Creative careers are mercurial and uncertain (algorithm change, anyone?). Surviving over the long term requires strategic thinking, and not a little hard work.
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Book #18 for the year was finished on Saturday, and this was the one tripping me up because of the unfamiliar genre. Once I got over myself, it zoomed along.
Weekly Log – December 2, 2019: Nailed It. Read More »
Part of being prolific is having a great many ideas for stories, from among which you can pick and choose what inspires you the most. Also part of writing quickly, is having plenty of resources at hand for ideas for characters and settings, story beats, personal ticks and characteristics, and much more. Quirky appearances,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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