In Today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* WMG Half-Price Sale
* The Double-Tap Yesterday
* Two Mentorship Slots Left
* Of Interest
* The Numbers
Just back and getting back into the flow, so not a lot for you today.
Quote of the Day
“Ah, you are a fatalist.”
“No, just a practiced realist, but one who periodically checks his memory to see what’s coming next.” Nick Spalding, the protagonist, to another character in Chapter 34 of Nightfall, Book 1 of the Nick Spalding series
WMG Half-Price Sale
If you’ve thought about buying lectures or online workshops from Dean Wesley Smith, he’s offering another half-price sale right now.
To read about it, click Buried the Lead Yesterday.
The Double-Tap Yesterday
When I filed Monday’s TNDJ from my hotel room, Substack “experienced a technical issue,” so I tried again.
Same thing happened. I thought I’d have to file the post again after I got home.
But my bride told me she’d received it twice. So the good news is that I didn’t have to file it again. The bad news is that apparently everyone received it twice.
Sorry about that.
Two Mentorship Slots Left
Just a note. Thus far one person has shown an interest in doing a mentorship with me. So if he comes through, I have two slots left.
If you’re interested and want to see the particulars, visit either Substack or the Journal website.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
The Kindlepreneur on Publishing Might be well worth it for some of you. At least read it over.
Differentiating Narrators in a Multi-viewpoint Story Will be useful for some of you.
The Numbers
The Journal…………………………… 270
Writing of Blackwell Ops 49: Wesley Stark
Day 1…… 2381 words. To date…… 2381
Day 2…… 3283 words. To date…… 5664
Day 3…… 2934 words. To date…… 8598
Day 4…… 2305 words. To date…… 10903
Day 5…… 3356 words. To date…… 14259
Day 6…… 2295 words. To date…… 16554
Day 7…… 3271 words. To date…… 19825
Day 8…… 2660 words. To date…… 22485
Day 9…… 3120 words. To date…… 25605
Fiction for October………………… 49160
Fiction for 2025…………………… 627698
Nonfiction for October.…………… 14450
Nonfiction for 2025……………….. 224560
2025 consumable words………… 844689
2025 Novels to Date…………………….. 15
2025 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
2025 Short Stories to Date……………… 32
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………….. 119
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)…………… 10
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……… 306
Short story collections……………………. 29