Sitemap - 2023 - Harvey’s (Almost) Daily Journal

Adios, 2023, Audio Lectures, and Much More

Publishing, Genres and a Lot More

POV and POV Indicators

The Novel Wrapped

The Writing

Remain Vigilant

Bradbury Challenge Report and Fan Fiction

Goals for the New Year and More

Kudos, a New Story, and More

Making Time to Write

More on Christmas Gifts, and Writing

Addendum, a Christmas Gift, and More

True Inspiration, and Trust the Creative Subconscious

Let It Be, and The Bradbury Challenge

Failure, and Goals

POV, SF, Magazines, and More

Short Stories from Novels

Critical Mind Seeped In

Welcome, and Copyright Infringement

Welcome, and Time-Travel Notes

Welcome, and the Bradbury Challenge

If You’re Still Struggling to Write

Welcome, a New Story, and Raising the Bar

A Good Day

Fear

A Few Notes on Yesterday’s Post

Definitions, and Nouns vs. Adjectives vs. Verbs

A New Novel, and the Bradbury Challenge

“It,” and Toward Clarity

Welcome, A New Story, and December 2

The Journal is a Politics-Free Zone (and much more)

Generate Press, and Using Science in Fantasy

Time Travel in Fiction, Part Two

Time Travel in Fiction, Part One

Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting

Reminder, and About the Bradbury Challenge

Missing Links and an Addendum

Turning Fear Upside Down

Finding Time to Write

Carving Out Time for Writing

Writing in Public: The Saga of Maldito

Crossing Genres, and Hemingway

Thoughts on Pacing and Writing in Public

Faux Instructors, and Passive Constructions

Recount, Promo, and a Cover

Do Characters Actually Exist? and Time Travel for Writers

I’ve Fallen Ahead, and a Bittersweet Realization

Story Ideas from Pictures

Personal Challenges, Studying Fiction, and on Critics

(Morbid?) Research

A Writing Frenzy and More

A Great Start and a Great Question

Giant Panda Story, and a New Novel

Branding and Covers

Publishing in the Time of AI

I Believe in You

One Major Glitch

What I’ve Learned

Number Watch (You Want to Read This)

Let the Characters Speak

You Don’t Need Thought Tags

Teaching, Helping, and Don’t Buy the Lies

Unstuck in Time, a New Template, and More

The Fear is Pervasive, and The Known Universe

How to Write in the "Other" Voice

A Short Post Today

Finished the Novel, Writing in Public, and Much More

Critical Voice vs. Creative Voice: How Can You Tell?

Two Glitches, an Epiphany, and NaNoWriMo

Commitment, Me Writing in Public, and More

Reverse Outlines, and Quiet the Critical Voice

It’s Never Too Late

Quiet the Critical Voice

Tension, Suspense, and Craft-of-Writing Books

Crashing Bores

A Tip, and the Bradbury Challenge

Memory from a Writer’s Conference

A Quick Survey, a New Story, and a Visit

As a Publisher, Stick With What You Know

Cover Design, and New Disclaimers

Finished the Novel, and a Final Word on AI

Suspense, Setting Goals, and Agents

POV, Acting Out, and the Bradbury Challenge

The Value of Cycling, and How Series Occur

Reader Attention Span

Starting with Action, and a Caution on Kindle Vella

Writing Through Pain, and Essential “Of Interest” Items

If You’re a Writer, Write

How to Study Particular Skills in Novels

Writing Into (not in) the Dark

Researching Fiction

A New Short Story, and About Yesterday

No Questions, and Writing Again

Some Notes on Pacing

A Brief History of Publishing, and Story Lengths

Copyediting Redux, Bradbury and More

Local Authors, and Opening Up Copyediting Again

Tag Line Verbs and Reverse Structures

Correction, Workshops, and a Reflection

More on Vella, and Depth

Why the Journal?

