The Journal, Friday, 5/5

Hey Folks,

Happy Cinco de Mayo if that’s your thing.

I’m making some major changes in my routine as I move toward June and the big challenge. (Big challenge because one new story every day plus posting every scene, scene by scene, on Facebook “in public.” Plus remember I’ll still need to write a novel for June as well.)

I’ve decided to overhaul my office, for one thing. The desk I have currently is massive at 3 1/2 feet deep by 5 feet wide. That’s in an office that’s about 10 x 10. It’s maple and beautiful, but….

I love that desk (the drawers are as deep as the desk is), but it’s the wrong height for a keyboard. So other than serving as a kitten landing pad and a storage area, it’s not good.

So I’m gonna bite the bullet, sell the desk, and downsize. For today, I’ll move the desk out, store it, and see what happens afterward. Now, while I have time, is the time to experiment.

I’ll bring my short, tiny desk up from the Hovel, and I’ll probably bring my wire outside desk in as well. One will hold my writing ‘puter and one will hold the business computer.

The little girl won’t be overly pleased (the office has been configured this way since she was an infant), but she’ll get used to it.

Today, and Writing

Rolled out a little before 4 again. Too much TV.

Messed around much of the morning. Grandson and I moved the big desk out to the Hovel and moved the little one into my office. I won’t go into details, but this was a major undertaking.

Moved my outside desk in too, but I might move it back out. All of that was done by 11:30. Then I started the water on the yard, at lunch, etc. Around 1:30, to the novel for awhile.

Well, I played with it for a bit, but my office is still on my mind. I’m gonna stop for the day, finish what I have to do in here, and get back to more writing tomorrow.

See you then.

Of Interest

“I’m Breaking Up With Grammarly” at https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/05/04/im-breaking-grammarly/. (I never cared for things like this in the first place.)

Some good comments on “The Magic Bakery: Chapter Seven” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/the-magic-bakery-chapter-seven/#comments.

I urge you to read “Thirty-One Years Ago Today.” It’s much more than a look back. See http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/thirty-one-years-ago-today/.

Fiction Words: 1021
Nonfiction Words: 360 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1381

Writing of The Storm (tentative title, novel)

Day 1…… 3227 words. Total words to date…… 3227
Day 2…… 3366 words. Total words to date…… 6593
Day 3…… 2893 words. Total words to date…… 9486
Day 4…… 3172 words. Total words to date…… 12658
Day 5…… 1021 words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 13679
Total fiction words for the year………… 261273
Total nonfiction words for the month… 2850
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 77540

Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 338813

The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 527 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels)………………… 4 novels
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 24
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 3
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 167