1/4/17 Daily

Day of Meetings and Planning and Meetings and Planning…

Yeah, one of those days. Actually great fun. Not only were we planning for the coming year and beyond at WMG Publishing, but I was doing some planning on a new, short-term challenge I’m going to try starting on Sunday.

So stay tuned. It will be just over a week long and is one of the crazier things I have tried to do. At least crazy for me.

And I did three sessions of just over 3,000 words. Last session was short. Got tired.

What I Learned Today (Streak Day 4)

Learned a bunch of stuff today about podcasts. How they make money and so on. I’ll pass more of that along as some of it actually sinks in.

I also learned that with deep cold (at least for here) I don’t do well with exercise. I used to be a snow skier and cold never bothered me. I have become a wimp, sad to say.

I also did a bunch of research and learned a bit about places to get slipcases made. Took me some research but I found a few places. We shall see what their prices are and if the tests come back good, I’ll post results here.

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FEBRUARY ONLINE WORKSHOPS NOW POSTED…

All workshops have openings at the moment. The new workshop starting in February is Writing Secondary Plot Lines, which should be great fun.

www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com

Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page.

Class #11… Feb 7th … Endings
Class #12… Feb 7th … Point of View
Class #13… Feb 7th … Writing Mysteries
Class #14… Feb 7th … Speed
Class #15… Feb 7th … Teams in Fiction
Class #16… Feb 8th … Depth in Writing
Class #17… Feb 8th … Plotting With Depth
Class #18… Feb 8th … Writing Fiction Sales Copy
Class #19… Feb 8th … Writing Secondary Plot Lines
Class #20… Feb 8th … Advanced Depth

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The Writing of HEAVEN PAINTED AS A SUNSET: A Ghost of a Chance Novel

 Short Stories Used in Book.  Words… 7,100 words
 Day 1… Words written… 1,100.  Total so far… 8,200 words.
 Day 2… Words written… 3,100.  Total so far… 11,300 words.
 Day 3… Words written… 1,400.  Total so far… 12,700 words.
 Day 4… Words written… 00.  Total so far… 12,700 words.
 Day 5… Words written… 00.  Total so far… 12,700 words.
 Day 6… Words written… 2,600.  Total so far… 15,300 words.
 Day 7… Words written… 00.  Total so far… 15,300 words.
 Day 8… Words written… 00.  Total so far… 15,300 words.
 Day 9… Words written… 2,200.  Total so far… 17,500 words.
 Day 10… Words written… 3,100.  Total so far… 20,600 words.
 Day 11… Words written… 1,200.  Total so far… 21,800 words.
 Day 12… Words written… 3,000.  Total so far… 24,800 words.

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Tracking Running… January 4, 2017
3 miles. No running.
Weight 189… 19 more to 170 goal.
Month to date distance: 16 miles

9  Days until the first half-marathon…
Note about the exercise day: This will be a joke and painful, at best.
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Tracking Word Counts… January 4, 2017
Totals For Year 4, Month 6, Day 4 (Year started August)
Writing in Public blog streak… Day 1,203

— Daily Fiction: 3,000 original words. Fiction month-to-date: 9,500 words  
— Nonfiction: 00 new words. (from last night) Nonfiction month-to-date total: 00 words 
— Blog Posts: 400 new words. Blog month-to-date word count: 1,600 words
— E-mail: 16 e-mails. Approx. 1,200 original words.  E-mails month-to date: 112 e-mails. Approx. 7,900 words
— Short Fiction Goal: 120 stories (July 1st to June 30th). Stories to date: 8 stories.
— Novel Goal: 12 Novels. Novels finished to date: 3 novels.

Comments About the Writing of the Day: fun planning day…

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