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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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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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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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
Weekly Log – June 19, 2018 — Never Get Bored! Read More »
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
Weekly Log – June 12, 2018 — Too Fast? Read More »
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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