The Journal, Saturday, 5/20

Hey Folks, Well, I fully intended to write today, and I did, but only a little. I’ll call today a nonwriting day and pick it up again in the morning. Because Bryan might be heading out for Job Corps this week, we decided to take him down to the San Pedro River. We spent a couple of hours down there, and we got a ton of pictures. I posted a lot on Facebook. But when I … Read more

The Journal, Friday, 5/19

Hey Folks, Well, I was relieved when yesterday’s Journal posted to my inbox shortly after 7 p.m. Remember you can always read the current or back issues of the Journal at http://harveystanbrough.com/category/daily-journal/. Really looking forward to today, and the month is finally moving too fast. Hard to believe today is already Friday. I have other life-roll things coming up, but thankfully they’re all in this month (so far, knock on wood). So June’s still a Go … Read more

The Journal, Thursday, 5/18

Hey Folks, Huh. Not sure why MailChimp didn’t send last night’s post. Still, any hard-core followers went to the main site to check it out. The post was there. I put it up at around 5:15. And it was tagged appropriately (Daily Journal category) so MailChimp should have sent it out at 7. Here’s hoping it’ll go out today. I’m posting this at 4:41. There was no topic in yesterday’s post. The only matter of any … Read more

The Journal, Wednesday, 5/17

Hey Folks, Well, May is more than half-gone. I almost added “already,” but around here that isn’t really the case. The month thus far has seemed to drag by. I was dawdling much of the morning. Still not happy with my office, so I adjusted the furniture again and ended up putting it all back. What I need is a desk that’s around 4 feet wide and around 2 feet deep. (My old one was 5 … Read more

The Journal, Tuesday, 5/16

Hey Folks, Well, kind of a mixed bag today. I did a lot of non-writing stuff and still managed to knock out almost 3000 words. Details below. Today, and Writing Rolled out a little before 4. Still catching up on my sleep, I think. By 5:30 I’d had my coffee and read everything I recommended to you below in “Of Interest” plus some other stuff. Around 7 I went to the grocery and was back by … Read more

A Personal Challenge and an Invitation

Hi Folks, I set myself a personal challenge. For the month of June, I want to write a new short story every day. That’s tough enough. But in addition to that, I want to write those stories truly “in public.” I want the public to be able to watch virtually as the stories grow, scene to scene. To that end, in the original challenge, I was going to paste each scene to a Facebook page I … Read more

The Journal, Monday, 5/15

Hey Folks, Back to writing sometime today. Maybe a short story, maybe a novel start (or both). I also have in mind two good series characters. Each has a great name and a strong personality. One is male and one female. Not because I want to keep things equal, but because that’s who they are. I also have some other pressing things to do, not the least of which is extending the roof of the carport … Read more

The Journal, Sunday, 5/14

Hey Folks, Yeah, this is pretty much another placeholder post to keep this Journal streak going. I spent much of the early morning wrangling babies, shifting 4-legs from one room to another. Although the other two (cat and chihuahua) are fine around other 2-legs, my little girl gets hyper nervous. That made for an interesting night and early morning. That baby has taught me more about patience in the past few years than I’ve learned from … Read more

The Journal, Saturday, 5/13

Hey Folks, Wow, am I ever aware that half the month’s almost gone. (grin) Kind’a adds to that challenge of writing at least one novel per month, doesn’t it? But I’ll do it or my name isn’t Delbert McCrory. Or something. And wow again, I almost forgot to post to the Journal today. Huh. It’s almost 10:30 as I write this, and I’m only now posting to it. Anyway, taking time out for family stuff yesterday, … Read more

The Journal, Friday, 5/12

Hey Folks, Well, probably this will be another nonwriting day, and maybe a nonwriting weekend. It’s early (7 a.m.) but I have to change oil in a car, pick up things in town, clean out the same car, then wash it and do a bunch of other stuff. All of this is to prepare for a visit from some of my children and grandchildren tomorrow morning. So life things. Still, I won’t post this until this … Read more