4475 words last week. Two factors keeping the count low: Start of the month, with bookkeeping and monthly marketing work took a couple of days out of the week. Also, our monthly grocery shopping, which is a half-day affair. Spent several of the days plotting the next book. I crunched it down as much as […]
Weekly Log – June 8: Gritting My Teeth Read More »
I found myself in the ER of my local hospital early last week. It ended up that all the really scary possibilities hovering over me while I waited to see the doctors didn’t happen (and my lord, ERs in the middle of a pandemic are scary places!!). What did happen was that I learned…I suspect
How to Reset and Recover from Life Rolls, Disasters, and Bouts of High Resistance Read More »
Grand total of 3,835 words last week — which finished off the latest book (Number 9 for the year). It was not a good week. Distraction sideswiped me a few days. Running to doctors’ offices took up the rest, and worrying about my health filled in the gaps. But this is what happens with a
Weekly Log – June 1: Oy Vey Read More »
This is not a post to harangue you and make you feel guilty because you don’t exercise. But it IS about exercise and movement, and some of the unexpected benefits for indie fiction authors. I’ve ducked writing a post of this sort since I set up the Productive Indie Fiction Writer site, mainly because I’m
Why You Might Want to Start Moving More Read More »
Came home from the ER late last night. Still recovering. More next week…but this is not a good week! t.
Weekly Log – May 25: In the middle of a life roll… Read More »
Michael Crichton is my hero. I only just found out. Here’s why: I get a lot of email from authors asking how many words a day they should be writing. I confess that the question puzzles me and I’ve hedge and hummed and fumbled to find a useful answer because the real answer is: “Whatever
What Your Daily Word Count Should Be Read More »
Total for the week: 16,612 words. I did sort of turn things around this week, as I spoke about in last week’s log. I finished book 8 of the year (that is, story 8 of my primary production schedule, which doesn’t include the secondary stories I’ve completed), but got bogged down in figuring out work
Weekly Log – May 18: Onward. Read More »
For a long time, now, I have spoken of “Just Starting” (here and here and a lot of other posts, too) as a way of overcoming your resistance to getting into a writing session. The basic approach I have, whenever Resistance shows up, and if I don’t fall prey to it, is to tell myself:
Just Start — Let’s Revisit This Idea Read More »
Total for the week: 13,111 words. Yugh. Terrible week. Not completely beyond redemption — hey, I got something written. But it was still a woeful week. I could point at a couple of things as excuses: new diet adjustments, new exercise regimen, energy in the toilet for most of it while I adjusted. But there’s
Weekly Log – May 11: Still Staggering. Read More »
There is a class of Indie author mindset out there that promotes prolific writing, using Kindle Unlimited, launching hard, making sure your Amazon Also Boughts are clean, and writing absolutely to market as the only way to make serious money writing fiction. I did buy into that approach for a year or so. It seemed
Another Factor That Might Change Your Mind About Writing to Market Read More »
