I have bought all the Stone Tablet Singles that Sean Platt, Johnny Truant and Dave Wright have put out so far, but this particular one I resisted. That’s because my mind was made up. I have, over the last decade, given dictation four serious tries. I mean, two or three books’ worth of trial, with […]
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This week’s log: Monday: 0 Words Tuesday: 0 Words Wednesday: 0 Words Thursday: 0 Words Friday: 10,472 Words Saturday: 11,498 Words Sunday: 6,165 Words & Monthly accounting For a total of 28,135 words for the week. I lied. Last week I mentioned that the phone company was laying fiber optic cables around our neighborhood and
Weekly Log – September 3, 2019: Ugh… Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Book #10 Tuesday: Plotting Book #10 Wednesday: Plotting Book #10 Thursday: 5,392 Words Friday: 8,180 Words Saturday: Nope. For a total of 13,572 words for the week. As I was planning, last week, I did get some words done on Book #10 this week. Just not as many as I
Weekly Log – August 27, 2019: Weekends are Slippery Read More »
If you’re drowning — and we’ve all been there — there are some triage tactics you can employ to stop your embolism for 24 hours. I am a huge fan of Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits blog. Quite a while ago, he ran a post on exactly that. “When You Have Too Much To Do” outlines
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This week’s log: Monday: Conference Travel Tuesday: Post Conference Wednesday: 9,852 Words Thursday: 5,299 Words Friday: Admin Catch Up Saturday: Admin Catch Up For a total of 15,151 words for the week. A scrappy week. Conferences always take up more time than the actual days they’re scheduled. Between travel, prep and recovery, they’re time hogs.
Weekly Log – August 20, 2019: Book 9 Finished Read More »
One of the earliest prolific authors to inspire me was Isaac Asimov. In particular, his Opus. I can only link to the book on Goodreads, as it’s very difficult to find. The edition I had when I was in Australia was an omnibus that included Opus 100 and Opus 200. Even the introduction to Opus 100 is an ode
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This week’s log: Monday: Conference Prep Tuesday: Conference Prep Wednesday: Conference Prep Thursday: Travel Friday: Day 1 of conference: 2,860 words Saturday: Day 2 of conference: 782 words For a total of 3,642 words for the week. It’s not the teeny word count for the week that is interesting. It’s that I got anything
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One of the most powerful techniques for increasing your word count is, simply, don’t click away. Avoid as much as you can alt+tabbing or clicking away from your manuscript. Interruptions chew up time, throw you out of flow and have the potential to divert you completely away from your story. BUT Particularly when you first start
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This week’s log: Monday: 100th Book Giveaway Admin (ugh.) Tuesday: 13,656 words Wednesday: 10,815 words Thursday: 10,175 words Friday: 12,488 words Saturday: 0 words For a total of 47,134 words for the week. As I mentioned last week, Monday I was still sorting out prizes and other documentation and administration surrounding the 100 books giveaway.
Weekly Log – August 6, 2019: Massive Word Count Week Read More »
I picked up Sean Platt’s new productivity book last week, which he co-wrote with Neeve Silver. How to Write Fast didn’t hold any super big surprises for me except one, which I’ll get to in a minute. You might be thinking: “Oh no! Not another book on writing fast/writing more!!” Fair statement. I think I have
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