There was an interesting discussion over at the KillZone on the weekend, initiated by a post by James Scott Bell (one of my author heroes); “Should You Write Dreck?“. I’ll let you check that out — and maybe wander over to the Joe Konrath post that kicked off James Scott Bell, too. I thought it […]
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This week’s log: Monday: 5,449 Words Tuesday: 6,452 Words Wednesday: 7,961 Words Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting For a total of 19,862 words for the week. Finished the science fiction novel…and that series. That’s book #5 for the year. Back to the old comfortable-slipper-like romance genre for a few books. I’m cramming for the next few
Weekly Log – June 11, 2019: #5 Done and Dusted Read More »
If you’re not already addicted to journaling, then you are probably like me: You can’t figure out why on earth you’d waste the time. Why not use the time dedicated journalists waste, and write fresh manuscript, instead? For me, writing fiction often helps me resolve issues in my own life, as my characters sort
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This week’s log: Monday: 4,789 Words Tuesday: 7,533 Words Wednesday: 8,213 Words Thursday: 9,268 Words Friday: 3,950 Words For a total of 33,753 words for the week. For the first time in many years, I’m writing outside my comfortable, well-known genre. The genre I’m used to (romance) fits like a well-worn slipper. I wrote the
Weekly Log – June 03, 2019: A Wobble, But Still Going Read More »
Do you have a fully developed Production Schedule, with release dates for the next year? Do you still find you’re skipping writing dates, and cramming an entire novel’s worth of writing into ten days before the deadline? Want to know a way around that? This was me up until a couple of weeks ago. The
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This week’s log: Monday: Cleaning up last book and prepping for editing round. Tuesday: Plotting next book. Wednesday: Plotting next book. Thursday: Plotting next book. Friday: Plotting next book. Saturday: Plotting next book. For a total of 0 words for the week. I finished the plot for book #6 for the year mid-Saturday and took
Weekly Log – May 28, 2019: Still Trucking Read More »
Ever seen a circus performer spinning plates? When you slip into the world of productivity and self-improvement, you quickly discover that improvement is cyclical, or iterative. Applied to writing indie fiction, this becomes a strategy to avoid overwhelm, too: It is simply impossible to improve absolutely every aspect of your writing business and productivity
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This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting + 4,945 words Thursday: 10,239 words Friday: 10,205 words Saturday: 10,505 words Sunday: 10,063 words For a total of 45,957 words for the week. So, I caught up, as promised. Big time. 45K+ words in a week is more than my weekly word count on a full
Weekly Log – May 21, 2019: An Amazing Week Read More »
This is Part 2 of an informal series about Pen Names. See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4. A reader emailed me the other day to ask: I want to juggle 3 pen names. I know you’re also juggling pen names and projects and was wondering if you’d done a blog post on how you handle
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This week’s log: Monday: 5,775 Words Tuesday: 4,700 Words & outlining Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting For a total of 10,475 words for the week. This week was a bit of a scramble. I finished a book on Monday, then used Tuesday to finish a non-fiction article for an essay collection later
Weekly Log – May 14, 2019: Behind For Positive Reasons Read More »
