Rise Above Procrastination
(Tip: Start taking note of how often you tell yourself you’ll get to it tomorrow).
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How To Train Yourself To Be Prolific – Part 1
I wasn’t a fast writer when I started writing seriously for publication. I was slower than most writers, in fact. I fooled around with writing stories from an early age, but didn’t take it seriously until I was in my thirties. By then, life had a grip on my throat – single mother, two kids,
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More on Going Wide Versus Kindle Unlimited
Eight months ago (an ice age in the indie world), I appeared on Dave Chesson’s Kindlepreneur podcast, talking about the pros of using a wide distribution, while a KU author discussed the pros of the KU program. Dave invited me back to talk in far greater details about going wide and that interview is out
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Weekly Log – June 26, 2018 — Life Will Always Get You
You can set up your life so you can maximize your writing and production, and minimize time for other priorities. Eventually, though, life catches up with you. Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 5,228 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 4,494 FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY 0 For a total of 9,722 words for the week. Abysmal. Monday and Wednesday were taken up
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How to Juggle Your Production Schedule So You’re Never Bored.
In my weekly log this week, I mentioned that I have six books in production, as well as the one I’m currently writing. I don’t know if it’s the terminology or the concept that confuses people, but I thought I would expand upon this part of my writing production schedule, because it has huge
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Weekly Log – June 19, 2018 — Never Get Bored!
I’m so deeply into a half dozen stories at the moment, I had to pull up my writing log to remember what last week was like. Last week’s log: MONDAY 8,663 TUESDAY 10,959 WEDNESDAY 10,848 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY 1,531 For a total of three words short of 32,001 words for the week. I finished
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What Do You Do When A Book Won’t Leave You Alone?
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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Talking Productivity with A Marketing Expert
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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Weekly Log – June 12, 2018 — Too Fast?
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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