Writing Prompts Are Yours for a Song

CORRECTION

Vignettes vs. Short Stories

Admin Stuff, Spanish Names, and More on Vella

The Myths, and What Gives?

Pen Names Revisited

Practice Exercise, Keep Coming Back, and Thank You

Vin Zandri, Pen Names, Prompts, and Vella

Clarification on Vella, and About Challenges

Blackwell Ops 10, Learning as You Go, and the Challenge

Quotes of the Day and Of Interest

How Much Description Is Too Much?

Writer’s Block Strikes Me Down

KDP Select and Vella

New Novel, Blackwell Ops 9, and No Vella Yet

Elements, and Finished the Novel

You Want to Read This Edition

Time Flies, and “Actual Authors”

Reverse Outlines, and a Whole Other Level...

Royalty Free Photos, and More on AI

Selling Direct, and an Invitation to a Challenge

Cyberpunk?

Expanding the Challenge, and Amazon Kindle Revisited

Abandoning Amazon, Saturday, and a Homerun from Dean

AI Writing Fiction

Just Catching Up

Kindle Vella

An Old Review, and Draft2Digital

Bradbury Challenge Participants

Gold Find, and the Quandary of the Sagging Middle

A Few Thoughts on Craft

“Layers,” and WPS Office Set Aside

LibreOffice Pros and Cons

Not Tag Line Verbs and More on Backups

On Amazon Kindle Unlimited, and a Question of Backup

My Take on Kindle Unlimited, and the Bradbury Challenge

One More Question, and the Writing

A Great Question Answered

Organization Saves Time, Part Two

Organization Saves Time

How to Start or Start Again

Monday, and a Lesson

Topics for Discussion, and Bradbury Challenge

Free Writer Resources and More

WMG Sale, Yesterday, Today

The Days, WMG, and Publishing Stuff

Day Zero, Day One

Bradbury Challenge, and New Goals

Seeking Perfection

Personas vs. Pen Names

Suffering for Your Art? Poor Baby

The Sequence (Guest Post)

A Thought, and on Cycling

Bradbury Challenge, and Thank You

One Writer’s Take

Still Here, and A New Story

Speech Patterns, and When I Teach WITD

Welcome, Writing Rich Settings, and A Story Idea

Another Story, a Contest, and Whoop or Whip?

Almost There: A Progress Report

New Business Cards

IP Valuation

Bradbury Challenge

The Essential Elements of a Story

Talk Among Yourselves

Holiday Recap

Squash Blossom

The Power of Word Count Goals

Restarting My Restart

A New Story

Trusting Yourself as a Writer

Advice on Self-Publishing

Reworking My Routine, and Big Brother

Another Video and the Bradbury Challenge

Make Finding Your Books Easy for the Reader

More Notes on YouTube

More About YouTube

To Sell More Books, Stop Selling Books

First Livestream Delayed

Writing Crappy First Drafts, and Bradbury Challenge

Writing Sales Copy, and Stereotypes

A New YouTube Channel

A Special Offer re Marketing, and Censorship

Marketing and Advertising

Time to Give Back

Bradbury Challenge, and Support Each Other

A New Page

The Different Types of Characters… or Writers

Quotes of the Day, Of Interest, and a Reminder

The First Quote of the Day

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Turns Out I Was Wrong

Welcome, and a New Short Story

Marketing, and If You’re a Writer, Write

Zen in the Art of Writing, and People Machines

Learning Craft Through Immersion

The Myths Are Very Much Alive

Do You Need a Copyeditor? and Yucca Bells

Yeahbut, and the Bradbury Challenge

The Six Ghosts of Fear, and Readers and Myths

Workshop Sale, and About the Journal

Different Strokes

On the Value of the Bradbury Challenge

“We’ll Fix It in Post(-Production)”

Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting

About Anthony Trollope

Story Starters

A Penny Per Word

The Most Effective Goal

Focus on Quantity, Yes

Writing for the Journal

Bradbury Challenge, an Email, and RJ Sadler on Writing

A Milestone of Sorts

More Short Stories

Auditions Are Open

The Purpose of the Journal

A Special Free Offer, and About that “W” Word

What a Character!

