I’ve been forcibly reminded, lately, of just how fast I write. And just how fast everyone else writes. I’ve been spending some time mixing with real live writers (as opposed to hanging out on-line), and that is where the reminders have popped up. The inevitable question that is raised, when mixing with writers, is “and […]
You’re NOT Slow. (You’re Not Fast, Either). Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Tuesday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Wednesday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Thursday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Friday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Saturday: Plotting & Worldbuilding For a total of 0 words for the week. Just like last week, this was expected. The word count should ramp up this week. t. [fusion_separator style_type=”shadow” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility”
Weekly Log – November 5, 2019: Ramping up Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Tuesday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Wednesday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Thursday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Friday: Plotting & Worldbuilding Saturday: Plotting & Worldbuilding For a total of 0 words for the week. The zero word count looks alarming, but this was purely as scheduled. This week coming up, I’ll start showing
Weekly Log – October 29, 2019: A Solid Week Read More »
On the weekend, I ran a two hour presentation on how to write lots of books quickly, and why you might want to. Because I was teaching and got immediate, in-person feedback on some of the concepts I have been speaking about here on this blog for a very long time, it was a good
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This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Production Schedule Reorganization Thursday: Production Schedule Reorganization Friday: Workshop Presentation preparation Saturday: Workshop Presentation For a total of 0 words for the week. I’ve changed things again. This may appear to be a spontaneous thing, but the groundwork for the change has been building over the last
Weekly Log – October 22, 2019: Another Shake Up Read More »
Plotting Help For the Prolific I feel like I’ve been recommending books a lot lately. Only, I’ve been reading some great how-tos, that I simply have to share. Bear with me a for a couple more mentions. A few months ago, I wrote a post about making your plotting more efficient, in response to a direct
Plotman To the Rescue Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 0 Words Tuesday: 9,424 Words Wednesday: 3,709 Words (end of book) Thursday: Editing, Plotting Friday: 4,408 Words Saturday: Worldbuilding Sunday: Worldbuilding For a total of 17,541 words for the week. The word count was miniscule this week, but mighty in meaning. I finished the book early–it was shorter than I expected.
Weekly Log – October 15, 2019: And the Rewards… Read More »
Following up on last week’s post, “How I Got Published, and What I Learned Along The Way“. I mentioned in that post that the book would be part of Kevin J. Anderson’s NaNoWriMo bundle for authors. The bundle is now available, and includes inspirational how-to books from a great many authors you’ll recognize: Joanna Penn,
A Dash Of Inspiration for November Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 5,382 Words Tuesday: Nothing Wednesday: Nothing Thursday: Nothing Friday: 8,529 Words Saturday: 5,660 Words Sunday: 14,210 Words For a total of 33,781 words for the week. Lasts week’s mundanity was a temporary reprieve. It was the first of the month this week, and there was a production crisis as a result.
Weekly Log – October 8, 2019: A blip Read More »
Something a little bit different today. I was recently invited to join a how-to anthology scheduled to publish shortly before NaNoWriMo month, for this year’s entrants to take advantage of. While the anthology was still in production, it was picked up by Kevin J. Anderson for his NaNoWriMo StoryBundle, and the release date advanced by
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