This week’s log: Monday: <nothing> Tuesday: 7,515 words Wednesday: 9,592 words Thursday: 4,897 words Friday: 9,499 words Saturday: 8,425 words For a weekly total of 30,928 words written. I’m writing this post the day before it is to go live, and I know that after a short morning of writing, I finished the book. It […]
Weekly Log – April 2, 2019. Three Down Read More »
As today is World Backup Day, (yes, it’s really a thing) let’s talk about that. You only have to lose an entire book manuscript once, to learn to backup your data with multiple redundancies. Yes, I speak from experience. I can tell you that there is nothing as sick-making as the jolt you get when
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Ramit Sethi is the author of the runaway best seller, I Will Teach You To be Rich. I’ve ignored him for many years because the original version of the book was “for 20-30 year olds”. Even when it was first published, I had moved past that age bracket. Since then, though, Sethi has developed his blog
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This week’s log: Monday: Business planning Tuesday: Business planning Wednesday: 5,570 words Thursday: 4,877 words Friday: 5,443 words Saturday: <family visit> For a weekly total of 15,890 words written. See, this is what happens. Problems compound. Last week, I was mildly behind because I was sick for part of it, but figured I could
Weekly Log – March 26, 2019. A bigger hitch. Read More »
How often have you said to yourself: “I could get this done if I was motivated enough.” We’re all motivated when we first start a new project, like a novel. The reasons why we want to write the book are right there in the forefront of our minds, our enthusiasm is fired up and
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This week’s log: Monday: <sick> Tuesday: <sick> Wednesday: <sick> Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting Actually, Monday, I was “ill” – sharp stabbing pains in my back. The next two days were recovering from the muscle relaxant I took to deal with the pain. As I rarely use drugs or medication, it wiped me out
Weekly Log – March 19, 2019. A Little Speedbump. Read More »
I recently received an email from an author who picked up on a passing reference of mine, and asked me to explain how I copy and paste my Word files into Publisher to produce print editions. I’ve created a video that walks you through the basic process: Resources mentioned: Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Office Suite
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This week’s log: Monday: 5,879 words Tuesday: 9,969 words Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting For a total of 15,848 words in manuscripts for the week. (I’m always write blog posts and emails that are not included in this report). I’m right on schedule. Finished the last book on Tuesday, rolled right into
Weekly Log – March 12, 2019. Two down. Read More »
When you write and release lots of books, the costs associated with publishing those books increases at the same scale…or does it? How do you handle the costs of writing and publishing lots of books? Economies of Scale. When you’re producing many books, there are economies of scale available to you that two-books-a-year authors can’t
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This week’s log: Monday: 5,172 words Tuesday: 7,723 words Wednesday: 5,175 words Thursday: 5,503 words Friday: 2,569 words Saturday: 5,594 words For a total of 31,736 words for the week. I expressed the desire, last week, to stay steady and put in some solid weeks. This week was exactly the sort of week I wanted.
Weekly Log – March 5, 2019. A Solid Week. Read More »
