Hey Folks,
Today I worked on various things around the house, mailed out two packages of books.
One was a collection, the full set of The Formalist, a twice-monthly poetry magazine, to my eldest granddaughter.
The Formalist was a very nice, perfect-bound journal that lasted ten or twelve years. I was fortunate to have some of my poetry appear in it alongside some big-name poets.
The other mailing was a full set of the Wes Crowley series. It will be auctioned off in a silent auction at my high school reunion next month. (Yeah, mailing that one was fun.)
If anyone out there is interested, you can now get the full set of the Wes Crowley novels in paper. But if you are interested, write me for details. The full set (in paper) if bought anywhere else would run you just under $150. If you get them direct from StoneThread Publishing, I provide a substantial discount.
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Everybody has good days and bad days. I’ve had a string of the latter lately. I’m not complaining, just explaining. No worries. I’ll come out the other side.
Even Robert Heinlein himself said he’d broken his own rules several times. I just keep telling myself this is a transition month and it’s all right.
I added a little over 1700 words to The Storm today. But honestly, the thing just feels stalled.
Unless lightning strikes today or tonight, I’m going to set it aside and move on to something else.
In the meantime, I’m taking the rest of today off. Hoping all this life-roll stuff settles out soon.
Today, and Writing
Rolled out at 3:30. Took care of all the stuff above, then started writing on The Storm at around 10:30. Why? Heinlein’s Rule #2.
In fact, I was so busy with all that other stuff that I didn’t even think to check Dean’s site or update this Journal until a break at around 12:30.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
At Dean’s, “Ticking Clocks,” on various offers that will expire soon. If you’re interested, take a look at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/ticking-clocks/. Otherwise, skip it. Not even a daily update today.
Fiction Words: 1735
Nonfiction Words: 360 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 360
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…… 13679
Day 6…… 1735 words. Total words to date…… 15414 (stalled)
Total fiction words for the month……… 15414
Total fiction words for the year………… 263008
Total nonfiction words for the month… 5360
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 80050
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 343058
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 532 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