Friday, November 10, 2023: Newsletter Recommendations
Daily Diary, Day 1166:
Yesterday was another Thursday where the writing took the back seat to a number of phone calls and my noon zoom meeting.
Today is unfortunately shaping up to be equally busy, so this is going to be a very short post today to bring a few more newsletters and posts to your attention.
The first piece really resonated with me as I struggle to get my word count back up. This week, Penny Wincer in her newsletter, Not Too Busy to Write, had a post with the title, Write Every Day? where she wrote that she defines “writing every day” to include more than just putting words down on paper. A good reminder that my writing goal is to make progress on the novel, not necessarily achieve a certain number of words a day.
The second two posts came out last week and both of them were about the writers having accidents in their car. The first with the title of I Drove into a brick Wall this Week, by the humorist Joyce Wadler, is more light-hearted, in terms of it being a very minor scrape. However, it is also detailed about the various refresher tests she had taken, which I was reminded in a few years when my driver’s license is up for renewal I will need to retake the written test, something I am not looking forward to.
The second is post Accidents will Happen, is also written with humor, but sounds like it was a much more serious accident. However, this is a good introduction to this newsletter, with the name Crone Life, which the author calls “the newsletter for late bloomers.”
Happy reading.
In case you aren’t sure how you got here, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. This is my newsletter reflecting on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. If you aren’t already subscribed but are interested in doing so, you can subscribe for free by clicking the little button below. If you enjoyed this post, please do click on the little heart and/or share with your friends, and I always welcome comments!
Thanks for the rec! You have cheered me up considerably on a gloomy day. Crone Life is for both late bloomers and Late Boomers (b. early 1960s). Come one come all!