manifesto” at https://www.thepassivevoice.com/blurb-matters-a-quiet-manifesto/.
See “Blurbs, Numbers, and Thanks” at https://hestanbrough.com/blurbs-numbers-and-thanks/.
See “Flash Sale for Challenges and Collections Workshops” at https://deanwesleysmith.com/flash-sale-for-challenges-and-collections-workshops/.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………………… 280 words
Writing of WCG 7 Santa Fe 2 (novel tentative title)
Day 1…… 2190 words. Total words to date…… 2190
Day 2…… 3049 words. Total words to date…… 5239
Day 3…… 2588 words. Total words to date…… 7827
Day 4…… 3373 words. Total words to date…… 11200
Day 5…… 3317 words. Total words to date…… 14517
Day 6…… 3771 words. Total words to date…… 18288
Total fiction words for December……… 34702
Total fiction words for the year………… 249676
Total nonfiction words for December… 11270
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 209350
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 459026
Calendar Year 2022 Novels to Date…………………… 4
Calendar Year 2022 Novellas to Date……………… 0
Calendar Year 2022 Short Stories to Date… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 70
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 8
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………… 217
Short story collections……………………………………………… 31
Disclaimer: I am a prolific professional fiction writer. Because It Makes Sense, I trust my characters to tell the story that they, not I, are living. This greatly increases my productivity and provides the fastest possible ascension along the learning curve of Craft because I get a great deal more practice at actually writing. It will do the same for you if only you trust it.