An Invitation

Reimagining the Hovel

Defend Your Work

Instructions for the Recommended Intensive

Stop Hitting Yourself

Another Challenge: I Dare You

Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting

Why I Write Into the Dark, and An Essay on Pope

Book Sale Redux

Wes Crowley Book Sale (in Paper)

Self-Published Book Awards and Best Seller Status

Ray Bradbury, and Writing Fiction

Creating Realistic Characters

How Ernest Hemingway Wrote

I Keep Forgetting

Looking Into ALLI

Challenge Stuff

Social Media, Challenges, and a Prize Opportunity

Welcome and Cycling Redux

Cycling

MeWe? Other Facebook Alternatives?

Turbulence and a Reminder

Dealing with a Situation

Taking a Book to Paper

Revisiting Fun in Challenges

Fun in Writing Fiction

Newsletters and Fiction

Fiction Doesn’t Matter, and the Fun-to-Work Ratio

Yesterday, and On Critique Groups

Correction, and Dean Wesley Smith

Challenge Writers Reporting

How Can You—Oh. Never Mind. You Can’t.

A Final Word

Why I Talk About This Stuff

MLB Opening Day 2023

Bowing to (and Actually Defending!) Unreasonable Fear

Bradbury’s “Full” Challenge

Bradbury Challenge Participants

Contradictions in Writing Advice

Another New Story

One More Post on the Bradbury Challenge

Fears About the Challenge

A New Personal Challenge

Language as a Precision Instrument

Plague for Our Times, and Wattpad

Recommendations, and Bradbury

Ian Fleming, and a New Free Story Every Week

Practice Makes Perfect, and Stupid Mistakes

A Great Comment on Estate Planning for Writers

Interested in AI Audio?

Copyright Valuation and Half-Price Workshops

Italics, Who’s Talking? and Hypocrisy

An Easter Egg from DWS

The Point, a Podcast, a Lie, and Did You Know

Create or Construct: Your Choice

Going for an MFA?

Story Ideas Abound

St. David’s Day, and Women’s History Month

Live in Tombstone

Changes to the Journal and More AI

Some More Thoughts on Ernest Hemingway

Roald Dahl Revisited, and More

US Copyright Office, and BookBub Ads

We, Among Aliens

Roald Dahl and Blatant Censorship

Hemingway

On Character and Setting

Generating Graphics, and On Writing Techniques

All About “Of Interest”

A Final Cautionary Note on AI

Pre-WITD? and Post-AIcolypse

Pacing Again, and Setting

Story of the Week

A New Semi-Regular Feature

AI: Um, Why?

Writing Across the Genres

About Characters

Personas vs. Pseudonyms

My Guest Appearance

Some Fiction Writing Truths

The Future in Five Points

Last Day, Erin D, and Forums etc.

Another Q&A & Rewards

The Journal, DVDs, Mentoring, and More

The Journal Archives

WPS Office and More

A Techy Morning

An Unfolding SF Idea and a Keyboard Review

Clunking Along

Being a Hobbyist and A Change of Plans

Famous Writers Speak, and A New Novel

On Revision (Gasp! What?)

Heinlein’s Rules Redux

Some Notes

Seminars on DVDs Flash Sale (Fizzled)

Flash Sale: Video Seminars on DVD

A Fun Diversion

Heinlein’s Rule 4

A New Story Posted to Stanbrough Writes

“Um, You Weren’t There”

The Secret to Being Prolific, Part 2

The Secret to Being Prolific, Part 1

A Quick Exchange

My Typical Day

2022 Archive, New Comment Policy and More

Habits and the Santa Fe Subseries

A New Year, a New Way Forward