Hey Folks,
During my morning reading, I hit upon an article titled “A Publisher Tries Podcasts As A Gateway To Audiobooks.”
I’d be interested in knowing what you think of this.
I’ve toyed with the idea of starting a podcast, perhaps as an extension of the June challenge. Maybe in July I’d read the short stories I wrote for the challenge in June. Something like that.
So whaddya think? Interesting? Something you’d listen to? Something you might want to try yourself? Something you already do?
The link to the article is in Of Interest.
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Finished all the major moving and rearranging in my office yesterday. I’ve drastically downsized, but it’s a lot more comfortable. I don’t feel quite so much like I’m packed into my office when I’m in here now.
Remains the task of retraining my mind to my new writing space.
I put a lot of words very quickly, almost automatically, through my computer when I worked in the Hovel. That was mostly because my mind was trained for it.
My subconscious knew that when I went to the Hovel, it was time to play. Now that I’ve switched back up here, I have to create a new mindset to go along with the new space.
At the house, too, there are more distractions. So I have to create workarounds for those too.
I’m not complaining. Exploration and new discovery is fun or I wouldn’t be doing it. And at any time, I can always grab my writing ‘puter and head for the Hovel for awhile if I have to.
But being at the house alleviates other problems too, like the little girl isn’t as tempted to get out of the yard when I’m at the house. So I’m motivated to make the transition.
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Well, my grandson Bryan called Job Corps this morning (his third “call in two weeks” phone call). Now they say Phoenix is still looking over his paperwork and they’ll call him.
If they can hold him off until his 23rd birthday, he’ll be ineligible because of his age. I’m beginning to think that’s what’s going on.
I told him to apply for a few jobs around. Thing is, unless he gets mega-lucky and staggers into a guy who’s willing to be patient and teach him a trade, his whole life is going to be working at fast food, Walmart, stuff like that.
It’s SO damned aggravating. I have a grandson who might be able to live an adequately self-sufficient life only if he gets very lucky. I can only hope the current situation with Job Corps isn’t the result of discrimination.
Today, and Writing
Rolled out at 3:30 and per usual spent the first couple hours just messing around, waking up. Took a few pics and posted them to FB.
Then I spent about an hour grouping and arranging pics in a folder on my desktop.
I wrote off and on through the morning. I wrote at my outside desk under an umbrella, but couldn’t see the screen very well. The umbrella is not transparent, but light does get through.
I wrote at my inside desk, and that was fine, but new, so something I have to get used to.
And I wrote at a picnic table under a shade tree in a breeze. That was nice, but there’s no back support and the angle is wrong for computer work. So I could only do that for a little while.
Finally, a good day of writing. Crossed into novella territory today. Still in the middle of the book and no clue where it’s going, but man is it going. (grin)
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
See “A Publisher Tries Podcasts As A Gateway To Audiobooks” at http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528730680/a-publisher-tries-podcasts-as-a-gateway-to-audiobooks.
From the Dumb Advice section of the PC vault, “Spy author Anthony Horowitz ‘warned off’ creating black character” at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39988992/.
At Dean’s place, see “A Response Letter…” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/a-response-letter/. A great little gem of a post.
Fiction Words: 3739
Nonfiction Words: 660 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 4399
Writing of A Fresh Kill (tentative title, novel)
Day 1…… 2751 words. Total words to date…… 2751
Day 2…… 2986 words. Total words to date…… 5737
Day 3…… 2961 words. Total words to date…… 8698
Day 4…… 2612 words. Total words to date…… 11310
Day 5…… 2205 words. Total words to date…… 13515
Day 6…… 3739 words. Total words to date…… 17254
Total fiction words for the month……… 32668
Total fiction words for the year………… 280262
Total nonfiction words for the month… 11240
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 85930
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 366192
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 544 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