We all want to sell more. Even the purest literary snob appreciates selling more than before because that is a sign of growth, that their art is maturing and they are reaching more people and speaking to them. Selling more is a measure. of growth of acceptance of the size of your audience of your […]
We’re moving toward the end of the original definitions and will be able to move on to specifics in a few more posts. I’m looking forward to that! For now, why “Write more”? The Bipolar Indie Scene Recently, David Gaughran has written a number of posts about the Wide/KU debate that rages in the indie
Productivity concerns are not the exclusive province of writers, although we tend to agonize over such matters because we’re self-employed and have no one to prod us back to work when we wander off-track. We’re also creatively effective at procrastinating ourselves into the ground. I could have made this blog about productivity for everyone in
A non-fiction author’s sustainable writing practice looks quite a bit different from a fiction author’s. Both authors must build concepts, research their books, outline them and write them. However, non-fiction is usually quite short while novels frequently wend their way toward the 100K word mark. That puts pressure on any production schedule. While non-fiction authors
The short answer is, because traditional authors are so hamstrung by their contracts that writing anything more than their permitted one book a year is a waste of time. Of course, the reality is more nuanced than that. I have been traditionally published and know that world a little. On the other hand, I have
Why have “productive” in The Productive Indie Fiction Writer? There are a zillion productivity blogs, books, courses, support groups. I know that because I follow an awful lot of them myself. My library is jammed with productivity books and advice–some of which I even follow. In relationship to indie fiction writing, though, “productive” has a
