Here’s today’s bike ride metrics. Temperature at beginning of ride: 62 degrees. Sunny and calm.
My typical daily route:
My bike:
My second bike, new as of 04/22/24. A Sirrus X 4.0 by Specialized. Purchased from Venture Out in Guntersville; Mike is top notch! So is the bike, but the seat has to g0!
What I’m listening to:
Short story–prequel
AN ORIGINAL E-SHORT • This standalone prequel to the #1 bestseller Rogue Lawyer tells the story of how Sebastian Rudd finally found someone he could trust to be his driver, bodyguard, law clerk, and partner.
Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won’t go near. It’s controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard/assistant/sidekick: Partner. So if Sebastian is just about the most unpopular lawyer in town, why is Partner so loyal to him? How did they meet? And what’s the real story of this man of few words who’s as good with a gun as he is with the law? The surprising answers are all in PARTNERS, John Grisham’s first exclusively digital short story.
Podcast
none today
Non-Fiction
This is ongoing since I’m working on obtaining my Fictionary StoryCoach certification.
Secrets to Editing Success by K. Stanley and L. Cooke
Amazon abstract:
The Creative Story Editing Method
SECRETS TO EDITING SUCCESS teaches you how to become an exceptional story editor. Whether you’re editing your own story or are an editor wanting your clients to succeed, this book shows you how to make all stories better.
In SECRETS TO EDITING SUCCESS, you will learn how to structurally edit a manuscript starting by evaluating at the story level and then focusing at the scene level, resulting in actionable advice.
SECRETS TO EDITING SUCCESS shows you the fastest, most comprehensive route to a successful story edit. You’ll discover the Fictionary Story Editing process and use the 38 Fictionary Story Elements.
Give your draft a creative story edit, so it outperforms the other great books being published today. Use SECRETS to EDITING SUCCESS to edit any novel into a bestseller.
Praise for Secrets to Editing Success
“One of the most frequent questions a novelist asks is “Does my draft contain a story?” Stanley and Cooke have written a practical guide that shows you how to answer that question. Secrets to Editing Success gives you actionable advice and a process to edit and revise your novel so that you can take your novel draft and turn it into a publishable book.”
Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month
“Secrets to Editing Success is every editor’s dream. Whether you’re a new author reviewing your first book or professional editor, this is without doubt, the most comprehensive and detailed guide to editing I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. This book will hold your hand, explain, clarify and give you step by step instructions for editing your novel. Paired best when using the incomparable developmental editing software Fictionary, this guide will change your editing life. Read it. Immediately.”
Sacha Black, Rebel Author Podcast
Here’s a few photos from previous riding adventures:
The Pencil Driven Life 