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Weekly Log – February 19, 2019. Steady as she goes.

February 19, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 1 minute of reading

This week’s log: Monday: Plotting and Research Tuesday: Plotting and Research Wednesday: Plotting and Research Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: 1,568 words I suspect that reports of tanking production schedules and productivity crises and missed deadlines would make more interesting reading. The fact is, I’m merely cruising along, getting words down and taking care of business. My days […]

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The Case for Writing LESS

February 15, 2019 / Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Stoicism & Perspective / 3 minutes of reading

I came to a realization, this week just past. It began as a niggling sense of pressure, even when I was relaxed. It showed itself by the mild irritation I felt even when I had completed a full day of work, with all priorities handled. It manifested via constant tweaks to my 2019 weekly schedule,

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Weekly Log – February 13, 2019. Two Started

February 12, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 1 minute of reading

This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: Plotting Saturday: Plotting The plotting went swimmingly, last week. There is zero pressure at the moment. I’m ahead of the production schedule just a smidge. Getting to the desk and starting work hasn’t been an issue — I think, in part, because of the six weeks off over

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How Often Should You Publish?

February 9, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 3 minutes of reading

This is a factionalizing question. It’s an emotion-ladened one, too. Traditional publishing will tell you that one book a year is the expected rate. Many authors cringe at writing any faster than that. Romance publishers like to up the pace a bit — two to three novels a year is the norm. Four a year is

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Weekly Log – February 5, 2019. One down.

February 5, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 1 minute of reading

This week’s log: Monday 4,300 words Tuesday 11,337 words Wednesday 6,985 words Thursday 6,836 words Friday 4,663 words Saturday – Editing. For a total of 34,121 words After two weeks of complaining that this book was being written very slowly because of the structure (short stories connected by a frame story), I finished the 60K

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Anyone Can Become Productive, Including You.

February 1, 2019 / Discipline & Motivation, Prolificacy / 5 minutes of reading

Anyone Can Become Productive, Including You. Productive and prolific writers don’t burst out of the egg pecking at their keyboards. Although, it’s possible Isaac Asimov asked for a second typewriter for his third birthday, but we’ll never know. Being productive is not a genetic trait you were either born with, or not (too bad). Writing

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Weekly Log – January 29, 2019. Fresh energy!

January 29, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 1 minute of reading

This week’s log: Monday 3,151 words Tuesday 5,915 words Wednesday 4,695 words Thursday 5,684 words Friday 2,984 words For a total of 22,429 words As I suspected, the writing of this book is going slower than usual. It’s making me a little twitchy to see words put down this slowly, especially given my goals for the year. But I am

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How to squeeze absolutely everything you want to do into your day.

January 25, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 5 minutes of reading

This is a lesson I’ve (re)learned just in the last week or so. New year, new schedule. I’ve been jiggling things around, to change up from last year’s marathon sprint to get ahead by six weeks, so I could take a vacation. This year, I re-thought my writing schedule and what should go into my

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Weekly Log – January 22, 2019 – Back to routine (phew!)

January 22, 2019 / Scheduling & Tracking / 2 minutes of reading

This week’s log: Friday: Plotting Saturday: 4,185 words Monday: 3,151 words. And welcome to 2019. My relatives left on their 48 hr flights to Australia on Thursday, so Friday, I got straight into the first book for the year. In fact, I was anxious to do so. The time off was nice, but I was ready to

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Prolific Idea Generation

January 18, 2019 / Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Prolificacy / 3 minutes of reading

I’m really tired. It has been three very long years of full time writing — six days a week (usually seven, actually), up to ten hours a day. In the last month, I have been trying to write as many blog posts and emails ahead of time as possible, so that I can take six

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