The Journal, Wednesday, 4/5

Hey Folks, This morning I approved and responded to a comment on my latest ProWriters post over on the big blog. After I did that, I read over the post. It was a topic from the Journal a couple of years ago. And I noticed that I had quoted some stats: “Through yesterday, May 9, 2015 (as I write this) 128 days have passed since January 1. During that 128 days, I’ve written 284,100 publishable words … Read more

The Journal, Tuesday, 4/4

Hey Folks, Probably not a lot to report today. Just writing. Today, and Writing Rolled out at 4. I’d really rather get up around 3. Only I think my body’s adjusting to the coming earlier sunrises. Spent the first few hours working on a website for a friend and resizing covers for another. The website took awhile as it’s still in the old Thesis theme. Thesis was state-of-the-art a few years ago, and mostly code. I’ve … Read more

The Numbers Game and Failing to Success

Hi Folks, Note: I originally wrote this back on May 9, 2015 for my Daily Journal. It’s valid information. I hope you will enjoy it and find it useful. More than once I’ve mentioned Heinlein’s Rules. You can actually get your free copy here. If you follow those rules, you will be a professional writer, period. Not only that, but others will consider you prolific, even if you’re not. As an aside, still others will consider … Read more

The Journal, Monday, 4/3

Hey Folks, Huh. Guess we made it back. Otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this. I played catch up with some email and FB stuff last night, but was too tired to tackle photos from the trip. I’ll do that this morning, then ease my way back into writing The Pyramid Killer. Of course, I’ll begin by cycling back through. Probably I’ll read the first few paragraphs of every chapter to reacquaint myself with the story. Even … Read more

The Journal, Sunday, 4/2

Hey Folks, I’m just gonna kind’a fudge this one for now. Almost completely a placeholder post. I’m sure while we were in the Lower Gila Box Wilderness north of Lordsburg, we slathered philosophy, talked various and sundry topics to death, and took a veritable plethora of photographs. Oh, by the way, “plethora” and “myriad” are not interchangeable. We might have taken “a plethora” of photos, or we might have taken “myriad photos” (but not “a myriad … Read more

The Journal, Saturday, 4/1

Hey Folks, Well, I’m giving it up. I always said if writing weren’t fun, I’d find something else to do. Turns out Dan and I and the grandson have decided to head east from here. We’ll build a tin-roof, two-and-a-half story super bungalow on the Texas plains and take over Hub and Garth McCann’s lives. And the boy. You know. Whatever his name was. Of course, we’ll need a lion, but I’m sure that can be … Read more