Is there such a thing as too many published books? Too much writing? I’ve been hearing a resurgence of comments and opinions heading in this direction lately, mostly aimed at very prolific authors like Bella Andre, who releases a novel every three weeks. Thanks to the #CopyPasteCris debacle, and the growing awareness of the use of […]
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This week’s log: Monday: 5,363 words. As expected, I did finish Book #3 for the year on Monday, early into the day’s writing schedule. The rest of this week’s writing time was used to clean up a lot of stuff, and clear the deck to plot the next book. Part of that clean-up included a
Weekly Log – April 9, 2019. Shuffling… Read More »
It’s likely this post will be late, because… well, let me explain that one. Yesterday was a day from tech hell. In this era of app integration, I’m still somewhat amazed that disparate apps can talk to each other and automate some amazingly complex processes. Yesterday, though, two of them decided to not play nicely
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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
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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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