Ever written a book that just fell out of you? I’m not talking about pedal-down, deliberately sprinting through a book to hit a deadline. When you’re at full sprint, you’re going for speed. You’re not writing the story because it won’t let you not write it. I mean, have you ever written a book that […]
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I was a guest on Jonny Andrew’s Author Platform Rocket podcast this week. It was an interesting — and very high energy — interview that covered the ground where productivity and platform meet. Here’s the highlights: Inside this 39th episode of Author Platform Rocket, marketing veteran Jonny Andrews talks about the power of being productive and
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I had an amazing week, last week. Last week’s log: MONDAY 12,059 TUESDAY 3,665 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 5,648 FRIDAY 10,105 SATURDAY 9,282 SUNDAY 8,238 For a total of three words short of 49,000 words for the week. Four pages more, and I would have won NaNoWriMo in seven days. Given how this morning went, this coming
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Whole books have been written and courses have been taught on the art and science of prolificacy. A short post on the essentials can only skim the surface, but each step will offer an entry point to further reading for you (and writing for me). Like fractals, productivity + writing is endlessly complex. There’s always
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Last week’s log: MONDAY 5,987 TUESDAY 6,102 WEDNESDAY 6,087 THURSDAY 5,883 FRIDAY 6,187 SATURDAY 5,832 A good solid week. I didn’t do the massive catch-up I was hoping for, but I stayed level, at least. This coming week will be catch-up week, though. I’m so close to the end of this novel, I don’t want
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This is a four-part series. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four This is a four-part post that I honestly did not intend to be quite this long. Apparently, there is more to the subject that even I realized. You will find Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here. This week is
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Because I dared speak aloud, last week, of steady progress and boring weeks, I got this past week for my efforts. Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 0 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 6,551 SATURDAY 0 On the positive side, the run of zeroes is not because my inner brat got the better of me.
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Time for a bit of housekeeping. I’ve apologized all over the place about GDPR-related messages, because my own in-boxed has been stuffed with them for the last few weeks and last week was particularly bad. I’m forced to add to the blizzard, alas. Once the Regulation comes into force on Monday, I imagine there will
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This is a four-part series. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four All the Daytime Disguises of “Fast = Crap” This is Part 3 of a series. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here. ___ Let’s examine some of the facets of “Fast = Crap”. As I mentioned in Part 1,
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Another steady week. I’ve just realized that if I do settle into a productive rhythm, then these work log posts will become utterly boring. But that’s actually a good thing. No drama, steady output–it’s what creativity feeds upon. Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 0 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY 6,048 I fought with
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