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 … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Disraeli Jones was in a bad way. He sat on the white marble floor in the lobby in the Hampton Arms. His right leg was splayed at an angle out from his body. His left leg was the same way to the knee, but there it bent back toward his right. The sole of his left shoe pressed against the inside of the right leg of his trousers just above the knee. His back was against … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more