Last week, I promised to talk about an eye-opener. Only, I’ve already shown my hand with Friday’s post. However, there’s more since then. Last week’s log: MONDAY 8,320 TUESDAY 8,161 WEDNESDAY 9,905 THURSDAY 6,206 FRIDAY 8,652 SATURDAY 0 SUNDAY 2,065 My weekend got shanghaied by domestic concerns, so I was very pleased to get […]
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I discovered an amazing trick this week, that energized my writing and let me float through the day, no slogging, no groaning, no fighting to keep myself at the desk. Actually, I relearned the trick. Last October, my DH was in a bad traffic accident and as a result, has been forced to take time off
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My DH pointed out to me yesterday that as of today, the year is a third done. That’s depressing in a way. Depends on how you look at it, I think. I started off shaking my head, wondering where the year had gone. Then I did a quick tote up: 4.5 books written Just
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This is Part 2 of the post. Click here to jump to Part 1. -t. Today we return to the myriad ways prolificacy benefits an author. There has been a fair amount of reaction to the first part of the post, especially on the social networks, much of it sliding into two ancilliary subjects: Fast
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Absolute zero to report this week. I have been plotting the next novel, all week. Steady progress all around. We should all have weeks like this, over and over. It looks boring on paper, but it’s how real progress is made. See you here next week. Meantime, back to work — all of us.
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This is Part 1 of the post. Click here to jump to Part 2. -t. If you’re not already a prolific author, and the whole idea of writing multiple books a year seems like way too much work, keep reading. If you’re already a prolific author, you might not have thought of all of
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As I hoped, I got a good word count down this week: MONDAY 8,095 TUESDAY 6,399 WEDNESDAY 5,338 THURSDAY 6,680 FRIDAY 8,489 SATURDAY 1,452 SUNDAY 0 Sunday sits at zero because I finished the book on Saturday and immediately rolled over into production and plotting the next book. This book ended up longer than I
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Ray Bradbury wrote 27 novels and over 600 short stories. More than eight million copies of his works, published in over 36 languages, have been sold around the world.
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Discipline tends to get a bad rap these days. In productivity circles, it is equated to white-knuckling your way through tasks with iron-jawed determination, which will naturally and absolutely end in failure. In diet circles, discipline is the same as holding your teeth together, sitting on your hands and mutely shaking your head “no” when
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