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Challenge Stories and Novels
Doing a Lot of Reading… At the moment I am finishing up novel after novel for the novel challenge that a number of writers signed up for. Everyone is doing great, getting more than they would have, they tell me. The challenge goes to the end of this month. I have not sent back many replies yet because I didn’t want my words in any writer’s head. But now, with two weeks to go, I will start sending out the ones I have finished over the next few days. I figure if the writer’s are going to make it, they are already mostly there. I still have a number of…
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A Fun First Day
North by Northwest Books and Antiques Back In Business… As I said yesterday, WMG Publishing just bought North by Northwest Books and Antiques. And today was our first day. Moving stuff was the order of the day. Since our stores need a large eBay and ABE sales area behind the counter, Dan worked on setting that up all day while I helped some. Going to be adding a lot of light and creating an entire room for just the nifty pharmacy stuff. Thankfully, Shelly will be back two or three times a week to help with all that. Plus the books. I think he has forgotten more about books and…
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Fun Stuff Happening Today (Monday)
So Headed to Bed Early… I got another volume of Smith’s Monthly turned in to WMG tonight. And corporation taxes (all three corporations) off to the accountant. And a bunch of reading done on the challenge stories. Plus a writer’s meeting up at WMG earlier. So now since I have to be up early for something I can tell you about tomorrow night, I am off to bed. —————- THE UNIVERSE BETWEEN BUNDLE The Universe Between Bundle I curated this bundle and I had great fun with it. I loved living in that middle ground. All my writing falls in the middle ground between two places. Every story. Some more…
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Bundle
I Wanted to Focus on the Bundle Again… I had a busy day doing a ton of stuff, but since this is Saturday night and things are dead, I figured I would just focus on the bundle I curated again. I really hope you guys go grab this one. And if you want to see what my superhero ghosts are like, The Poker Chip: A Ghost of a Chance Novel in the bundle will be a great place to start. Poker Boy makes an appearance in this one if I remember right. —————- THE UNIVERSE BETWEEN BUNDLE The Universe Between Bundle I curated this bundle and I had great fun with…
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Scattered
Doing a Bunch of Stuff… I ended up working on a big new project that WMG is tackling that I will talk about in a week or so, then worked at WMG on workshop stuff, then home to do email, take a nap, cook dinner, and so on. Then tonight I read stories and part of a novel for the challenge, then worked on putting together an issue of Smith’s Monthly. So did just about everything today and tomorrow looks like another similar day. —————- THE UNIVERSE BETWEEN BUNDLE The Universe Between Bundle I curated this bundle and I had great fun with it. I loved living in that middle…
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Fun Day
COLLECTING AND WORKSHOPS… I was out at our south store talking collecting, first with Shelly, then with a great guy who used to own a comic book store in Salem. Then, as I was about to leave to head out to do errands, a guy came in with some really neat stuff, one of which was a very strange CdV photo. CdV stands for Carte de visite, a form of photography out of France that was put on cards about the size of a playing card. This form became a fad for a time in the 1850s through 1870s. What was cool about this photo was it looked like a…
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Not Many Signed Up
AUGUST ONLINE WORKSHOPS STARTING… As is normal for August, very few people are signed up for the online workshops. They start on Tuesday and I think the list of workshops is a pretty good one, honestly. But summer seems to not allow people to spend the extra three hours a week or focus on the workshops. But that is normal. I see it every year. August is when a lot of writers wake up from the time of great forgetting to discover they have done little in the summer and are not behind on goals. If that is happening to you, just take a deep breath and reset the goals…
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Store and Auction
PLUS WORKSHOPS… I spent my entire afternoon and evening at the south store and at the auction that happens in the same small mall as our south store once a month. Wonderful fun and I got some stunning stuff. Stunning meaning I paid little and will be able to sell for a lot of money. (grin). Made it home by 9 p.m. to cook dinner and then do e-mail, some reading, some introductions I needed to do for a project, and then workshop stuff. And speaking of workshop stuff… If you are signed up for the August online workshops, you should have gotten a letter from me tonight. And if…
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Smith’s Monthly Issues
Two Issues Out… Those of you who have been hanging around here for a time might remember the novel I did in five days while traveling. The novel is called Ace High: A Cold Poker Gang Novel. I also wrote a book (basically my blogs) about how I wrote that novel in five days. Well, in the issue of Smith’s Monthly that just went out to subscribers and Patreon supporters, both the novel and the book about writing the novel are in there. Another issue will go out on Monday. And then later in the month another string of them as I work to get back on date. Means nothing…
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Read All Night
Workshops and Reading All Day… Now I have to admit, not a bad way to spend a day. I finished Kris’s new Diving Universe novel just a short time ago (sun is coming up). It is stunning and is going to make every Diving fan happy, trust me. Made me happy. (grin) I also worked on workshops at WMG and tonight here. And read some challenge stories and novels earlier in the evening. No writing. I will be back writing solidly on the new novel on Monday or Tuesday. But I did get the steps back up over 10,000 steps and the weight is coming off, those last pesky 15…