The debate over whether indie authors should go “wide” (all retailers, everywhere) or KU (exclusive to Amazon and subscribed to the Kindle Unlimited program) rages even more heavily these days. I’ve recently had experience with both sides of the fence, and wrote about it for Hidden Gems Books. The post appeared on their blog […]
A Simple Method to Figure Out If You Should Go Wide or Go KU Read More »
Monday: 6,926 Words Tuesday: 4,077 Words Wednesday: 0 Words Thursday: 0 Words Friday: 6,046 Words Saturday: 1,502 Words For a total word count of 18,551 words for the week. And I stumbled again. Interestingly, my diet, my sleep and my motivation all took a hit this week past. So I’m still in serious catchup mode. Let’s see
Weekly Log – July 7, 2020: Another Stuttering Week Read More »
Fellow author and best selling post-apocalyptic and SF writer Kevin Partner has just put out a book on author productivity: Ten Minute Author: Writers write. Authors Finish. How to write your novel or non-fiction book one step at a time. You will find the book useful, if you struggle with procrastination and Resistance. I can
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Monday: Plotting (again). Tuesday: Grocery Shopping Wednesday: 3,698 Words Thursday: 4,929 Words Friday: 6,631 Words Saturday: Yeah, well… For a total word count of 15,258 words for the week. Pretty crummy week for me. I’m ticked at myself for twiddling away my Saturday. This week, I’ll have to catch up with a vengeance. I have
Weekly Log – June 30, 2020: Fragmented Read More »
Mark Coker at Smashwords just put out a mid-year set of predictions for the “post-pandemic” publishing world. I feel he’s maybe a little premature, as I suspect the pandemic will be around for most of this year—we’re still to be hit with the second wave (which is just starting up in China). But the post
What To Do About That Thing You’re “Supposed” To Be Doing. Read More »
Monday: 3,139 words Tuesday: 5,350 words Wednesday: Admin Thursday: Admin Friday: Admin Saturday: Back to plotting For a total word count of 8,489 words for the week. The crisis I was trying to out-write happened anyway. I wasn’t actually surprised or disturbed by it, because I had semi anticipated it. I’ll have more detail about
Weekly Log – June 23, 2020: Reconstruction Read More »
Ryan Holiday has a post, “How Your Daily Routine Can Turn Into Your Biggest Enemy“, where he talks about how routines and rituals can make you fragile and easy to throw off-kilter–all of which is true. His solution is to have routines, not just a routine. If you prefer to write in silence, but they’re
Don’t Let Your Routine Become a Straitjacket. Read More »
I’m not putting a log down for this week. There’s nothing to show, except a few thousand words. It was a week of frustrations, distractions, and changes of direction that required lots of work to implement. I’m badly behind on the current book now, and will have to double-down in superhuman ways to catch up.
Weekly Log – June 16, 2020: Where the hell did the week go??? Read More »
This is Part 3 of an informal series about Pen Names. See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4. In the previous posts about pen names, I’ve stayed fairly theoretical; all the reasons you should (and occasionally, shouldn’t) use pen names. As I write this post in June 2020, my stance on the use of pen names
Pen Names – a Practical Perspective. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting. Sunday: off. For a total of 0 words for the week. A very calm week consisting of endless plotting. I’ve decided that plotting takes far too much time relative to the actual writing of the book. I’m taking just as
Weekly Log – June 9, 2020: Solid Week With Nothing to Show For It Read More »
