Author name: Tracy

Weekly Log – February 11, 2020: A painful week

/ Scheduling & Tracking / 1 minute of reading

This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting + 1,626 words (book started)   Plotting usually comes more easily to me, but this book was painful.  I’m a couple of days behind now, but I should be able to catch up without too much effort.  Onwards….! t. [fusion_separator style_type=”shadow” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” […]

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Fast Does Not Equal Crap…but here’s what does.

/ Discipline & Motivation, Stoicism & Perspective / 8 minutes of reading

Fast Does Not Equal Crap…but here’s what does. 2020 Edition.   I received yet another review the other day, marvelling at the high standard of writing, which surprised them, given how fast I write books (and they don’t know about the other pen name, either). I sighed and moved on…I thought. Only, my brain kept

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Busywork versus Actual Work. How to figure it out.

/ Discipline & Motivation, Prolificacy, Scheduling & Tracking / 3 minutes of reading

I think we’ve all been there.  Especially in day jobs where we’re showing up only for the pay cheque;  on days where you just don’t want to be there, you find ways to look busy that don’t actually tax your brain too much. That’s busywork. When you are working for yourself, though, there is zero

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Why You Should Always Fight to Get Back to Your Routine When You’re Knocked Off It

/ Disaster Planning, Discipline & Motivation, Technology, Tools & AI / 8 minutes of reading

“When jarred unavoidably by circumstance, revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep going back to it.” – Marcus Aurelius Have you ever been on a roll–everything is clicking along smoothly? You’re writing regularly and when you should,

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Do You Need Transition Time in Your Schedule?

/ Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Scheduling & Tracking / 6 minutes of reading / 1 Comment

  Last week I spoke at length about stashing your time–well, stashing anything you can, actually, as a hedge against the vagaries of the publishing industry. Stashing time is a matter of deliberately working ahead of your production schedule.  (And if you don’t have a production schedule–a timetable of releases–then you’re missing the backbone of

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