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Another Bryant Street Story
Three of the Last Four… And all of them have come in around the same length. I have no idea why that happened. Never usually does. My stories tend to vary all over the map in length. But nine stories done so far and I’m enjoying the process and so far Kris has liked them all, which has shocked me, to be honest. And a couple of them can be novel starts. Today was a pretty standard day. Went to the writer’s lunch at 2 p.m., worked out at the stores for a short time, then back at WMG offices until I headed home to work at home on household…
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Another Saturday, Another Story
Actually Another Two Stories, But Only One Counts… I had a normal day of 8,000 steps plus a ton of physical labor work. Lots of moving boxes and bending and such, so I wasn’t upset at not getting the 10,000 steps. Tonight, around 11:30 p.m. I made it to my writing computer. I grabbed one half title “… the Other Side.” Then I spotted a second half title “The Man Who…” and for some reason I stuck the word “tasted” between the two half titles to get “The Man Who Tasted the Other Side.” That had to be Bryant Street and off I went typing. I got six hundred words…
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The Day Just Went Away… I Think…
Ever Have One of Those Days?… I am not at all clear on exactly what happened today. I just sort of blinked twice and I was sitting watching television with Kris at 1 a.m. So as Best I Can Remember, My Day Went Like This… Started off up at the WMG offices at around 2 p.m. to unload my car from yesterday. Worked on some stuff there and made it to the bank by 4 and then to the South stores. Left there and headed to get some lunch and go back to my office after 5 p.m. I ended up getting my exercise today (only got 8,000 steps, but…
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A Big Move, Then Picking and Writing
I Had a Fun Day Today… I got eight hours sleep last night and tonight actually made it to the writing chair by 1 a.m. Wow, getting that starting time back where it belongs. My Day Went Like This… Started off up at the WMG offices at 1:30 p.m. Josh and Cameron were there and we set out to move an office from one side of the large building to another. Thankfully, Josh and Deena the day before had got a head start, and Cameron that morning had done a bunch as well. Thanks, guys!! So we got it 95% moved and then moved another office about twenty feet from…
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Last Day for Workshop Offer!
Almost Done… The offer is below the list of workshops. I wanted to post them here again tonight in no particular order except that the Depth should be first. Below that are the Classic Workshops available at the moment, then the special offer. I am amazed we have 19 Regular Workshops and 6 Strengths Workshops and 9 Classic Workshops, with more Classic coming on line over the next week or so. That built up far, far more than we had ever expected this to do. But Kris and I are very proud of these workshops and the help they give to writers who are driven to learn. LAST DAY!!!. A…
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The Importance of Rest
Resting is a Critical Part to Any Challenge… Those who have been following this so far, you know I have a mini-challenge of 20 short stories by the end of the month, a major challenge of publishing my age of 67 books in my 67th year, and a major challenge of running in 67 miles of races in my 67th year. I started the writing on the 10th and the exercise on the 11th. When I sat this up, being a long-time athlete, I knew that rest was going to be critical in all three challenges because all three were long-term. So today was my first scheduled rest day. So…
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Special Offer on Workshops Has Two More Days
Here is a list of the Regular Workshops… In no particular order except that the Depth should be first. Below that are the Classic Workshops available at the moment, then the special offer. Yes, you can get more than one workshop package. A number of people have gotten three, two people got three to take all six Strengths workshops, which are also available in this offer. Just TWO DAYS left. A List of All Regular Monthly Workshops (no real order) Depth in Writing (Start with this one. It is offered every month.) Advanced Depth Writing into the Dark Teams in Fiction Novel Structure Endings Author Voice Dialogue (Advanced Character and…
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Got Story Five Done by 6 A.M.
It Seems Being Exhausted Helps… I got to the story this morning at 3:30 a.m. Far, far, too late. But… My Day Went Like This… Just trust me, there was no stopping except for one nap, cook dinner, and watch one hour of The Voice. The rest of the day was going from 2 p.m. until now, 6:30 a.m. And yes, I got my 10,000 steps. I sat down at 3:30 and looked at my half-title sheet and decided the first thing I looked at I would go with, so that was “Under Glass.” And I would do a Cold Poker Gang mystery, since I have those characters in my…
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Story Four a Slight Miracle
Well, Not a Miracle, but Some Luck… Why am I calling this luck? Because exhausted from making 10,000 steps and working all day on workshop stuff, I didn’t get to my writing computer until 3:15 a.m. Oh, oh… My Day Went Like This… Managed to do some stuff around here and get out by 2:30 p.m. (Wheeling a garbage can and a recycling can down a steep driveway in 40 mph winds is a joy, let me tell you.) It was Monday, so my CFO duties kicked in and I went to all three of our stores, talked with all three managers, got the deposits, and did all that, including…
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Workshop Offer Still Available
At least for four more days… I wanted to repeat this here to make sure everyone has a chance at this if you want workshops coming up. For exactly one week, until November 16th, you can get two regular workshops and two classic workshops for the price of $500. That is exactly the same as it was offered in the Pulphouse Kickstarter. A fun thing this year… If you would like, you can have us print up a nice-looking gift certificate and put it into a nice envelope, with someone’s name on the certificate, and send it to you to give as a gift for another writer for the holiday.…