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5,000… Streak Continues

April 17, 2026 / 11 Comments

Five Thousand Daily Blog Posts Without Missing…

That’s right, April 13th was day #5,000. (Today is #5,003… Got busy and missed it on Tuesday.)

13 years, 255 days. Never missing a day.

I was in the hospital two different times including the major surgery on my shoulder and never missed. I had five or six computers crash during that time, more power failures than I could ever remember, and internet outages almost more than the power failures.

I have written and published nine books from blog posts and written a bunch more books as serial blog posts that I have not yet published and might never.

Sometimes I talk about events, a lot of running and basketball games, actually. Other times I get on a soap box about something or other in writing or publishing. Sometimes I write a few paragraphs just to get the blog done and keep the streak going.

A few really nice people on Patreon support this blog some each month and I really appreciate that. And in the early days I had a PayPal donation button. But honestly, I do this for me now. For a number of reasons.

1… It gives me a place to talk to people, even though out of the four thousand or so people here every week, very few comment, so mostly I am just talking with myself and that’s fine. Plus the next morning Kris reads this and sometimes discovers what I do around here until 4 or 5 in the morning. (Like tonight working on covers.)

2… Gives me a place to tell people about workshops and Kickstarters and bundles. I seldom mention my own writing unless it is in a Kickstarter or I am showing off covers.

3… At 5,000 days in a row without missing, the power of this streak is really amazing. I am taking that to heart with my fiction writing going into the future with a 250 word per day streak. Not started yet. I will talk about it when I do.

So the blog streak continues, at least for today, #5,003.

Not in a million years did I think I could do this. Amazing the number of buckets a dripping faucet can fill.

 

11 Comments

  • Frankie

    April 17, 2026 at 2:07 am Reply

    5000 streak is incredible! I strive for that level of dedication haha. I found you and Kris through your Writing Into the Dark book, and it has transformed me in many ways. You two are amazing. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with others! It never fails to motivate me. And keep on rocking the daily blog (;

  • Terrance Davis

    April 17, 2026 at 5:32 am Reply

    Congratulations! I’ve been reading this for years; it’s part of my morning routine. Looking forward to the next 5,000!

  • Mangala McNamara

    April 17, 2026 at 1:26 pm Reply

    ❤ this!
    Congrats – and please know that when I’m just letting, it’s because you’ve made me think about new things and I’m thinking about it.

    I treasure your advice and opinions even when I do things differently.
    I’m deeply grateful to have found your blog (after reading Kris’ business posts for a year or so and clicking over on a lark…!!)

    (Right now, I’d love to see your take on B&N limiting authors to 100 titles and D2D adding fees. It seems to be an effort to slide the dumping of AI books… which should be good right?)

  • djmills

    April 17, 2026 at 3:26 pm Reply

    I read and appreciate every blog post even if I don’t comment.
    And I think blogging is the best way to “spread the word” for new courses, books published, kickstarters, writing practices, etc.

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