This week’s log: Monday: 7,218 words Tuesday: 5,999 words Wednesday: 5,573 words Thursday: 0 words Friday: 7,163 words. Saturday: 7,616 words. For a total of 33.569 words for the week. My week had a bit of a stumble in it, but I recovered and finished well. For the last few weeks I have persisted with […]
Weekly Log – November 26, 2019: Even more progress… Read More »
The indie publishing industry has provided for indie authors a great many of the benefits that were once the province of traditional publishing only. There is very little these days a traditional publisher can give an indie author that his indie career is not already providing in spades. In many respects, indie publishing imparts even
The Last Remaining Temptation Of Indie Authors Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: 4,561 words. Saturday: 4,707 words. So, after the flurry of the last few weeks, and me very (not so) smartly trying to juggle two books at once, I’m back to one at a time, and thoroughly enjoying myself. The words are flowing. It
Weekly Log – November 19, 2019: Calm Waters At Last Read More »
You know when they say “Don’t Multi-task?” Yeah, don’t do what I did. The last few weeks have been…interesting. You may remember I changed my production schedule around because I felt like I was in a rut, creatively speaking. I sorted things out so that I could dabble in another genre after I got my
You know when they say “Don’t Multi-task?” Read More »
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
Anyone Can Write Faster. Even You. Read More »
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 »
